Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00407 Compare Versions

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	3	+	LCO No. 1813 1 of 1
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5		-	LCO No. 5950 1 of 5
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7		-	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 407
	5	+	General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 407
8	6		January Session, 2019
9		-	LCO No. ~~5950~~
	7	+	LCO No. 1813
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12	10		Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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15	13		Introduced by:
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	14	+	SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
	15	+	SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
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20		-	AN ACT CONCERNING TH E NEW BRITAIN TO HARTFORD BUSWAY.
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	20	+	AN ACT CONCERNING THE NEW BRITAIN -HARTFORD BUSWAY.
21	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22		Assembly convened:
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24		-	Section 1. Section 13b-15a of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
25		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
26		-	(a) The Commissioner of Transportation may designate the 3
27		-	[Hartford-New Britain] New Britain to Hartford busway project to be 4
28		-	accomplished on a total cost basis. If the commissioner designates the 5
29		-	[Hartford-New Britain] New Britain to Hartford busway project as a 6
30		-	total cost basis project, the commissioner may enter into a single 7
31		-	contract with a private developer, which includes such project 8
32		-	elements as engineering design and construction. The contract for said 9
33		-	project shall be based on competitive proposals received by the 10
34		-	commissioner, who shall give notice of the project and specifications 11
35		-	for the project, by advertising, at least once, in a newspaper having a 12
36		-	substantial circulation in the [Hartford-New Britain area] New Britain 13
37		-	and Hartford areas. Award of the total cost contract shall be based on 14
38		-	qualifications, technical merit of the proposals and cost. The 15
39		-	commissioner shall determine all criteria, requirements and conditions 16
40		-	Committee Bill No. 407
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43		-	LCO No. 5950 2 of 5
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45		-	for such proposals and award and shall have sole responsibility for all 17
46		-	other aspects of the contract. If applicable, the contract shall state 18
47		-	clearly the responsibilities of the developer to deliver a completed and 19
48		-	acceptable project on a date certain and the maximum cost of the 20
49		-	project. 21
50		-	(b) Prior to any expansion of the New Britain to Hartford busway, 22
51		-	the Commissioner of Transportation shall file a request for approval of 23
52		-	the proposed expansion plan with the clerks of the House of 24
53		-	Representatives and the Senate. The proposed expansion plan shall not 25
54		-	be implemented unless approved by the General Assembly. The 26
55		-	General Assembly may approve the proposed expansion plan by a 27
56		-	majority vote of each house or may reject the proposed expansion plan 28
57		-	by a majority vote of either house. If the General Assembly is in 29
58		-	session, the General Assembly shall vote to approve or reject the 30
59		-	proposed expansion plan not later than thirty days after the 31
60		-	commissioner files the proposed expansion plan with the clerks. If the 32
61		-	General Assembly is not in session when the request for approval is 33
62		-	filed, the clerks shall submit the proposed expansion plan to the 34
63		-	General Assembly not later than ten days after the first day of the next 35
64		-	regular session or a special session called for such purpose. The 36
65		-	proposed expansion plan shall be deemed rejected if the General 37
66		-	Assembly fails to vote to approve or reject the proposed expansion 38
67		-	plan not later than thirty days after the department files the request for 39
68		-	approval with the clerks. Such thirty-day period shall not begin or 40
69		-	expire unless the General Assembly is in regular session. If the regular 41
70		-	session adjourns prior to such thirtieth day and the proposed 42
71		-	expansion plan has not been acted upon, the request for approval shall 43
72		-	be deemed filed on the first day of the next regular session. For the 44
73		-	purposes of this subsection, any request for approval of a proposed 45
74		-	expansion plan filed with the clerks within thirty days before the 46
75		-	commencement of a regular session of the General Assembly shall be 47
76		-	deemed to be filed on the first day of such session. 48
77		-	(c) Not later than July 1, 2020, and biannually thereafter, the 49
78		-	Committee Bill No. 407
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83		-	Commissioner of Transportation shall submit a report, in accordance 50
84		-	with section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General 51
85		-	Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation 52
86		-	concerning the operation of the New Britain to Hartford busway. The 53
87		-	report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: 54
88		-	The number of passengers, the fare revenue generated per passenger 55
89		-	and the cost of operation and maintenance. The first report submitted 56
90		-	pursuant to this subsection shall include, but not be limited to, such 57
91		-	information on a monthly basis since the New Britain to Hartford 58
92		-	busway commenced operations. 59
93		-	Sec. 2. Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 13b-79p of the 60
94		-	general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 61
95		-	thereof (Effective from passage): 62
96		-	(2) Implementing the [New Britain-Hartford] New Britain to 63
97		-	Hartford busway, subject to the availability of federal funds and the 64
98		-	provisions of subsection (b) of section 13b-15a, as amended by this act, 65
99		-	and ensuring that all streets in the city of Hartford intersecting with 66
100		-	said busway are equipped with sufficient signage, gates, traffic lights 67
101		-	and other equipment to provide (A) that all such streets remain open 68
102		-	to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for not less than twenty hours per 69
103		-	day, and (B) safe passage across any such street by trains at any time; 70
104		-	Sec. 3. Subsection (e) of section 13a-123 of the general statutes is 71
105		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 72
106		-	passage): 73
107		-	(e) The following types of signs, displays and devices may, with the 74
108		-	approval of and subject to regulations adopted by the commissioner, 75
109		-	be permitted within the six-hundred-sixty-foot area of interstate, 76
110		-	primary and other limited access state highways, except as prohibited 77
111		-	by state statute, local ordinance or zoning regulation: (1) Directional 78
112		-	and other official signs or notices, which signs and notices shall 79
113		-	include, but not be limited to, signs and notices pertaining to natural 80
114		-	wonders and scenic and historical attractions which are required or 81
115		-	Committee Bill No. 407
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120		-	authorized by law; (2) signs, displays and devices advertising the sale 82
121		-	or lease of the property upon which they are located; (3) signs, displays 83
122		-	and devices advertising activities conducted on the property on which 84
123		-	they are located; (4) signs, displays or advertising devices which are in 85
124		-	place for sixty days or less; and (5) advertising signs, displays or 86
125		-	devices (A) located or erected on real property or abutting real 87
126		-	property within areas owned, leased or managed by a public authority 88
127		-	for the purpose of (i) railway or rail infrastructure facilities, including, 89
128		-	but not limited to, associated structures located within areas zoned 90
129		-	solely or predominantly for the development of a railway or rail 91
130		-	infrastructure facilities, (ii) bus rapid transit corridors, including, but 92
131		-	not limited to, the [Hartford-New Britain] New Britain to Hartford 93
132		-	busway project authorized in section 13b-15a, as amended by this act, 94
133		-	and any shelter, structure or other facility associated with the 95
134		-	operation of such bus rapid transit corridor, (iii) airport development 96
135		-	zones designated in section 32-75d, or (iv) any other similar transit or 97
136		-	freight purpose, or (B) upon or within buildings, structures or other 98
137		-	venues in the custody or control of the state and designed, operated or 99
138		-	intended to be operated for the purpose of presenting athletic, artistic, 100
139		-	musical or other entertainment events. Subject to regulations adopted 101
140		-	by the commissioner and except as prohibited by state statute, local 102
141		-	ordinance or zoning regulation signs, displays and devices may be 103
142		-	erected and maintained within six hundred sixty feet of primary and 104
143		-	other limited access state highways in areas which are zoned for 105
144		-	industrial or commercial use under authority of law or located in 106
145		-	unzoned commercial or industrial areas which areas shall be 107
146		-	determined from actual land uses and defined by regulations of the 108
147		-	commissioner. The regulations of the commissioner in regard to size, 109
148		-	spacing and lighting shall apply to any segments of the interstate 110
149		-	system which traverse commercial or industrial zones wherein the use 111
150		-	of real property adjacent to the interstate system is subject to municipal 112
151		-	regulation or control, or which traverse other areas where the land use, 113
152		-	as of September 21, 1959, was clearly established under state law as 114
153		-	industrial or commercial. 115
154		-	Committee Bill No. 407
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157		-	LCO No. 5950 5 of 5
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159		-	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
160		-	sections:
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162		-	Section 1 from passage 13b-15a
163		-	Sec. 2 from passage 13b-79p(a)(2)
164		-	Sec. 3 from passage 13a-123(e)
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	24	+	That chapter 242 of the general statutes be amended to (1) require 1
	25	+	the Commissioner of Transportation to submit a report to the joint 2
	26	+	standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 3
	27	+	matters relating to transportation not later than July 1, 2019, and 4
	28	+	biannually thereafter, regarding information about the Hartford-New 5
	29	+	Britain Busway, including ridership and utilization, revenue and cost 6
	30	+	of operation and maintenance; (2) require the first report submitted to 7
	31	+	provide such information on a monthly basis since the busway began 8
	32	+	operations; and (3) prohibit the commissioner from expanding such 9
	33	+	busway without the approval of each chamber of the General 10
	34	+	Assembly. 11
166	35		Statement of Purpose:
167	36		To increase transparency regarding the utilization, revenue and costs
168		-	of the New Britain to Hartford busway by requiring legislative
169		-	approval prior to any expansion of such busway and the submission of
170		-	biannual reports.
171		-	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
172		-	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
173		-	not underlined.]
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175		-	Co-Sponsors: SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.; SEN. WITKOS, 8th Dist.
176		-	REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
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178		-	S.B. 407
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	37	+	of the Hartford-New Britain Busway.