| 24 | | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) Not later than December 1 |
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| 25 | | - | 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation 2 |
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| 26 | | - | shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to 3 |
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| 27 | | - | the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having 4 |
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| 28 | | - | cognizance of matters relating to transportation, the status of 5 |
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| 29 | | - | significant transportation projects in any phase of construction, design 6 |
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| 30 | | - | or planning. This report shall be referred to as the "Transportation 7 |
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| 31 | | - | Project Priority Report". 8 |
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| 32 | | - | (b) The Transportation Project Priority Report shall: (1) Identify 9 |
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| 33 | | - | twenty transportation projects that are a priority to the Department of 10 |
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| 34 | | - | Transportation and for each identified transportation project, include 11 |
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| 35 | | - | (A) whether such project is scheduled to be substantially complete by 12 |
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| 36 | | - | the originally anticipated completion date, (B) whether the cost of such 13 |
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| 37 | | - | project is under the budgeted amount and if not, identify the amount 14 |
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| 38 | | - | that exceeds the budgeted amount and explain why such project 15 |
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| 39 | | - | exceeded the budgeted amount, and (C) whether such project was 16 |
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| 40 | | - | Committee Bill No. 717 |
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| 43 | | - | LCO No. 6195 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | | - | subject to a change order and if so, identify the cost of the change order 17 |
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| 46 | | - | and explain the reason for the change order; (2) identify all 18 |
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| 47 | | - | transportation projects that are at the stage where construction can 19 |
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| 48 | | - | begin but such transportation projects are not funded; (3) identify all 20 |
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| 49 | | - | transportation projects for which bonds have been authorized but 21 |
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| 50 | | - | construction has not started and for each such transportation project, 22 |
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| 51 | | - | identify (A) the date such bonds were authorized by the General 23 |
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| 52 | | - | Assembly, (B) the reasons construction has not started, and (C) the 24 |
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| 53 | | - | date construction is anticipated to start; and (4) identify all 25 |
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| 54 | | - | transportation projects that are anticipated to become a priority based 26 |
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| 55 | | - | on use, the demands of traffic and the integrity of the mode of 27 |
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| 56 | | - | transportation. 28 |
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| 57 | | - | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 58 | | - | sections: |
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| 60 | | - | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 23 | + | That chapter 242 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1 |
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| 24 | + | Commissioner of Transportation to submit an annual list of prioritized 2 |
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| 25 | + | transportation projects to the joint standing committee of the General 3 |
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| 26 | + | Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation. 4 |
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| 63 | | - | To require the Commissioner of Transportation to submit an annual |
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| 64 | | - | report that prioritizes transportation projects. |
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| 65 | | - | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 66 | | - | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 67 | | - | not underlined.] |
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| 69 | | - | Co-Sponsors: SEN. HWANG, 28th Dist. |
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| 71 | | - | S.B. 717 |
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| 28 | + | To provide transparency regarding the prioritization of transportation |
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| 29 | + | initiatives and projects. |
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