Connecticut 2021 Regular Session

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7	7		General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6426
8	8		January Session, 2021
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14	14		AN ACT CONCERNING RE COMMENDATIONS BY THE
15	15		CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY REGARDING THE PROVISION
16	16		OF SECURITY SERVICES AND METEOROLOGICAL EVALU ATION
17	17		TOWERS.
18	18		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
19	19		Assembly convened:
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21	21		Section 1. Section 21 of public act 09-7 of the September special 1
22	22		session is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
23	23		(Effective from passage): 3
24	24		Not later than December 1, [2009] 2021, the [Department of 4
25	25		Transportation] Connecticut Airport Authority and the Department of 5
26	26		[Public Safety] Emergency Services and Public Protection shall enter 6
27	27		into a [memorandum of understanding to provide that all associated] 7
28	28		contract providing for security services at Bradley International Airport. 8
29	29		Such contract shall provide that all costs incurred by the [Department of 9
30	30		Public Safety] department in providing sworn members of the Division 10
31	31		of State Police within the [Department of Public Safety to the] 11
32	32		department to Bradley International Airport for the purposes of security 12
33	33		services shall be paid from the Bradley Enterprise Fund. Any payment 13
34	34		made pursuant to the contract shall be in compliance with all applicable 14
35	35		federal laws, regulations and guidelines. 15
36	36		Sec. 2. Section 2-90b of the general statutes is repealed and the 16 Substitute Bill No. 6426
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43	43		following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 17
44	44		The Auditors of Public Accounts shall biennially conduct an audit of 18
45	45		reimbursements made from the Bradley Enterprise Fund to the 19
46	46		Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection to cover the 20
47	47		cost of Troop [W] H operations carried out in accordance with the 21
48	48		[memorandum of understanding] contract between the Department of 22
49	49		Emergency Services and Public Protection and the [Department of 23
50	50		Transportation] Connecticut Airport Authority. 24
51	51		Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes of this 25
52	52		section, "meteorological evaluation tower" means a structure that (1) is 26
53	53		self-standing or supported by guy wires or anchors, (2) is not more than 27
54	54		six feet in diameter at the base, and (3) has accessory facilities on which 28
55	55		an antenna, sensor, camera, meteorological instrument or other 29
56	56		equipment is mounted for the purpose of documenting whether a site 30
57	57		has sufficient wind resources for the operation of a wind turbine 31
58	58		generator. "Meteorological evaluation tower" does not include (A) a 32
59	59		structure that is located adjacent to a building, including a barn or an 33
60	60		electric utility substation, or in the curtilage of a residence, (B) a tower 34
61	61		regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, or (C) a tower 35
62	62		used primarily to support telecommunications equipment or provide 36
63	63		commercial mobile radio service or commercial mobile data service, as 37
64	64		such terms are defined in 47 CFR 20.3, as amended from time to time. 38
65	65		(b) A meteorological evaluation tower that is at least fifty feet but not 39
66	66		more than two hundred feet in height above ground level: (1) Shall be 40
67	67		painted in equal alternating bands of aviation orange and white, 41
68	68		beginning with aviation orange at the top of the tower; (2) shall have 42
69	69		aviation orange marker balls installed and displayed in accordance with 43
70	70		the standards contained in current federal regulations and Federal 44
71	71		Aviation Administration advisory circulars; and (3) may not be 45
72	72		supported by guy wires unless the guy wires have a seven-foot-long 46
73	73		safety sleeve at each anchor point that extends from the anchor point 47
74	74		along each guy wire attached to the anchor point. 48 Substitute Bill No. 6426
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81	81		(c) Any person who owns, operates or erects a meteorological 49
82	82		evaluation tower in violation of any provision of subsection (b) of this 50
83	83		section shall be subject to a civil penalty of (1) not more than five 51
84	84		hundred dollars if such violation results in no physical injury, as defined 52
85	85		in section 53a-3 of the general statutes, to another person, (2) not more 53
86	86		than one thousand dollars if such violation results in physical injury to 54
87	87		another person, (3) not more than five thousand dollars if such violation 55
88	88		results in serious physical injury, as defined in section 53a-2 of the 56
89	89		general statutes, to another person, and (4) not more than ten thousand 57
90	90		dollars if such violation results in the death of another person.58
91	91		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
92	92		sections:
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94	94		Section 1 from passage PA 09-7 of the
95	95		September Sp. Sess., Sec.
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97	97		Sec. 2 from passage 2-90b
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	100	+	Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
	101	+	In Section 3(c), "violates" was changed to "owns, operates or erects a
	102	+	meteorological evaluation tower in violation of" for accuracy.
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101	104		TRA Joint Favorable Subst.
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