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session is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2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 Section 2-90b of the general statutes is repealed and the 16 Substitute Bill No. 6426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