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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6487
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 3567
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
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AN ACT CONCERNING TH E DESIGNATION OF A BIKEWAY IN
CHESHIRE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR S TUDENTS
ENROLLED IN ADULT ED UCATION PROGRAMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Transportation 1
shall designate a portion of Routes 69 and 70 in the town of Cheshire as 2
a bikeway. 3
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of 4
Transportation may develop and propose to the Secretary of the Office 5
of Policy and Management a program to provide students of adult 6
education programs in this state access to bus and off-peak rail 7
transportation services. The program shall not be effective and shall not 8
create or expand bus or rail transportation services, unless approved by 9
the secretary. If the program is approved by the secretary, the 10
commissioner may negotiate and contract with any local or regional 11
board of education that maintains a program of adult classes, or 12
provides for participation in a program of adult classes, to provide 13
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on the terms and conditions and for the compensation or 15
reimbursement approved by the secretary. 16
(b) On or before October 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the 17
commissioner shall provide to the secretary any financial and 18
programmatic information for the prior fiscal year the secretary shall 19
require for the purposes of assessing the program's utilization rate and 20
the extent of any public subsidy for the program's bus or rail services. 21
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To (1) designate a portion of a roadway in the town of Cheshire as a
bikeway, and (2) provide students enrolled in adult education programs
access to public transportation.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]