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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5213
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 1424
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING PAYMENTS TO VOLUNTEER FIRE
COMPANIES FOR RESPONDING TO CALLS ON LIMITED ACCESS
HIGHWAYS AND AT CERTAIN OTHER LOCATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) The State Fire Administrator 1
shall pay seven hundred dollars to each volunteer fire company for each 2
call to which it responds on (1) a limited access highway, (2) the section 3
of the highway known as the Berlin Turnpike, which begins at the end 4
of the existing Wilbur Cross Parkway in the town of Meriden and 5
extends northerly along Route 15 to the beginning of a section of limited 6
access highway in the town of Wethersfield known as South Meadows 7
Expressway, or (3) the section of Route 8 in the town of Beacon Falls 8
which is within the boundaries of the Naugatuck State Forest. The State 9
Fire Administrator may designate a volunteer fire company to be 10
responsible for the extinguishing of fires on any portion of such 11
highways for which no fire protection is otherwise provided, and in 12
each such case shall pay to such company seven hundred dollars per 13
year, in addition to the seven-hundred-dollar fee for each call. 14 Raised Bill No. 5213
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Sec. 2. Section 7-323r of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective July 15
1, 2022) 16
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 2 July 1, 2022 Repealer section
Statement of Purpose:
To require payments from the State Fire Administrator to volunteer fire
companies that respond to calls on limited access highways and certain
other locations.
[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.]