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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5213
February Session, 2022
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, designated 3
pursuant to section 13b-27 of the general statutes, (2) the section of the 4
highway known as the Berlin Turnpike, which begins at the end of the 5
existing Wilbur Cross Parkway in the town of Meriden and extends 6
northerly along Route 15 to the beginning of a section of limited access 7
highway in the town of Wethersfield known as South Meadows 8
Expressway, or (3) the section of Route 8 in the town of Beacon Falls 9
which is within the boundaries of the Naugatuck State Forest. The State 10
Fire Administrator may designate a volunteer fire company to be 11
responsible for the extinguishing of fires on any portion of such 12
highways for which no fire protection is otherwise provided and, in 13
each such case, shall pay to such company seven hundred dollars per 14
year in addition to the seven-hundred-dollar fee for each call. 15
Sec. 2. Section 7-323r of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective July 16
1, 2022) 17 Substitute Bill No. 5213
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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 Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 1(1), "designated pursuant to section 13b-27 of the general
statutes" was added for accuracy.
PS Joint Favorable C/R APP
APP Joint Favorable Subst.-LCO