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OLR Bill Analysis
sHB 5255 (as amended by House “A”)*
AN ACT CONCERNING RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
SUMMARY
§ 1 — CROSSWALKS
Prohibits drivers from parking within 25 feet of a mid-block crosswalk, but grandfathers in
existing parking spaces and broadens an exception for crosswalks and intersections with curb
extensions
§§ 2 & 3 — SPEED LIMITS DURING WEATHER EVENTS OR
EMERGENCIES
Allows the DOT commissioner to modify speed limits during weather events or emergencies, so
long as the limit is posted on electronic signs
§ 4 — INDEMNIFICATION FOR RAILBANKING ARRANGEMENTS
Allows the DOT commissioner to indemnify a railroad company in connection with a
railbanking agreement
§§ 5-8 — CONTRACTING CHANGES
Makes changes related to representations required in certain contracts
§§ 9 & 10 — ENTERING PRIVATE PROPERTY DURING
EMERGENCIES
Allows DOT to enter and use private property during commissioner-declared emergencies to
restore service or correct unsafe conditions, subject to certain requirements
§ 11 — OVERSIZE/OVERWEIGHT PERMIT FEES
Increases the fee for electronically transmitted oversize/overweight permits and imposes an
engineering analysis fee on superloads
§§ 12-14 — DUI-RELATED CHANGES
Makes changes related to (1) tests for impairment based on cannabis odor, (2) impaired boating
and diversionary programs, and (3) drug influence evaluation administration
§ 15 — TRUCK PLATOONING
Establishes conditions under which certain vehicles may operate in a “platoon” (i.e.,
electronically coordinate speed and following distances)
§§ 16 & 17 — ILLEGAL ENCROACHMENTS IN RIGHT -OF-WAY
Modifies laws about illegal encroachments on state highway property, including by allowing
DOT to take immediate corrective action when necessary and to bill violators for the costs;
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§§ 18-20 — TECHNICAL CHANGES
Makes several technical changes in laws on work zone speed cameras and pedestrian safety
zones
§ 21 — HOV LANES AND BLOOD TRANSPORT VEHICLES
Codifies the Office of the State Traffic Administration’s (OSTA) authority to designate and
make rules for HOV lanes and allows “blood transport vehicles” to use high occupancy vehicle
(HOV) lanes under specified conditions and
§ 22 — WRONG WAY SIGNS
Sets January 1, 2024, as the deadline for DOT to finish installing wrong way signs on exit
ramps from interstate highways that are prone to accidents
§ 23 — MICROTRANSIT PILOT PROGRAM
Requires DOT to establish a microtransit pilot program
§ 24 — MARINE PILOT EXTENSION OF ROUTE
Allows Connecticut-licensed marine pilots to apply for an “extension-of-route” using
experience gained while piloting under the authority of a federal pilotage endorsement
§ 25 — MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE ON EXTERNAL SPEAKER NOISE
Authorizes municipalities to impose higher penalties on violators of ordinances regulating the
use of external speakers attached to a vehicle
§ 26 — TRANSIT DISTRICT FUNDING
Beginning in FY 25, freezes urban transit district funding at FY 24 levels and requires DOT to
establish a grant program to help these districts maintain, expand, and regionalize services
§ 27 — TRANSIT MOBILE APPLICATION
Requires DOT to develop a mobile app to provide transit district service information and trip
planning services
§ 28 — SALE OF GOODS ON ETHAN ALLEN HIGHWAY
Requires DOT to issue a request for proposals on the sale or offer of goods within the right-of-
way located at approximately 300 Ethan Allen Highway in Ridgefield
§ 29 — GOLF CARTS CROSSING ROUTE 156
Allows a person to drive a golf cart on Route 156 in Old Lyme to cross the road, if the
municipality authorizes golf cart operation on its roads
BACKGROUND
SUMMARY
This bill makes various changes in the transportation statutes,
including the following:
1. modifies laws pertaining to illegal encroachments on state
highway property and increases the penalties for illegal
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2. beginning in FY 25, freezes urban transit district funding at FY 24
levels and requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to
establish a grant program to help districts expand and
regionalize services;
3. allows the DOT to enter and use private property during
commissioner-declared emergencies to restore service or correct
unsafe conditions;
4. establishes conditions under which certain vehicles may operate
in a “platoon”; and
5. codifies the Office of the State Traffic Administration’s (OSTA)
authority to designate and make rules for high occupancy vehicle
(HOV) lanes and allows “blood transport vehicles” to use HOV
lanes under specified conditions.
*House Amendment “A” (1) eliminates provisions in the underlying
bill banning open alcoholic beverage container possession in a motor
vehicle and allowing DOT to take land for bicycle lanes and trails by
eminent domain and (2) adds provisions on HOV lanes, wrong way
signs, a microtransit pilot program, marine pilots, external speaker
noise, transit district funding, a transit mobile application, the sale of
goods on Ethan Allen Highway in Ridgefield, and golf carts crossing
Route 156 in Old Lyme.
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 2022, unless otherwise noted below.
§ 1 — CROSSWALKS
Prohibits drivers from parking within 25 feet of a mid-block crosswalk, but grandfathers
in existing parking spaces and broadens an exception for crosswalks and intersections
with curb extensions
Current law prohibits drivers from parking within 25 feet of an
intersection or a crosswalk located at an intersection. The bill generally
broadens this prohibition to include crosswalks not located at
intersections (i.e., mid-block crosswalks).
However, the bill adds another exception to this prohibition,
grandfathering in any parking space established on or before October 1, 2022HB-05255-R01-BA.DOCX
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2022. It also expands an existing exemption allowing parking within 10
feet of an intersection that has a curb extension treatment that is as wide
or wider than the parking lane. Currently, this exception applies only to
intersections located in and comprised entirely of highways under New
Haven’s jurisdiction. Under the bill, it applies to any intersection or
marked crosswalk with such a curb extension treatment.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2022
§§ 2 & 3 — SPEED LIMITS DURING WEATHER EVENTS OR
EMERGENCIES
Allows the DOT commissioner to modify speed limits during weather events or
emergencies, so long as the limit is posted on electronic signs
The bill allows the DOT commissioner to modify speed limits during
weather events or emergencies, so long as there are electronic signs
indicating the speed limit. The bill also makes a conforming change to
make exceeding the commissioner-established speed limit subject to
existing speeding penalties.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2022
§ 4 — INDEMNIFICATION FOR RAILBANKING ARRANGEMENTS
Allows the DOT commissioner to indemnify a railroad company in connection with a
railbanking agreement
The bill allows the DOT commissioner, if he deems it in the state’s
best interest, to indemnify and hold harmless any railroad company in
connection with an interim trail use and rail banking arrangement
executed according to federal law. “Railbanking” is a voluntary
arrangement between a railroad company and another entity to use an
out-of-service rail corridor as a trail until a railroad might need the
corridor again for rail service.
§§ 5-8 — CONTRACTING CHANGES
Makes changes related to representations required in certain contracts
Nondiscrimination Provisions (§ 5)
Existing law generally requires that state contracts, municipal public
works contracts, and a quasi-public agency contracts contain a
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understands the law’s nondiscrimination and affirmative action
obligations and (2) will maintain a nondiscrimination policy for the
contract’s duration.
Under current law, the authorized signatory of the contract must
demonstrate his or her understanding of this obligation by either (1)
providing an affirmative response in the required online bid or request
for proposals or (2) initialing the affirmation provision in the contract.
Under the bill, the signatory may also do so by signing the contract.
Consulting Agreements (§ 6)
By law, goods and services contracts with a total value of $50,000 or
more in a calendar or fiscal year must have a representation as to
whether a consulting agreement had been entered into in connection
with the contract. The bill eliminates the requirement that it be “sworn
as true” to the signatory’s best knowledge and belief, instead requiring
it be made to his or her best knowledge and belief. As under existing
law, the representation is subject to the penalty of false statement.
The bill also makes technical changes related to the information
included in applicable consulting agreement representations.
Minor and Conforming Changes (§§ 7 & 8)
The bill eliminates a reference to “most qualified or highest ranked”
person in a provision about certification requirements for large state
contracts.
The bill also makes a conforming change related to PA 21-76, which
eliminated the false penalty statement for certifications related to
contractor investments in Iran.
§§ 9 & 10 — ENTERING PRIVATE PROPERTY DURING
EMERGENCIES
Allows DOT to enter and use private property during commissioner-declared emergencies
to restore service or correct unsafe conditions, subject to certain requirements
The bill gives DOT the right to enter and use private property during
commissioner-declared emergencies to, as applicable, (1) correct unsafe
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interrupted essential rail or transit services. Under current law, DOT
must follow existing laws governing property rights acquisition
procedures before entering private property (CGS § 13a-73).
Under the bill, DOT must (1) make a reasonable effort to notify a
private property owner before entering the property and (2) compensate
the property owner for the property use in accordance with state law
pertaining to real property acquisition.
By law, the DOT commissioner may declare an emergency under any
of the following circumstances:
1. a public railroad or its facilities are deemed to be in unsafe
condition or there is an interruption of essential rail services
2. a public transit facility or airport, or its equipment, is damaged
due to natural disaster or incurs substantial casualty loss that
results in an unsafe condition or interruption of essential
services; or
3. an emergency condition exists on a public road that demands
immediate attention to ensure public safety.
§ 11 — OVERSIZE/OVERWEIGHT PERMIT FEES
Increases the fee for electronically transmitted oversize/overweight permits and imposes an
engineering analysis fee on superloads
The bill increases the fee for electronically transmitted
oversize/overweight permits from $5 to $12. It also imposes an
additional engineering analysis fee on vehicles and trailers or
commercial combination vehicles that exceed a permit weight of 200,000
pounds (known as superloads). The fee amount is $2 per thousand
pounds, or fraction thereof, over 200,000 pounds.
§§ 12-14 — DUI-RELATED CHANGES
Makes changes related to (1) tests for impairment based on cannabis odor, (2) impaired
boating and diversionary programs, and (3) drug influence evaluation administration
Testing Based on Cannabis Odor (§ 12)
Under existing law, the odor of cannabis or burnt cannabis does not
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justify a stop or search of a person or vehicle. But current law allows law
enforcement officers to test for impairment based on this odor if the
officer reasonably suspects that a motor vehicle’s driver or passenger is
violating the DUI laws. Under the bill, the officer may only test the
driver based on this suspicion.
The bill also deletes an obsolete reference.
Diversionary Programs and Impaired Boating (§ 13)
The bill adds impaired boating to the list of offenses excluded from
participation in the accelerated rehabilitation diversionary program.
Under existing law, people charged with a first violation of an
impaired boating offense are already eligible for the pretrial impaired
driving intervention program (CGS § 54-56r(a)(1)). By excluding
impaired boating offenses from the accelerated rehabilitation program,
impaired boaters may be convicted upon their second offense, as is
already the case with impaired drivers.
Drug Influence Evaluations (§ 14)
PA 21-1, June Special Session, authorized the use of drug influence
evaluations in investigations of impaired driving. The bill specifies that
these evaluations do not need to start within two hours after the suspect
drove. By law, chemical tests of blood, breath, and or urine for alcohol
or drugs generally must be started within the two-hour timeframe.
§ 15 — TRUCK PLATOONING
Establishes conditions under which certain vehicles may operate in a “platoon” (i.e.,
electronically coordinate speed and following distances)
This bill establishes conditions under which certain vehicles may
operate in a “platoon” and exempts them from the law’s ban on
following too closely. Under the bill, a platoon is two or three
commercial motor vehicles or buses (other than school buses) traveling
in a unified manner at electronically coordinated speeds at following
distances closer than would be reasonable and prudent without the
coordination.
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Under the bill, a person may operate a platoon on public roads in the
state if the person (1) files with the DOT commissioner a general plan
for platoon operations and (2) the commissioner approves the plan.
When the commissioner receives a platoon operations plan, he must
approve or reject it within 15 days. If he rejects the plan, he must provide
a written explanation as to why it was rejected and guidance for
resubmission.
Platoon Operation
The bill requires vehicles in a platoon to obtain a DOT-issued mark
indicating that the vehicle is part of a platoon and display it, as DOT
prescribes, at all times while platooning. Each person operating a
vehicle in a platoon must be seated in the driver’s seat and hold a license
of the appropriate class for the vehicle being driven. The bill also
prohibits vehicles in a platoon from pulling or dragging another vehicle
in the platoon.
Penalty
Anyone who violates the bill’s platooning provisions faces a fine of
$100 to $150. If violation causes an accident, the fine is between $100 and
$200.
§§ 16 & 17 — ILLEGAL ENCROACHMENTS IN RIGHT -OF-WAY
Modifies laws about illegal encroachments on state highway property, including by
allowing DOT to take immediate corrective action when necessary and to bill violators for
the costs; increases the penalties for illegal encroachment
Existing law prohibits any person, firm, or corporation from doing
the following to a state highway (including appurtenances to the
highway) without a permit: (1) excavating within or under it; (2) placing
obstructions or substructions within, under, upon, or over it; or (3)
interfering with construction or maintenance of, or drainage from it. The
bill specifically adds utility companies to the list of people to whom this
prohibition applies.
By law, anyone who does these things without a permit, or who
violates the conditions of the permit, must remove or alter the
obstruction, substruction, or excavation within 30 days after the
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additionally allows the commissioner, upon someone’s failure to
comply with the requirements in the notice within 30 days, to (1) fill in
or close any excavation or remove or alter any excavation, obstruction,
or substruction and (2) bill them for the expenses incurred.
If the DOT commissioner determines that an unsafe condition exists
within, under, upon, or over the state highway that requires immediate
corrective action, the bill allows the DOT commissioner to authorize this
action and bill the violator for the costs.
Under the bill, the state is not liable for any damage to private
property placed in state highways without a permit.
The bill increases the penalty for violations of these encroachment
provisions. Under current law, the penalty is up to $100 for a first
offense and between $100 and $500 for a subsequent offense. Under the
bill, the penalty is between $2,000 and $5,000 for each offense. The bill
also makes each violation a separate and distinct offense and makes
each day the violation continues a separate and distinct offense. Lastly,
the bill makes a conforming change to eliminate these violations from
processing through the centralized infractions bureau.
§§ 18-20 — TECHNICAL CHANGES
Makes several technical changes in laws on work zone speed cameras and pedestrian safety
zones
The bill makes several technical changes in laws on work zone speed
cameras and pedestrian safety zones.
§ 21 — HOV LANES AND BLOOD TRANSPORT VEHICLES
Codifies the Office of the State Traffic Administration’s (OSTA) authority to designate
and make rules for HOV lanes and allows “blood transport vehicles” to use HOV lanes
under specified conditions and
Under existing agency practice, OSTA designates lanes on multi-lane
limited access highways as HOV lanes and erects signs indicating the
lanes and the rules for their use. The bill codifies this authority and
allows OSTA to adopt regulations to implement the bill’s provisions.
The bill also requires OSTA to allow “blood transport vehicles” to use
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transporting human blood and blood products between a collection
point and a hospital or storage center. A blood transport vehicle is a
vehicle owned by a nonprofit general blood banking operation or state-
licensed nonprofit blood collection facility and used to transport blood
and blood products (e.g., plasma or platelets).
To use the HOV lane, the bill requires blood transport vehicles to
display, on each side and the rear, a removable decal or sign indicating
that it is transporting blood and blood products between a collection
point and a hospital or storage center. The vehicle must also display the
logo or emblem of the blood banking operation or collection facility, as
applicable, on each side of the vehicle.
Federal law establishes HOV lane rules that states must follow,
requiring that the lanes be restricted to vehicles with at least two
occupants with certain exceptions (23 U.S.C. § 166). The recent federal
infrastructure bill expanded these exceptions to include blood transport
vehicles (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, P. L. 117-58, § 11527).
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2022
§ 22 — WRONG WAY SIGNS
Sets January 1, 2024, as the deadline for DOT to finish installing wrong way signs on
exit ramps from interstate highways that are prone to accidents
The bill sets January 1, 2024, as the deadline by which DOT must
finish installing wrong way signs on exit ramps from interstate
highways that are prone to accidents, as required in the 2020 bond act
(PA 20-1, § 40).
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
§ 23 — MICROTRANSIT PILOT PROGRAM
Requires DOT to establish a microtransit pilot program
The bill requires the DOT commissioner to establish a two-year pilot
program to test microtransit services in the state, including in rural areas
not currently served by public transportation. “Microtransit” is
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and schedules in response to individual or aggregate consumer
demand. Under the bill, DOT may contract with third parties to provide
microtransit services.
By January 1, 2025, the bill requires the DOT commissioner to submit
a report to the Transportation Committee on the pilot program’s
implementation and any recommendations for future use of
microtransit services.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
§ 24 — MARINE PILOT EXTENSION OF ROUTE
Allows Connecticut-licensed marine pilots to apply for an “extension-of-route” using
experience gained while piloting under the authority of a federal pilotage endorsement
The bill provides an alternative way for Connecticut-licensed marine
pilots to meet the experience requirement for an “extension-of-route.”
By law, the Connecticut Pilot Authority (CPA) issues pilotage licenses
for specific geographic areas of the Long Island Sound and allows
licensees to apply for an expansion of the areas in which they may
operate (i.e., “extension-of-route”) (see BACKGROUND).
Under current law, a marine pilot applying for an extension-of-route
must document to CPA that, within the previous 36 months before
applying, he or she made six round trips through the applicable port or
waterway (1) as an observing pilot on registered or enrolled vessels that
are subject to the state’s compulsory pilotage requirements and (2) while
doing the piloting work under a licensed pilot’s supervision. Under the
bill, an applicant may alternatively document that he or she made those
six trips as a pilot of record on American enrolled vessels on which he
or she was not a crew member. Existing law allows experience on
American enrolled vessels to be used to obtain initial marine pilot
licensure (CGS § 15-13(a)).
§ 25 — MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE ON EXTERNAL SPEAKER NOISE
Authorizes municipalities to impose higher penalties on violators of ordinances regulating
the use of external speakers attached to a vehicle
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(CGS § 7-148(c)(7)(H)(viii)). Municipalities may exercise their general
powers by adopting regulations and ordinances that may be enforced
through penalties of up to $250 unless the law specifies otherwise (CGS
§ 7-148(c)(10)(A)).
The bill authorizes municipalities to set comparatively higher
penalties when adopting these general power ordinances to regulate the
operation and use of external speakers attached to a motor vehicle.
Under the bill, the ordinances may (1) prescribe a penalty of up to $1,000
for first violations, $1,500 for second violations, and $2,000 for third or
subsequent violations and (2) provide for seizing and forfeiting the
speakers to the municipality, with one exception. The forfeited speakers
must be sold at a municipal public auction, with sale proceeds paid to
the municipality’s treasurer for deposit into the municipality’s general
fund.
The bill exempts speakers from forfeiture to the extent an owner, by
reason of any act or omission by another person, did not know and
could not have reasonably known that the speakers were being used or
were intended to be used in violation of an ordinance.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2022
§ 26 — TRANSIT DISTRICT FUNDING
Beginning in FY 25, freezes urban transit district funding at FY 24 levels and requires
DOT to establish a grant program to help these districts maintain, expand, and
regionalize services
Beginning with FY 25, the bill freezes funding for transit districts in
an urbanized area (urban transit districts) at the FY 24 level but
maintains the existing funding formula for transit districts located in a
rural area. Under the bill, an “urbanized area” is one with a population
of at least 50,000 people and defined and designated in the most recent
decennial census as an “urbanized area” by the U.S. Secretary of
Commerce. “Rural area” means an area with a population of less than
50,000 that has not been designated as an urbanized area.
However, the bill requires the DOT commissioner to establish a grant
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expand transit services; provide regional services; and upgrade
equipment, facilities, and other transit-related infrastructure. The
commissioner must establish an application process, eligibility and
evaluation criterion, and reporting requirements for the grant program.
He must also prioritize grants to transit districts formed by a
municipality with a population at least 100,000 or with member
municipalities having a combined population at least 100,000.
Population is based on the Department of Public Health’s most recent
population estimate.
The bill also updates outdated references in the existing funding
formula provisions to make them consistent with federal law and
department practice.
§ 27 — TRANSIT MOBILE APPLICATION
Requires DOT to develop a mobile app to provide transit district service information and
trip planning services
Starting October 1, 2023, the bill requires DOT to develop and
maintain a mobile application (“app”) to (1) integrate real-time
information on transit services provided by transit districts and (2)
provide trip planning services to the public. Each district must provide
real-time information about its services, including the schedule, routes,
trips, and location of the transit services in the way the DOT
commissioner prescribes.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
§ 28 — SALE OF GOODS ON ETHAN ALLEN HIGH WAY
Requires DOT to issue a request for proposals on the sale or offer of goods within the
right-of-way located at approximately 300 Ethan Allen Highway in Ridgefield
By July 1, 2022, the bill requires DOT to issue a request for proposals
on the sale or offer of goods within the right-of-way located at
approximately 300 Ethan Allen Highway in Ridgefield. It requires DOT
to do so regardless of any OSTA-adopted regulations.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
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Allows a person to drive a golf cart on Route 156 in Old Lyme to cross the road, if the
municipality authorizes golf cart operation on its roads
The bill allows a person to drive a golf cart on Route 156 in Old Lyme,
but only for crossing the road and as long as the municipality’s traffic
authority authorizes golf cart operation on its roads (see
BACKGROUND).
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage
BACKGROUND
Marine Pilots
A marine pilot is not a member of a vessel’s crew but comes aboard
to help navigate the vessel in or out of port. State-licensed marine pilots
are expected to act in the public interest and take reasonable actions to
prevent ships under their navigational direction from engaging in
unsafe operations.
Under existing law, the CPA licenses marine pilots. The Connecticut
Pilot Commission, which is within the CPA for administrative purposes,
advises the CPA on marine pilot licensure, safe conduct of vessels,
pilotage rates, and the protection of ports and waters in Connecticut.
Connecticut marine pilots must, among other things, (1) hold a federal
ship master’s license (which is required to serve as a ship captain) and a
federal pilotage license and (2) complete the required number of trips as
a pilot or observing pilot (CGS § 15-13; Conn. Agencies Regs., § 15-15a-
7).
Registered and Enrolled Vessels
Registered vessels typically operate in foreign commerce, whereas
enrolled vessels generally carry domestic cargo between U.S. ports
(referred to as “coastwise” under federal law). Federal law requires that
a federally licensed marine pilot accompany coastwise vessels (46 C.F.R.
§ 15.812(a)(1)).
Municipal Authorization of Golf Carts
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1. the permitted use must be on roads with a posted speed limit of
25 miles per hour or less and limited to daylight hours,
2. golf carts must be equipped with an operable horn that meets
state legal requirements and a flag that helps drivers of other
vehicles to see the cart, and
3. operators must carry a valid driver’s license (CGS § 14-300g(a)).
Related Bills
sSB 390 (File 386), favorably reported by the Transportation
Committee, (1) contains identical provisions on HOV lanes, wrong way
signs, and a microtransit pilot program and (2) allows golf carts to cross
state-owned roads in municipalities that allow golf cart use on
municipal roads.
sHB 5256 (File 381), favorably reported by the Transportation
Committee, phases out the state subsidy for certain transit districts
formed by a municipality or member municipalities that do or does not
have a combined population of at least 100,000.
HB 5259 (File 292), favorably reported by the Transportation
Committee, contains identical provisions on marine pilot extensions of
route.
HB 5422 (File 404), favorably reported by the Transportation
Committee, contains identical provisions on external speaker noise.
COMMITTEE ACTION
Transportation Committee
Joint Favorable Substitute
Yea 23 Nay 12 (03/24/2022)
Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
Joint Favorable
Yea 31 Nay 17 (04/22/2022)