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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 1377
January Session, 2025
AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 13a-255 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2026): 2
(a) For the purposes of this section: 3
(1) "NSRS" means the National Spatial Reference System or a 4
successor program; 5
(2) "Metadata" means the information about a data element that 6
provides context for that data element, such as the geodetic reference 7
system utilized, applicable epoch, statement of relative accuracy and 8
date of observation; 9
(3) "National Geodetic Survey" or "NGS" means the agency of the 10
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration within the United 11
States Department of Commerce, or its successor; and 12
(4) "Connecticut Plane Coordinate System" or "CPCS" means the 13
system established pursuant to this section that is identical to the state 14
plane coordinate system as defined for the state of Connecticut by the 15
National Geodetic Survey. 16 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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[(a)] (b) The [systems] most recent of plane coordinates [which] that 17
have been established by the National Geodetic Survey [created by the 18
National Ocean Service, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic 19
Survey, or its successors, or the Connecticut Geodetic Survey] based on 20
the NSRS, for purposes of defining and stating the geographic positions 21
or locations of points [on] in relation to the surface of the earth within 22
the state of Connecticut shall [hereafter] be known [and designated as 23
the Connecticut Coordinate System of 1927 and the Connecticut 24
Coordinate System of 1983. In any land description in which such 25
system is used, it shall be designated the "Connecticut Coordinate 26
System of 1927" or the "Connecticut Coordinate System of 1983", 27
whichever is applicable. A detailed description of each system shall be 28
published by the Commissioner of Transportation] as the Connecticut 29
Plane Coordinate System. The official geodetic datums to which 30
geodetic coordinates are referenced within the state of Connecticut, 31
including, but not limited to, latitude, longitude, ellipsoid height, 32
orthometric height or dynamic height, shall be as defined within the 33
NSRS. 34
[(b) Said systems shall be designated as the Connecticut coordinate 35
systems, and said commissioner shall be responsible for their extension, 36
revision and maintenance.] 37
(c) The detailed description of the CPCS by the NGS shall be adopted 38
and maintained by the Commissioner of Transportation or the 39
commissioner's designee. Additional systems may be published by the 40
commissioner or the commissioner's designee. 41
[(c) The following definition by the National Ocean Service is 42
adopted:] 43
(d) The plane [coordinate values for a point on] coordinates of a point 44
in relation to the earth's surface, to be used [to express] for expressing 45
the geographic position or location of [such] the point in the appropriate 46
zone, if applicable, of the CPS, shall consist of two distances expressed 47
in [U.S. survey] meters and decimals of a meter, or international feet and 48 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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decimals of [a] an international foot. One of these distances, to be known 49
as the ["N-coordinate"] "northing or y-coordinate", shall give the 50
[position in a north and south direction] grid distance north of the x-axis 51
of the system origin; the other, to be known as the ["E-coordinate"] 52
"easting or x-coordinate", shall give the [position in an east and west 53
direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform 54
to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented points of 55
the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published 56
by the National Geodetic Survey created by the National Ocean Service, 57
formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or its successors, 58
and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems 59
defined in this section] grid distance east of the y-axis of the system 60
origin. The x-axis of any zone shall be at right angles to the central 61
meridian of that zone. The y-axis of any zone shall be parallel with the 62
central meridian of that zone. The x-axis shall be perpendicular to the y-63
axis. When applicable, height shall be the coordinate value of the 64
vertical elements of the NSRS expressed as international feet or meters 65
and identified as an ellipsoid height or an orthometric height. The 66
international foot, typically referred to as the foot, shall be used to 67
express all foot distances and coordinates. A definition of one 68
international foot equals three thousand forty-eight ten-thousandths 69
meters shall be used. Other units may be used in previous or additional 70
coordinate systems as published by the Commissioner of 71
Transportation or the commissioner's designee. 72
[(1) "The Connecticut Coordinate System of 1927" is defined as 73
follows: A Lambert conformal conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 74
1866, having standard parallels at north latitudes 41 degrees 52 minutes 75
and 41 degrees 12 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. 76
The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 72 degrees 77
45 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 40 degrees 50 minutes 78
north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: X=600,000 and Y=0 79
feet. 80
(2) "The Connecticut Coordinate System of 1983" is defined as 81
follows: A Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American 82 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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datum of 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 41 degrees 83
52 minutes and 41 degrees 12 minutes along which parallels the scale 84
shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the 85
meridian 72 degrees 45 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 40 86
degrees 50 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: 87
N=500,000 feet and E=1,000,000 feet.] 88
[(d)] (e) The use of the term ["Connecticut Coordinate System of 1927" 89
or "the Connecticut Coordinate System of 1983"] "Connecticut Plane 90
Coordinate System" on any map, report of survey or other document 91
shall be limited to coordinates based on the [Connecticut coordinate 92
systems] CPCS, as [defined in] adopted and maintained pursuant to 93
subsection (c) of this section. 94
[(e)] (f) For the purposes of describing the location of any survey 95
station or land boundary corner in the state of Connecticut, it shall be 96
considered a complete, legal and satisfactory description of such 97
location to give the position of [said] such survey station or land 98
boundary corner on the system of plane coordinates, with a height if 99
applicable, as defined in this section. The method and source for 100
establishing coordinates shall be described in the land or deed record. 101
In all instances where a reference has been made to coordinates in land 102
surveys or deeds, a statement of the metadata of observations shall be 103
included in the record. 104
[(f)] (g) Nothing contained in this section shall require descriptions of 105
real estate to be based only on [either of the Connecticut coordinate 106
systems] CPCS. 107
[(g) Said] (h) The commissioner or [his agent or agents] the 108
commissioner's designee may enter upon private property for the 109
purpose of surveying, establishing or maintaining the survey. [He] The 110
commissioner or the commissioner's designee shall use care so that no 111
unnecessary damage shall result to any private property and the state 112
shall be liable to the owner of such property for any damage so caused. 113
[(h) The Connecticut Coordinating System of 1927 shall not be used 114 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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for new mapping after December 31, 1996; the Connecticut Coordinate 115
System of 1983 shall be the sole system for new mapping after said date.] 116
(i) After the official NGS release or the authorization of any 117
subsequent updates to the Connecticut Plane Coordinate System, and 118
upon the approval of its use or update by the Commissioner of 119
Transportation or the commissioner's designee, new state mapping 120
projects shall be based on said system's current realization unless a 121
different system is determined to be necessary. Mapping coordinates 122
based on the CPCS shall include a statement as to their basis in the 123
metadata. Mapping based on a different system shall contain projection 124
information and a clear statement of purpose regarding the decision to 125
use said system in the metadata. Where feasible, mapping projects based 126
on different systems should also be made available in CPCS unless such 127
provision would create an undue hardship or burden on the project 128
creator. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to prohibit 129
the appropriate use of other datums, geodetic reference frames or plane 130
coordinate systems, nor shall the provisions of this section require the 131
revision of any survey, mapping project, deed, record or other 132
document prepared or recorded that utilized any other coordinate 133
systems previously authorized by the state. 134
Sec. 2. Section 47-34a of the general statutes is repealed and the 135
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2026): 136
(a) Any person who knowingly injures, destroys, disturbs or removes 137
any marker properly placed on any tract of land or street or highway 138
line by a surveyor, or by any person at the direction of a surveyor, for 139
the purpose of designating any point, course or line in the boundary of 140
such tract of land, street or highway, shall be fined not less than five 141
hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars. 142
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a 143
surveyor licensed under chapter 391, or a person acting at the direction 144
of any such licensed surveyor, may remove an existing marker in order 145
to place an upgraded marker in the same location. 146 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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(c) Any person who knowingly injures, destroys, disturbs or removes 147
any monument that has been established by the National Geodetic 148
Survey [or Connecticut Geodetic Survey] for use in the determination of 149
spatial location relative to the Connecticut [coordinate systems] Plane 150
Coordinate System specified in section 13a-255, as amended by this act, 151
or precise elevation datum shall be fined not less than two thousand 152
dollars or more than five thousand dollars. 153
Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 14-300 of the general statutes is 154
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 155
2025): 156
(a) The traffic authority may designate, by appropriate official traffic 157
control devices, as defined in section 14-297, or markers, or by lines 158
upon the surface of the highway, such crosswalks and intersections as, 159
in its opinion, constitute a danger to pedestrians crossing the highway, 160
[including, but not limited to, specially marked crosswalks in the 161
vicinity of schools, which crosswalks shall have distinctive markings,] 162
in accordance with the regulations of the Office of the State Traffic 163
Administration, [to denote use of such crosswalks by school children;] 164
and may maintain suitable signs located at intervals along highways, 165
particularly where there are no sidewalks, directing pedestrians to walk 166
facing vehicular traffic. 167
Sec. 4. Section 14-299 of the general statutes is repealed and the 168
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 169
(a) For the purpose of standardization and uniformity, no installation 170
of or revision to any traffic control signal light shall be made by any 171
town, city or borough until the same has been approved by the Office of 172
the State Traffic Administration. Such approval shall be based on 173
necessity for, location of and type of such signal light and shall be 174
applied for on a form supplied by the Office of the State Traffic 175
Administration and shall be submitted to said office by the traffic 176
authority having jurisdiction. Approval of any such signal light may be 177
revoked by the Office of the State Traffic Administration at any time if 178 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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said office deems such revocation to be in the interest of public safety, 179
and thereupon such signal lights shall be removed by the traffic 180
authority having jurisdiction. 181
(b) When traffic at an intersection is alternately directed to proceed 182
and to stop by the use of signals exhibiting colored lights or lighted 183
arrows, successively one at a time or in combination, only the colors 184
green, red and yellow shall be used, except for special pedestrian-185
control signals carrying word legends or symbols. Such lights or arrows 186
shall apply to drivers of vehicles, pedestrians and operators of bicycles, 187
except when such pedestrians are directed by pedestrian-control signals 188
pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and such operators are directed 189
by bicycle-control signals pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. Such 190
lights or arrows shall indicate the following: 191
(1) Circular green alone: Vehicular traffic facing a green signal may 192
proceed straight through or turn right or left unless a sign or marking at 193
such place prohibits either such turn or straight through movement, 194
except that such traffic shall yield the right-of-way to pedestrians and 195
vehicles within a crosswalk or the intersection at the time such signal 196
was exhibited; pedestrians facing the green signal, except when directed 197
by separate pedestrian-control signals, may proceed across the highway 198
within any marked or unmarked crosswalk. 199
(2) Yellow: Vehicular traffic facing a steady yellow signal is thereby 200
warned that the related green movement is being terminated or that a 201
red indication will be exhibited immediately thereafter, when vehicular 202
traffic shall stop before entering the intersection unless so close to the 203
intersection that a stop cannot be made in safety; pedestrians facing a 204
steady yellow signal, except when directed by separate pedestrian-205
control signals, are thereby advised that there is insufficient time to 206
cross the roadway before a red indication is shown and no pedestrian 207
shall then start to cross the roadway. 208
(3) Red alone: Vehicular traffic facing a steady red signal alone shall 209
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or, if none, then before entering the intersection and remain standing 211
until the next indication is shown; provided, on or after July 1, 1979, 212
vehicular traffic traveling in the travel lane nearest the right hand curb 213
or other defined edge of the roadway, unless a sign approved by the 214
Office of the State Traffic Administration has been erected in the 215
appropriate place prohibiting this movement, may cautiously enter the 216
intersection to make a right turn onto a two-way street or onto another 217
one-way street on which all the traffic is moving to such vehicle's right 218
after such vehicle has stopped as required in this subdivision and 219
yielded the right-of-way to pedestrians within an adjacent crosswalk 220
and to other traffic lawfully using the intersection. Pedestrians facing a 221
steady red signal alone, except when directed by separate pedestrian-222
control signals, shall not enter the roadway. 223
(4) Green arrow: Vehicular traffic facing a green arrow signal, shown 224
alone or in combination with another indication, may cautiously enter 225
the intersection only to make the movement indicated by such arrow, or 226
such other movement as is permitted by other indications shown at the 227
same time, but such vehicular traffic shall yield the right-of-way to 228
pedestrians within a crosswalk and to other traffic lawfully within the 229
intersection. 230
(c) Whenever special pedestrian-control signals exhibiting the words 231
"Walk" or "Don't Walk" or the image of a walking person symbolizing 232
"Walk" or an upraised hand symbolizing "Don't Walk" are in place, 233
pedestrians shall comply with such signals. Such signals shall indicate 234
as follows: (1) "Walk" or walking person symbol: Pedestrians facing 235
such signals may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the 236
signal and shall be given the right-of-way by the drivers of all vehicles; 237
and (2) "Don't Walk" or upraised hand symbol: No pedestrian shall start 238
to cross the roadway in the direction of such signal, but any pedestrian 239
who has partially completed crossing on the walk signal shall proceed 240
to a sidewalk or safety island while the flashing "Don't Walk" or flashing 241
upraised hand symbol signal is showing. 242
(d) When an illuminated flashing red or yellow signal is used in a 243 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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traffic sign or signal, it shall require obedience by vehicular traffic as 244
follows: 245
(1) Flashing red: When a red lens is illuminated by rapid intermittent 246
flashes, vehicular traffic shall stop before entering the nearest crosswalk 247
at an intersection, or at a limit line when marked or, if none, then before 248
entering the intersection, and the right to proceed shall be subject to the 249
rules applicable after making a stop at a stop sign. 250
(2) Flashing yellow: When a yellow lens is illuminated with rapid 251
intermittent flashes, vehicular traffic facing such signal may proceed 252
through the intersection or past such signal only with caution. 253
(e) Whenever bicycle-control signals with three lens signal heads 254
exhibiting green, yellow or red bicycle stenciled lenses are in place, the 255
operators of bicycles shall comply with such signals. Such signals shall 256
indicate as follows: 257
(1) Green bicycle: Bicycle traffic facing a green bicycle signal may 258
proceed in the same manner as if facing a green signal alone as described 259
in subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of this section. 260
(2) Yellow bicycle: Bicycle traffic facing a yellow bicycle signal is 261
thereby warned in the same manner as if facing a steady yellow signal 262
as described in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section. 263
(3) Red bicycle: Bicycle traffic facing a red bicycle signal shall stop in 264
the same manner as if facing a steady red signal alone as described in 265
subdivision (3) of subsection (b) of this section, provided bicycle traffic 266
may cautiously enter the intersection as described in said subdivision. 267
(4) Flashing red bicycle: When a red bicycle signal is illuminated by 268
rapid intermittent flashes, bicycle traffic shall stop in the same manner 269
as if facing a red lens illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes as 270
described in subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this section. 271
(5) Flashing yellow bicycle: When a yellow bicycle signal is 272
illuminated by rapid intermittent flashes, bicycle traffic may proceed as 273 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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described in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section. 274
(f) Lenses of the following colors only shall be used and shall be 275
arranged vertically in the signal face or, when necessary, horizontally, 276
and shall conform to the following positions: When arranged vertically, 277
red shall be located at the top, yellow shall be located directly below red 278
and the remaining indications below the yellow in the following order: 279
Flashing yellow, circular green, vertical arrow, left-turn arrow and 280
right-turn arrow, as needed; when arranged horizontally, red shall be 281
located at the left, yellow shall be located directly to the right of red and 282
the remaining indications to the right of yellow in the following order: 283
Flashing yellow, left-turn arrow, circular green, vertical arrow and 284
right-turn arrow, as needed. 285
(g) When lane-direction-control signals are placed over the 286
individual lanes of a street or highway, vehicular traffic may travel in 287
any lane over which a green arrow signal is shown, but shall not enter 288
or travel in any lane over which a red X signal is shown. 289
(h) If a traffic control signal, approved by the Office of the State Traffic 290
Administration, is erected and maintained at a place other than an 291
intersection, the provisions of this section shall be applicable except as 292
to those provisions which by their nature can have no application. Any 293
stop required shall be made at a sign or marking on the pavement 294
indicating where the stop shall be made, but in the absence of any sign 295
or marking, the stop shall be made at the signal. 296
(i) As used in this subsection, "light rail transit signal" has the same 297
meaning as described in the Federal Highway Administration's Manual 298
on Uniform Traffic Control Device for Streets and Highways, as 299
amended from time to time, and includes bus rapid transit signals. 300
Whenever a light rail transit signal with multiple lenses exhibiting 301
horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines is in place, the operators of light 302
rail transit and bus rapid transit shall comply with such signals. Such 303
signals shall indicate as follows: 304
(1) White vertical line or diagonal line: Light rail transit and bus rapid 305 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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transit facing a white vertical or diagonal signal may proceed straight, 306
left or right. 307
(2) White horizontal line: Light rail transit and bus rapid transit facing 308
a white horizontal signal shall stop. 309
(3) Flashing white vertical line or diagonal line: Light rail transit and 310
bus rapid transit facing a flashing white vertical or diagonal signal shall 311
prepare to stop. 312
Sec. 5. Section 14-251 of the general statutes is repealed and the 313
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 314
(a) No vehicle shall be permitted to remain stationary within ten feet 315
of any fire hydrant, or upon the traveled portion of any highway except 316
upon the right-hand side of such highway in the direction in which such 317
vehicle is headed; and, if such highway is curbed, such vehicle shall be 318
so placed that its right-hand wheels, when stationary, shall, when safety 319
will permit, be within a distance of twelve inches from the curb, except 320
if a bikeway, as defined in section 13a-153f, or such bikeway's buffer 321
area, as described in the federal Manual on Uniform Traffic Control 322
Devices, is in place between the parking lane and the curb, such vehicle 323
shall be so placed that its right-hand wheels, when stationary, shall, 324
when safety will permit, be within a distance of twelve inches from the 325
edge of such bikeway or buffer area. 326
(b) (1) No vehicle shall be permitted to remain parked within [twenty-327
five] thirty feet of an intersection or an approach to a marked crosswalk, 328
[except (1) within ten feet of such intersection or marked crosswalk if] 329
unless (A) such intersection or marked crosswalk has a curb extension 330
treatment with a width equal to or greater than the width of the parking 331
lane, [or (2) if there is an available parking space that was established on 332
or before October 1, 2022] in which case a vehicle may be permitted to 333
remain parked within twenty feet of such intersection or marked 334
crosswalk, or (B) there is an available marked parking space. 335
(2) On and after October 1, 2025, when installing or reinstalling 336 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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markings of an intersection or an approach to a marked crosswalk and 337
allowing for the parking of motor vehicles near such intersection or 338
marked crosswalk, the Office of the State Traffic Administration and 339
any local traffic authority, as defined in section 14-297, shall install any 340
marked parking space (A) at least thirty feet from such intersection or 341
marked crosswalk, or (B) at least twenty feet from such intersection or 342
marked crosswalk if such intersection or marked crosswalk has a curb 343
extension treatment with a width equal to or greater than the width of 344
the parking lane. 345
(3) No vehicle shall be permitted to remain parked within [twenty-346
five] thirty feet of a stop sign or yield sign caused to be erected by the 347
traffic authority in accordance with the provisions of section 14-301. [, 348
except where permitted by the traffic authority of the city of New Haven 349
at the intersection of one-way streets located in and comprised entirely 350
of highways under the jurisdiction of the city of New Haven.] 351
(c) No vehicle shall be permitted to remain stationary upon the 352
traveled portion of any highway at any curve or turn or at the top of any 353
grade where a clear view of such vehicle may not be had from a distance 354
of at least one hundred fifty feet in either direction. The Commissioner 355
of Transportation may post signs upon any highway at any place where 356
the keeping of a vehicle stationary is dangerous to traffic, and the 357
keeping of any vehicle stationary contrary to the directions of such signs 358
shall be a violation of this section. No vehicle shall be permitted to 359
remain stationary upon the traveled portion of any highway within fifty 360
feet of the point where another vehicle, which had previously stopped, 361
continues to remain stationary on the opposite side of the traveled 362
portion of the same highway. No vehicle shall be permitted to remain 363
stationary within the limits of a public highway in such a manner as to 364
constitute a traffic hazard or obstruct the free movement of traffic 365
thereon, provided a vehicle which has become disabled to such an 366
extent that it is impossible or impracticable to remove it may be 367
permitted to so remain for a reasonable time for the purpose of making 368
repairs thereto or of obtaining sufficient assistance to remove it. 369 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to emergency 370
vehicles and to maintenance vehicles displaying flashing lights or to 371
prohibit a vehicle from stopping, or being held stationary by any officer, 372
in an emergency to avoid accident or to give a right-of-way to any 373
vehicle or pedestrian as provided in this chapter, or from stopping on 374
any highway within the limits of an incorporated city, town or borough 375
where the parking of vehicles is regulated by local ordinances. 376
(e) Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. 377
Sec. 6. Subsection (a) of section 13a-124a of the general statutes is 378
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 379
2025): 380
(a) As used in this section, "specific service sign" means a rectangular 381
sign with the word GAS, FOOD, LODGING, CAMPING , [or] 382
ATTRACTION or EV CHARGING or any other word permitted in the 383
Federal Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control 384
Devices for Streets and Highways, as amended from time to time, and 385
exit directional information pertaining to the designated motorist 386
service placed on the sign and upon which is mounted separately 387
attached business sign panels showing the brand, symbol, trademark or 388
name, or any combination of these, for the designated service available 389
on a crossroad at or near an interchange or intersection. 390
Sec. 7. Subsection (a) of section 13a-98i of the general statutes is 391
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 392
2025): 393
(a) The commissioner may enter into agreements for the acceptance 394
and expenditure of funds concerning federal surface transportation 395
urban program roadways or facilities and eligible federal surface 396
transportation rural collector roadways or facilities with the United 397
States Secretary of Transportation or local officials, or both, to develop 398
plans and establish programs for, and construct improvements on or to 399
such roadways or facilities using appropriations made to the 400
Department of Transportation by the General Assembly and 401 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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apportionments to the Department of Transportation or a municipality 402
by said Secretary of Transportation under the provisions of [the Safe, 403
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 404
Users (SAFETEA-LU), all amendments thereto] any act of Congress 405
providing for federal surface transportation funding and all applicable 406
federal regulations. Any municipality becoming a party to an agreement 407
concerning such improvements on locally maintained roadways or 408
facilities shall pay fifty per cent of that portion of the cost thereof, which 409
is not paid by the federal government, including required studies, 410
establishing programs, development of plans, engineering expenses, 411
acquisition of rights-of-way, required municipally-owned utility work 412
and construction activities, provided the municipality may pay up to 413
the entire nonfederal government share on locally maintained roadways 414
or facilities when the commissioner and municipality agree that this 415
action is warranted, necessary and desirable in order to obtain federal 416
funds. The state may pay fifty per cent of that portion of the cost thereof 417
which is not paid by the federal government on locally maintained 418
roadways or facilities and shall pay the entire portion not paid by the 419
federal government on state maintained roadways or facilities. 420
Sec. 8. Section 13a-98e of the general statutes is repealed and the 421
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 422
The commissioner may acquire by purchase, gift or condemnation in 423
the name of the state such real property for any federal surface 424
transportation urban program roadway or facility, or rights of access to 425
and egress from land abutting any federal surface transportation urban 426
program roadway or facility, as is necessary to construct and maintain 427
the improvements to any such roadway or facility in the same manner 428
and with like powers as authorized and exercised by said commissioner 429
in acquiring real property or rights of access to and egress from land 430
abutting state highways for highway purposes. 431
Sec. 9. Section 13a-98m of the general statutes is repealed and the 432
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 433 Substitute Bill No. 1377
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As used in sections 13a-98e, 13a-98f and 13a-98i to 13a-98k, inclusive, 434
as amended by this act, "federal surface transportation urban program 435
roadway or facility" means any state or locally maintained roadway or 436
facility that is deemed eligible for surface transportation urban program 437
funding in accordance with the [Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 438
Century, all amendments to said act] provisions of any act of Congress 439
providing for federal surface transportation funding and all applicable 440
federal regulations. 441
Sec. 10. Section 13a-60 of the general statutes is repealed and the 442
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 443
The commissioner or [his] the commissioner's agent may enter upon 444
private property for the purpose of conducting surveys, inspections or 445
geological investigations for the location, relocation, construction or 446
reconstruction of any proposed or existing highway or railroad facilities. 447
After giving reasonable notice to the property owner or owners affected, 448
[he or his] the commissioner or the commissioner's agent may also enter 449
private property for the purpose of performing borings, soundings or 450
other tests required to accomplish any of the foregoing objectives with 451
respect to such highways [. He] or railroad facilities. The commissioner 452
or the commissioner's agent shall use care so that no unnecessary 453
damage shall result, and the state shall pay damages to the owner of any 454
property from appropriations made to the Department of 455
Transportation for any damage or injury [he] the commissioner or the 456
commissioner's agent causes such owner by such entrance and use. If 457
entry to any property for the purpose of performing borings, soundings 458
or other tests is refused to the commissioner or [his] the commissioner's 459
agent after [he] the commissioner or the commissioner's agent has given 460
reasonable notice to the owner or owners thereof, the commissioner 461
shall assess damages in the manner provided by statute for the taking 462
of land for highway purposes, and, at any time after such assessment 463
has been made by said commissioner, may enter [said] such property 464
for the purpose of performing borings, soundings or other tests. If the 465
owner accepts such assessment of damages, [he] the owner shall notify 466
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to [said] such owner within thirty days or, after the expiration of [said] 468
such thirty days, shall pay such sum with interest at six per cent. If the 469
owner is aggrieved by such assessment, [he] the owner shall notify the 470
commissioner in writing and may appeal to any court within its 471
jurisdiction for a reassessment of such damages within six months from 472
the date said commissioner forwarded such assessment to such owner. 473
This section shall not limit or modify rights of entry upon property 474
otherwise provided for by law. 475
Sec. 11. Section 13b-244 of the general statutes is repealed and the 476
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 477
Each railroad company may hold such real estate as may be 478
convenient for accomplishing the objects of its organization. [;] Each 479
railroad company and the Commissioner of Transportation may by [its] 480
the agents of such company or of the commissioner enter such places as 481
may be designated by its directors or the commissioner for the purpose 482
of making surveys and determining the line whereon to construct [its] a 483
railroad and may construct, equip and maintain a railroad, with one or 484
more tracks, over the route specified in its charter, in the case of the 485
railroad company, and transport persons or property thereon by any 486
power. 487
Sec. 12. Subsection (b) of section 13b-36 of the general statutes is 488
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 489
2025): 490
(b) The commissioner may sell, lease, convey or enter into any other 491
arrangement for the use of such property for the operation of 492
transportation services, or for such other purposes as the commissioner 493
determines to be consistent with the best interests of the state. With 494
respect to such state-owned property that supports rail operations, 495
including any rail right-of-way, the commissioner may issue an entry 496
permit on a form required by the commissioner to any person seeking 497
nonexclusive, temporary access to such property. Such permit shall 498
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obtain, as determined by the commissioner in consultation with the 500
state's Director of Insurance and Risk Management, with the state 501
named as an additional insured. No liability shall accrue to the state or 502
any agency or employee of the state for any injuries or damages to any 503
person or property that may result, either directly or indirectly, from the 504
activities of the permittee on such property. 505
Sec. 13. Section 7-273l of the general statutes is repealed and the 506
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 507
(a) As used in this section, "urbanized area" has the same meaning as 508
provided in 49 USC 5302(24), as amended from time to time, and "rural 509
area" has the same meaning as provided in 49 USC 5302(17), as amended 510
from time to time. 511
(b) Each transit district established under this chapter or any special 512
act may (1) impose service charges and user fees on persons using transit 513
systems operated by such district, and (2) apply for funding from the 514
Department of Transportation in accordance with the provisions of this 515
section to finance the construction, acquisition, purchase, lease or 516
operation of a mass transit system and related programs authorized 517
under section 7-273b. Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 518
1984, [until June 30, 2024, inclusive] and each fiscal year thereafter, the 519
commissioner shall distribute such funds to each transit district located 520
in an urbanized area or a rural area in the same manner as the formula 521
specified under 49 USC 5307, as amended from time to time, or 49 USC 522
5311, as amended from time to time. [Commencing with the fiscal year 523
ending June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the commissioner 524
shall distribute such funds to each transit district located in a rural area 525
in the same manner as the formula specified under 49 USC 5311, as 526
amended from time to time.] Any municipality providing transit service 527
that is not part of a transit district may either establish a transit district 528
under the provisions of this chapter to assume operating control of such 529
service or negotiate an agreement with the Department of 530
Transportation to administer the operation of such service. In the latter 531
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municipality according to the formula specified in this section. As a 533
condition of receiving any funds under this subsection, a transit district 534
or municipality shall meet eligibility criteria established by the 535
commissioner, including, but not limited to, deriving a portion of 536
operating costs from service charges, user fees, federal or local subsidies 537
and sources other than from state subsidies. 538
[(c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and each 539
fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of Transportation shall 540
distribute to each transit district located in an urbanized area an amount 541
equivalent to the total amount of funds distributed to the transit district 542
pursuant to subsection (b) of this section by the commissioner during 543
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. 544
(d) In addition to the funding distributed pursuant to the provisions 545
of subsection (c) of this section, commencing with the fiscal year ending 546
June 30, 2025, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Commissioner of 547
Transportation shall establish a grant program to assist transit districts 548
located in urbanized areas to maintain and expand transit services, 549
provide regional transit services and upgrade the equipment, facilities 550
and infrastructure incident to the provision of transit services. The 551
commissioner shall establish eligibility criteria, an application process, 552
evaluation criteria and reporting requirements for the grant program. 553
The commissioner shall prioritize grant awards to transit districts where 554
the municipality that formed the transit district has a population of one 555
hundred thousand or more, as determined by the most recent 556
population estimate by the Department of Public Health, and transit 557
districts where the member municipalities included in the transit district 558
have a combined population of one hundred thousand or more.] 559
[(e)] (c) The Commissioner of Transportation shall adopt regulations, 560
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the 561
purposes of this section. 562
Sec. 14. Section 13b-79t of the general statutes is repealed and the 563
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The Department of Transportation may solicit bids or qualifications 565
for equipment, materials or services for a project funded pursuant to 566
subsection (a) of section 3-20a, subsection (c) of section 4-66c, 567
subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 13b-57d, section 13b-61a, 568
subdivision (3) of section 13b-78k, section 13b-78n, subsection (a) of 569
section 13b-78p, sections 13b-79o to [13b-79y] 13b-79x, inclusive, or 570
sections 19, 24, 25 or 33 to 35, inclusive, of public act 06-136 at any time 571
in the fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that all required funds may 572
not be available for the expenditure until later in the same or succeeding 573
fiscal year. 574
Sec. 15. Sections 13a-260, 13b-79y and 14-300a of the general statutes 575
are repealed. (Effective July 1, 2025) 576
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2026 13a-255
Sec. 2 January 1, 2026 47-34a
Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 14-300(a)
Sec. 4 July 1, 2025 14-299
Sec. 5 July 1, 2025 14-251
Sec. 6 July 1, 2025 13a-124a(a)
Sec. 7 July 1, 2025 13a-98i(a)
Sec. 8 July 1, 2025 13a-98e
Sec. 9 July 1, 2025 13a-98m
Sec. 10 July 1, 2025 13a-60
Sec. 11 July 1, 2025 13b-244
Sec. 12 July 1, 2025 13b-36(b)
Sec. 13 July 1, 2025 7-273l
Sec. 14 July 1, 2025 13b-79t
Sec. 15 July 1, 2025 Repealer section
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