Bill Text: CT HB05102 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Commissioner Of Transportation To Attend Certain Public Hearings Concerning Railroad Crossings At Grade.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-14 - Public Hearing 02/18 [HB05102 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-HB05102-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 5102
January Session, 2011		LCO No. 3127
		*03127HB05102TRA*
Referred to Committee on Transportation
Introduced by:
(TRA)

AN ACT REQUIRING THE COMMISSIONER OF TRANSPORTATION TO ATTEND CERTAIN PUBLIC HEARINGS CONCERNING RAILROAD CROSSINGS AT GRADE.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) The Commissioner of Transportation, or a designee of the commissioner, shall attend any public hearing concerning the safety and condition of a railroad crossing at grade upon receipt by the commissioner of a petition that requests the commissioner to attend such hearing and is signed by twenty-five or more electors of the municipality in which the crossing at grade is located.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require the Commissioner of Transportation or said commissioner's designee to attend certain public hearings concerning railroad crossings at grade.

[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.]

Co-Sponsors:

REP. CHAPIN, 67th Dist.; SEN. RORABACK, 30th Dist.

H.B. 5102