Bill Text: CT SB01169 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Road Cuts.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-26 - File Number 846 [SB01169 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2011-SB01169-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 1169
January Session, 2011		*_____SB01169PD____051711____*

AN ACT CONCERNING ROAD CUTS.

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

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) A public service company, as defined in section 16-1 of the general statutes, a municipal waterworks system established under chapter 102 of the general statutes, a district, metropolitan district, municipal district or special services district established under chapter 105 or 105a of the general statutes, any other general statute or any public or special act, which is authorized to supply water, or any other waterworks system owned, leased, maintained, operated, managed or controlled by any unit of local government under any general statute or any public or special act, that cuts a public highway in the course of repairs or installations shall send to the public works department of the municipality in which the cut was made (1) notice of any temporary and permanent patches made to repair the cut, and (2) the name of the contractor, if applicable, used to make such patches. Such notice shall include certification by the notice provider or contractor that any such patches meet generally accepted standards of repair. For one year after such notice is received by such department, the notice provider and the contractor, if applicable, shall share responsibility for any additional repairs needed as determined by such department.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2011) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall establish standards for any permit to cut a public highway. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, (1) a municipal application fee schedule, and (2) any bonding or insurance requirements for such permit. Each municipality shall issue a permit to cut a public highway and monitor the work performed under such permit in accordance with the standards established by said secretary pursuant to this section. Said secretary may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54 of the general statutes, as necessary to implement the provisions of this section.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2011	New section
Sec. 2	October 1, 2011	New section

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Joint Favorable Subst.