Sec. 13b-38o. Definitions.
Sec. 13b-38o. Definitions. For the purposes of sections 13b-38o, 13b-38p, 13b-38t, 13b-38v and 13b-38x, the following definitions shall apply unless otherwise provided by federal law or regulation:
(1) "Affected employer" means an employer, or its successor, which employs one
hundred or more employees at a work location located in a severe nonattainment area.
For the purposes of this subdivision, the number of employees shall be the average
number of employees per work location during the preceding twelve months;
(2) "Clean Air Act" means the federal Clean Air Act, 42 USC Section 7401 et seq.,
as may from time to time be amended;
(3) "Employee" means any person employed by, or who enters into a direct contract
for services with, an employer for eighty or more hours per twenty-eight-day period in
a full-time or part-time position, who reports to the employer's work location and either
(A) is assigned primarily to such employer's work location or (B) uses a mode of transportation to perform such person's job responsibilities other than the vehicle in which
such person commuted to the employer's work location;
(4) "Employer" means any person, firm, business, educational institution, nonprofit
agency, corporation, limited liability company, the state, any political subdivision of
the state, any governmental agency, or any other entity which employs persons;
(5) "Severe nonattainment area" means the geographic area in Connecticut designated as such by the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Clean
Air Act;
(6) "Traffic reduction program" means a program established under section 13b-38p in which any affected employer may participate;
(7) "Work location" means a site, building, group of buildings or set of contiguous
buildings or portion thereof, under the ownership, operation or control of an affected
employer where employees perform work.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-13, S. 1, 18; P.A. 93-334, S. 1, 7: P.A. 94-129, S. 1, 3; P.A. 95-79, S. 36, 189; P.A. 96-223, S.
1, 8.)
History: P.A. 93-334 redefined "affected employer" and "employee", substituted definition of "peak travel period" for
"peak period", added definitions of "compliance report", "maintenance plan", "revised compliance plan" and "target
average passenger occupancy" and made technical changes, renumbering Subdivs. as necessary, effective June 29, 1993;
P.A. 94-129 redefined "employer", effective May 20, 1994; P.A. 95-79 redefined "employer" to include a limited liability
company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 96-223 deleted definitions of "average passenger occupancy", "average vehicle
occupancy", "compliance plan", "compliance report", "maintenance plan", "peak travel period", "regional planning
agency", "revised compliance plan" and "target average passenger occupancy", added definition of "traffic reduction
program", made technical changes and renumbered Subdivs. as necessary, effective July 1, 1996.
See Sec. 13b-38a re establishment of commuter programs, advice and assistance to employers, traffic management
programs and task force to develop transportation management plans.