Sec. 13b-4d. Commissioner's power to declare a state of emergency.
Sec. 13b-4d. Commissioner's power to declare a state of emergency. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Transportation may declare a state of emergency and may employ, in any manner, such assistance
as he may require to restore any railroad owned by the state or any of its subdivisions or
the facilities, equipment or service of such railroad, or any transit system or its facilities,
equipment or service, or any airport when: (1) A railroad system owned by the state or
any of its subdivisions or any of the facilities or equipment of such railroad system is
deemed by the commissioner to be in an unsafe condition or when there is an interruption
of essential railroad services, whether or not such system or any of its facilities or equipment is physically damaged; (2) a transit facility owned by the state or any of its subdivisions or the equipment of such facility is damaged as a result of a natural disaster or
incurs substantial casualty loss which results in what is deemed by the commissioner
to be an unsafe condition or when there is an interruption of essential transit services;
or (3) an airport owned or operated by the state or any of its subdivisions or the equipment
of such airport is damaged as a result of a natural disaster or incurs substantial casualty
loss which results in what is deemed by the commissioner to be an unsafe condition or
when there is an interruption of essential transit services.
(b) When a privately-owned railroad system, its facility or equipment is damaged
as a result of a natural disaster or incurs substantial casualty loss which results in an
unsafe condition or the interruption of essential railroad service, the railroad company
may request the commissioner to declare a state of emergency, and said commissioner
may comply with such request and may provide assistance to such railroad company in
any manner he deems necessary to restore said railroad system, facility, equipment or
service.
(P.A. 94-188, S. 23, 30; P.A. 07-232, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 94-188, Sec. 23, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 07-232 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions re declaration of state of emergency with respect to airports, effective July 11, 2007.