Sec. 13b-93. (Formerly Sec. 16-317a). New schedules of bus operation. Discontinuation of service.
Sec. 13b-93. (Formerly Sec. 16-317a). New schedules of bus operation. Discontinuation of service. Any motor bus company which wishes to adopt a new schedule
of operations or discontinue a service shall, not less than twenty days prior to the effective
date of such schedule, give notice thereof to the Department of Transportation and to
the chief executive officer of each municipality affected by such schedule. Notice shall
also be posted in each bus operated on the route affected by such change and at each
ticket agency serving such route and published in a newspaper or newspapers having
circulation in the affected area not less than ten days prior to the effective date of such
schedule. No such schedule shall be effective until approved by the Department of
Transportation.
(1969, P.A. 77; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 18; P.A. 84-216, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted "public utilities control authority" for "public utilities commission" where appearing,
effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control
within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 substituted "department of transportation" for foregoing designation where appearing; in 1981 Sec. 16-317a transferred to Sec. 13b-93; P.A. 84-216 extended
notice requirement to discontinuation of a service and required notice to also be posted at each ticket agency serving a
route affected by a change in service.