Sec. 13b-228. (Formerly Sec. 16-75c). Tax exemption projects.
Sec. 13b-228. (Formerly Sec. 16-75c). Tax exemption projects. To effectuate
the policy of the state declared in section 13b-226, such tax exemption projects shall
specify for each such railroad those measures which the Commissioner of Transportation
deems necessary in the public interest for the railroad to carry out during the calendar
year following the date of issuance. Subject to the requirements of any applicable law
or order of any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over such railroad, such tax exemption projects shall include one or more of the following:
(a) Railroad track or railroad facility improvement projects in this state. Allowable
costs shall include design, inspection and construction of projects including, but not
limited to, the maintenance, rehabilitation or construction of tracks, bridges, stations, or
platforms or the acquisition or rehabilitation of equipment used exclusively in this state.
(b) Light density freight line service preservation, in this state, where the revenue
and variable cost of such lines create the potential for abandonment. Such preservation
means the railroads' assumption of the deficit cost of the operation of such a line and
shall be defined as one hundred ten per cent of the variable cost to provide service,
minus the revenues generated by such a line.
(c) Intercity rail passenger service expansion in this state. Such expansion means
Amtrak's assumption of the operating deficit directly attributable to the passenger train
service which is additional to the service defined in the Amtrak schedule dated October
28, 1984.
(1961, P.A. 11, S. 4; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 610; P.A. 78-291, S. 6, 7, 16; P.A. 85-518, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted "public utilities control authority" for "public utilities commission", effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 substituted "commissioner of transportation" for "public utilities control authority", effective
January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-291 provided for the measures to be taken as mandatory and included contribution to the state
by the railroad of the nonfederal share or any part thereof in any rail service program sponsored by the state, on an interim
basis under the authority until January 1, 1979, and thereafter under the cognizance of the commissioner of transportation,
effective January 1, 1979, and applicable to tax imposed under chapter 210 on gross earnings in the calendar year ending
December 31, 1978, and each calendar year thereafter; in 1981 Sec. 16-75c transferred to Sec. 13b-228; P.A. 85-518
changed standards of service to tax exemption projects, deleted Subdivs. (a) to (f), inclusive, defining standards of service
and added new Subdivs. (a) to (c), inclusive, defining tax exemption projects.