Sec. 15-74b. Lines within clear zone prohibited.
Sec. 15-74b. Lines within clear zone prohibited. (a) No public service company
shall construct or maintain any overhead line or facility within the limits of a clear zone.
(b) (1) Immediately upon July 6, 1971, the Commissioner of Transportation shall
establish clear zones, in accordance with regulations adopted by him, for all public
airport runways, and shall establish a list of priorities for the abatement or correction
of encroachments thereon by public service companies. (2) Subject to the availability
of funds, said commissioner shall from time to time order the relocation, removal or
such other appropriate corrective action as he deems necessary to abate or correct such
encroachments on clear zones.
(c) Where overhead lines already exist within the limits of an established clear zone
the Commissioner of Transportation shall reimburse the owner public service company
for the cost of relocation, removal or other corrective measures approved by him. Funds
required for the implementation of this section shall be appropriated from existing and
future appropriations for state aid to airports in accordance with regulations adopted by
the Commissioner of Transportation.
(1971, P.A. 678, S. 2-4; 1972, P.A. 96, S. 2.)
History: 1972 act replaced "electric company" with "public service company", deleted word "transmission" modifying
"lines" and amended Subsec. (c) by specifying that appropriations be made in accordance with commissioner's regulations.