Sec. 16-16. Report of accidents.
Sec. 16-16. Report of accidents. Each public service company and electric supplier subject to regulation by the Department of Public Utility Control shall, in the event
of any accident attended with personal injury or involving public safety, which was or
may have been connected with or due to the operation of its or his property, or caused
by contact with the wires of any public service company or electric supplier, notify the
department thereof, by telephone or otherwise, as soon as may be reasonably possible
after the occurrence of such accident, unless such accident is a minor accident, as defined
by regulations of the department. Each such person, company or electric supplier shall
report such minor accidents to the department in writing, in summary form, once each
month. If notice of such accident, other than a minor accident, is given otherwise than
in writing, it shall be confirmed in writing within five days after the occurrence of such
accident. Any person, company or electric supplier failing to comply with the provisions
of this section shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars for each offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 5406; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-254; 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 42; P.A. 80-482, S. 52,
348; P.A. 94-242, S. 1, 9; P.A. 98-28, S. 87, 117.)
History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-254 added
special provisions for reporting minor accidents; 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 deleted reference
to companies operating motor buses or taxicabs; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 94-242 deleted references to persons or
companies operating motor vehicles in livery service and motor common or contract carriers of property for hire, effective
June 2, 1994; P.A. 98-28 added electric suppliers, effective July 1, 1998.