Sec. 16-348. Central clearinghouse. Apportionment of costs.
Sec. 16-348. Central clearinghouse. Apportionment of costs. The public utilities of the state shall, under the direction of the Department of Public Utility Control,
organize and operate a central clearinghouse within the state for receiving and giving
the notices required by section 16-349. The department shall apportion the cost of this
service equitably among the public utilities for those underground facilities registered
with the department, as provided in section 16-347, except sanitary sewer or water
facilities owned or operated by a city, town or borough.
(P.A. 77-350, S. 4; 77-614, S. 162, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-482, S. 165, 348; P.A. 81-146, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control
within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 81-146 exempted sanitary sewer and water
facilities owned or operated by a city, town or borough from being apportioned and limited apportionment generally to
those facilities registered with department under Sec. 16-347.