CHAPTER 241
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

No person, firm or corporation shall excavate within or under, or place any obstruction or substruction within, under, upon or over, or interfere with construction, reconstruction or maintenance of or drainage from, any state highway without the written permission of the commissioner, and said commissioner may fill in or close any such excavation or remove or alter any such obstruction or substruction, and the expense incurred by the commissioner in such filling or removing or altering shall be paid by the person, firm or corporation making such excavation or placing such obstruction or substruction, provided any excavation, obstruction or substruction existing within, under, upon or over any such highway on July 1, 1925, or, at the discretion of said commissioner, any excavation, obstruction or substruction made after said date without a permit or in violation of the provisions of a permit shall be removed or altered by the person, firm or corporation making or maintaining the same within thirty days from the date when said commissioner sends by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, a notice to such person, firm or corporation, ordering such removal or alteration. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars for a first offense and not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each subsequent offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 2250; 1958 Rev., S. 13-137; 1959, P.A. 26; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 247; 1967, P.A. 237.)
History: 1959 act added prohibition of interference with construction, reconstruction, maintenance or drainage; 1963 act restated previous provisions: See title history; 1967 act required removal of excavation, obstruction or substruction made after July 1, 1925, without permit or in violation of permit at commissioner's discretion.

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Sec. 13a-248. Payments to volunteer fire companies for calls on limited access highways, Berlin Turnpike and South Meadows Expressway and Route 8 in the Naugatuck State Forest. The State Fire Administrator shall pay to each volunteer fire company for each call to which it responds on any limited access highway, or on that section of the highway known as the Berlin Turnpike, which begins at the end of the existing Wilbur Cross Parkway in the town of Meriden and extends northerly along Route 15 to the beginning of that section of limited access highway in the town of Wethersfield known as the Wilbur Cross Parkway and the South Meadows Expressway, or on that section of Route 8 in Beacon Falls which is within the boundaries of the Naugatuck State Forest, the sum of one hundred dollars; provided, in relation to the Berlin Turnpike as herein described, such sum shall be payable only in respect to fires involving motor vehicles using the turnpike. Said Fire Administrator may designate a volunteer fire company to be responsible for the extinguishing of fires on any portion of such highways for which no fire protection is otherwise provided, and in each such case he shall pay to such company one hundred dollars per year in addition to the one- hundred-dollar fee herein provided for.
(1959, P.A. 540, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 550; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 248; February, 1965, P.A. 592; 1967, P.A. 156; 1969, P.A. 607; 1971, P.A. 744; 750; P.A. 81-353, S. 4, 5.)
History: 1961 act extended application of section from Wilbur Cross and Merritt parkways and expressways only to limited access highways and Berlin Turnpike with proviso that application to turnpike cease on construction of limited access highway bypassing turnpike (provision re turnpike deleted as obsolete, limited access bypass having been constructed); 1963 act restated previous provisions: See title history; 1965 act increased amount payable from twenty-five to fifty dollars; 1967 act added provision re payment volunteer fire companies' response to calls on Berlin Turnpike; 1969 act increased payments for caller on limited access highway and Berlin Turnpike from fifty to seventy-five dollars; 1971 acts included in payment provision the section of Rte. 8 within boundaries of Naugatuck State Forest and increased payment for calls on specified highway to one hundred dollars; P.A. 81-353 changed "state fire marshal" to "state fire administrator".

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Sec. 13a-249. Erection of temporary buildings for purposes incidental to the construction and maintenance of highways. The commissioner is authorized to erect temporary buildings upon land owned by the state and under the jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation for purposes incidental to the construction and maintenance of highways.
(1949 Rev., S. 2193; 1958 Rev., S. 13-78; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 249; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 131; P.A. 75-425, S. 49, 57.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway department with department of transportation; P.A. 75-425 removed commissioner's power to construct permanent buildings.

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The warden of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, the warden of the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire or the Community Correctional Center Administrator, upon the requisition of the commissioner, may permit any inmate of any institution under his charge, other than a person serving a life sentence, to be employed in the construction of any highway or bridge, under the direction of said commissioner. Said warden or Community Correctional Center Administrator shall furnish necessary guards over prisoners while out of the custody of any such institution.
(1949 Rev., S. 2184; 1958 Rev., S. 13-71; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 250; 642, S. 11; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 86-186, S. 5; P.A. 87-282, S. 5.)
History: 1963 acts substituted state jail administrator for obsolete reference to county sheriff and restated previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act substituted "community correctional center" for "jail"; P.A. 86-186 changed the name of the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Cheshire to the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire; P.A. 87- 282 substituted "warden" for "superintendent" of the John R. Manson Youth Institution, Cheshire.

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The commissioner is authorized to maintain, from funds available to the Department of Transportation, the James H. MacDonald Memorial Park in the town of Avon.
(1949 Rev., S. 2235; 1958 Rev., S. 13-102; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 251; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 132.)
History: 1963 act restated previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway department with department of transportation.

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Sec. 13a-252. Certain ferries to be operated by state. Rocky Hill ferry to be a state historic structure. The ferries crossing the Connecticut River, known as the Rocky Hill ferry and the Chester and Hadlyme ferry, shall be maintained and operated by the Commissioner of Transportation at the expense of the state. The rates of toll or the charges to be made for travel upon said ferries shall be fixed by the commissioner with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. All expense of maintenance, repairs and operation of said ferries shall be paid by the Comptroller on vouchers of the commissioner. The commissioner shall include in his report to the General Assembly a report of the receipts and expenditures incidental to the control and maintenance of said ferries. Said Rocky Hill ferry shall be maintained as a state historic structure and shall be so marked with an appropriate plaque by the commissioner in cooperation with the Connecticut Historical Commission.
(1949 Rev., S. 2349; 1951, S. 1277d; 1958 Rev., S. 13-99; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 252; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 133; P.A. 73- 441; 73-675, S. 39; P.A. 74-342, S. 34, 43; P.A. 75-568, S. 32, 45; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 73-441 added provision re Rocky Hill Ferry's status as state historic structure; P.A. 73-675 replaced highway fund with transportation fund; P.A. 74-342 replaced reference to Sec. 4-32 with reference to Sec. 13b- 61; P.A. 75-568 deleted reference to deposits of receipts in transportation fund in accordance with Sec. 13b-61; P.A. 77- 614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management.

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(a) The commissioner may repair, maintain and operate the dock on the east bank of the Connecticut River, known as the "Opera House Dock", in the town of East Haddam, as a public convenience. The commissioner may make regulations, consistent with the welfare, safety and convenience of the public, for the use of said dock and may establish and from time to time revise rates for dockage fees and collect such fees.
(b) Any person who violates any regulation established as provided in this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 2214; 1949, S.A. 246; 1958 Rev., S. 13-98; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 253; 1971, P.A. 664; P.A. 73-675, S. 40, 44; P.A. 75-568, S. 33, 45; P.A. 76-435, S. 51, 82.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1971 act deleted Subsec. (a) re state dock at Guilford and incorporated its provisions in Subsec. (b) redesignated as (a), redesignated Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (b), increasing fine from ten to fifty dollars; P.A. 73-675 replaced highway fund with transportation fund; P.A. 75-568 deleted references to Guilford dock and to deposit of dockage fees in transportation fund; P.A. 76-435 made technical corrections.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 124 C. 35.

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When a state highway which has been given a name by act of the General Assembly has been reconstructed, relocated or renumbered, the commissioner may apply such name to such reconstructed, relocated or renumbered section except when he determines that such name applies exclusively, because of personal or historical association, to the highway as originally constructed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2211; 1958 Rev., S. 13-95; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 254.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history.

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The portion of the state highway designated as Connecticut Route 75 running from the southern border of the Windsor Locks town line to the northern border of the Windsor Locks town line shall be named the Ella T. Grasso Turnpike.
(P.A. 81-463, S. 5, 10.)

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The systems of plane coordinates which have been established by the National Geodetic Survey created by the National Ocean Service, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or its successors, for purposes of defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth within the state of Connecticut shall hereafter be known and designated as the Connecticut Coordinate System of 1927 and the Connecticut Coordinate System of 1983. In any land description in which such system is used, it shall be designated the "Connecticut Coordinate System of 1927" or the "Connecticut Coordinate System of 1983", whichever is applicable. A detailed description of each system shall be published by the Commissioner of Transportation.
(b) Maintenance. Said systems shall be designated as the Connecticut coordinate systems, and said commissioner shall be responsible for their extension, revision and maintenance.
(c) Definitions. The following definition by the National Ocean Service is adopted: The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface, used to express the geographic position or location of such point, shall consist of two distances expressed in U.S. survey feet and decimals of a foot. One of these distances, to be known as the "N- coordinate", shall give the position in a north and south direction; the other, to be known as the "E-coordinate", shall give the position in an east and west direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented points of the North American Horizontal Geodetic Control Network as published by the National Geodetic Survey created by the National Ocean Service, formerly the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed on the systems defined in this section.
(1) "The Connecticut Coordinate System of 1927" is defined as follows: A Lambert conformal conic projection of the Clarke spheroid of 1866, having standard parallels at north latitudes 41 degrees 52 minutes and 41 degrees 12 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 72 degrees 45 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 40 degrees 50 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: X=600,000 and Y=0 feet.
(2) "The Connecticut Coordinate System of 1983" is defined as follows: A Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American datum of 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 41 degrees 52 minutes and 41 degrees 12 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 72 degrees 45 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 40 degrees 50 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates: N=500,000 feet and E= 1,000,000 feet.
(d) Use of names. The use of the term "Connecticut Coordinate System of 1927" or "the Connecticut Coordinate System of 1983" on any map, report of survey or other document shall be limited to coordinates based on the Connecticut coordinate systems, as defined in subsection (c).
(e) Description. For the purposes of describing the location of any survey station or land boundary corner in the state of Connecticut, it shall be considered a complete, legal and satisfactory description of such location to give the position of said survey station or land boundary corner on the system of plane coordinates, as defined in this section.
(f) Interpretation. Nothing contained in this section shall require descriptions of real estate to be based only on either of the Connecticut coordinate systems.
(g) Entry upon private property. Said commissioner or his agent or agents may enter upon private property for the purpose of surveying, establishing or maintaining the survey. He shall use care so that no unnecessary damage shall result to any private property and the state shall be liable to the owner of such property for any damage so caused.
(h) Final date for use of 1927 system. The Connecticut Coordinating System of 1927 shall not be used for new mapping after December 31, 1996; the Connecticut Coordinate System of 1983 shall be the sole system for new mapping after said date.
(1949 Rev., S. 2212; 1958 Rev., S. 13-97; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 255; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 134; P.A. 86-68; P.A. 91-53.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 86-68 amended Subsec. (c) by changing the X coordinate from 600,000 feet to 1,000,000 feet and by changing the Y coordinate from 0 feet to 500,000 feet; P.A. 91-53 redefined the Connecticut coordinate system by establishing a coordinate system of 1927 and a coordinate system of 1983 and added a new Subsec. (h) re date by which the coordinate system of 1983 shall be the sole system for mapping.

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For each fiscal year, there may be allocated two hundred and fifty thousand dollars out of funds available to the commissioner not otherwise specifically allocated, to be used for a continuing joint highway research program. The commissioner and the president of The University of Connecticut are authorized to make agreements to establish such controls as may be mutually agreeable for the determination of the research to be undertaken in accordance with such program and to determine their respective responsibilities relative to administration, financing and the publication of findings. If suitable agreements can be entered into prior to the time that allocation of funds for any fiscal year is made, said commissioner may furnish the funds to continue such program from funds next to be allocated. Funds remaining unexpended at the end of each fiscal year shall revert to the unappropriated funds available to the commissioner.
(1961, P.A. 495; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 256; P.A. 86-300, S. 1, 3.)
History: 1963 act replaced previous provisions: See title history; P.A. 86-300 increased allocation for research program from fifty thousand to two hundred fifty thousand dollars.

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The immunity of the state from liability for damage or injuries incurred on a highway or bridge closed under the provisions of sections 13a-115 and 13a-145 shall not extend to any contractor performing work for the state on such highway or bridge.
(1963, P.A. 144.)

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The Commissioner of Transportation shall maintain any sidewalk, including the removal of snow and ice, abutting property acquired for highway purposes, from the date of acquisition until the section of highway for which the property was acquired is completed. He may agree with the municipality in which such sidewalk is located that it perform such maintenance of, and removal of snow and ice from, such sidewalk as he deems necessary and reimburse the municipality for the expense thereof; provided such agreement shall not, for the purposes of section 13a-144, release the commissioner from the duty to maintain such sidewalk. Any person using such sidewalk shall do so at his own risk when such sidewalk is posted in accordance with section 13a-115.
(1963, P.A. 537; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 135.)
History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation.
Cited. 44 CA 651.
Cited. 44 CS 389.

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