Bill Text: CT HB05363 | 2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5363 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Requiring Street Light Shutoffs.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-26 - Public Hearing 03/04 [HB05363 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2010-HB05363-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5363*
*February Session, 2010*		LCO No. 1486
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Referred to Committee on Energy and Technology
Introduced by:
(ET)

AN ACT REQUIRING STREET LIGHT SHUTOFFS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2010) The Commissioner of Transportation shall turn off all roadway lights on limited access highways, as defined in section 14-1 of the general statutes, at 1:00 a.m. unless the commissioner determines by written finding that special circumstances exist for a specific section of any limited access highway to warrant keeping the roadway lights on until dawn.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2010	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions related to roadway lights.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]