Bill Text: CT HB06553 | 2017 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring A Service Improvements Feasibility Study Of The Danbury Rail Line.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding [HB06553 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06553-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Committee Bill No. 6553
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 6160
		*06160HB06553FIN*
Referred to Committee on FINANCE, REVENUE AND BONDING
Introduced by:
(FIN)

AN ACT REQUIRING A SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE DANBURY RAIL LINE.

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

Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Transportation shall evaluate the financial and operational feasibility of service improvements on the Danbury branch line of the New Haven Line, as defined in section 13b-79o of the general statutes, including, but not limited to, the provision of shuttle service on such branch line. Not later than January 1, 2018, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, of the commissioner's evaluation and findings to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding and transportation.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require the Commissioner of Transportation to evaluate and submit a report on the financial and operational feasibility of service improvements on the Danbury branch line of the New Haven Line.

[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.]

Co-Sponsors:

REP. LAVIELLE, 143rd Dist.; REP. BUCKBEE, 67th Dist. REP. WILMS, 142nd Dist.; REP. STEINBERG, 136th Dist. REP. DUNSBY, 135th Dist.; REP. FERGUSON, 138th Dist. REP. DUFF, 2nd Dist.; REP. FREY, 111th Dist. REP. HARDING, 107th Dist.; REP. PERONE, 137th Dist. REP. ARCONTI, 109th Dist.; REP. GODFREY, 110th Dist. REP. WOOD, 141st Dist.

H.B. 6553