Sec. 13b-309. (Formerly Sec. 16-136). Abandonment of station. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 13b-309. (Formerly Sec. 16-136). Abandonment of station. No company shall abandon any station on its railroad, after the same has been established for one year, except with the approval of the Commissioner of Transportation, given after a public hearing, notice of which shall be posted conspicuously in such station for one month previous to the hearing. The commissioner, upon petition of not fewer than twenty-five affected persons, shall hold his hearing at such station.

      (1949 Rev., S. 5521; 1961, P.A. 35; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 571, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136.)

      History: 1961 act removed requirement that hearing be held at station except on petition of not fewer than twenty-five affected persons; P.A. 75-486 substituted "public utilities control authority" and "authority" for "commission", i.e. public utilities commission, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 substituted "commissioner of transportation" for "public utilities control authority" and "commissioner" for "authority", effective January 1, 1979; in 1981 Sec. 16-136 transferred to Sec. 13b-309.

      Annotations to former section 16-136:

      Place where trains stopped for passengers and mail, but where no tickets were sold, held to be a station. 37 C. 153. Commissioners' order for discontinuing station held void because conditional. 41 C. 356. Order for discontinuing old station on erection of new valid. 42 C. 56; 104 U.S. 1. Statute requiring trains to stop at a given station upheld. 43 C. 351. Law is valid. 104 U.S. 1.