CONNECTICUT STATUTES AND CODES
Sec. 14-212e. Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established. Membership, meetings and duties.
Sec. 14-212e. Highway Work Zone Safety Advisory Council established.
Membership, meetings and duties. (a) There is established a Highway Work Zone
Safety Advisory Council to make ongoing recommendations to improve safety for workers, public safety officers and motor vehicle operators in a "highway work zone", as
defined in section 14-212d. The ongoing areas of study and review by the council shall
include: (1) Evaluation of current work design and safety protocols; (2) survey of effective highway work zone design and safety protocols in other states; (3) implementation
of technology to improve highway work zone safety; (4) use of public safety officers
to improve highway work zone safety; (5) availability of federal funding for highway
work zone training and enforcement; and (6) other issues the council deems appropriate
for improving highway work zone safety.
(b) The council shall be comprised of the following members: The Commissioners
of Transportation, Public Safety and Motor Vehicles, or their designees; the president
of the Connecticut Employees Union Independent, or such person's designee; the president of the Connecticut State Police Union, or such person's designee; and a representative of the Connecticut Construction Industries Association, designated by the president
of said association. Appointees should be persons with knowledge and experience concerning highway work zones. Appointments to the council shall be made not later than
November 1, 2008. The chairperson of the council shall be appointed by the Governor
and shall convene the first meeting of the council not later than December 1, 2008.
(c) The council shall meet quarterly, or more often as needed, and report its recommendations to the Commissioner of Transportation and the joint standing committee of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on or
before January fifteenth of each year.
(P.A. 08-114, S. 2.)
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