Sec. 15-74b. Lines within clear zone prohibited. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 15-74b. Lines within clear zone prohibited. (a) No public service company shall construct or maintain any overhead line or facility within the limits of a clear zone.

      (b) (1) Immediately upon July 6, 1971, the Commissioner of Transportation shall establish clear zones, in accordance with regulations adopted by him, for all public airport runways, and shall establish a list of priorities for the abatement or correction of encroachments thereon by public service companies. (2) Subject to the availability of funds, said commissioner shall from time to time order the relocation, removal or such other appropriate corrective action as he deems necessary to abate or correct such encroachments on clear zones.

      (c) Where overhead lines already exist within the limits of an established clear zone the Commissioner of Transportation shall reimburse the owner public service company for the cost of relocation, removal or other corrective measures approved by him. Funds required for the implementation of this section shall be appropriated from existing and future appropriations for state aid to airports in accordance with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Transportation.

      (1971, P.A. 678, S. 2-4; 1972, P.A. 96, S. 2.)

      History: 1972 act replaced "electric company" with "public service company", deleted word "transmission" modifying "lines" and amended Subsec. (c) by specifying that appropriations be made in accordance with commissioner's regulations.