Sec. 4b-13. (Formerly Sec. 4-27a). Parking on state property. Programs to encourage state employees to use mass transportation. Regulations. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 4b-13. (Formerly Sec. 4-27a). Parking on state property. Programs to encourage state employees to use mass transportation. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Public Works may make regulations for the maintenance of order on and the use of parking areas on any property owned by the state or under the supervision of said commissioner, except as provided in sections 2-71h, 10a-79, 10a-92 and 10a-139 and except for properties under the supervision, care and control of the Chief Court Administrator. Any person violating any such regulation shall be fined not more than seventy-five dollars and the vehicle in violation of such regulation may be towed. The enforcement of such regulations shall be by special policemen appointed under section 29-18 and by Department of Public Works buildings and grounds patrol officers, except that only such special policemen may tow, or cause the towing of, such vehicles.

      (b) The Chief Court Administrator may establish policies and procedures for the maintenance of order and the use of parking areas on any property under the supervision, care and control of the Chief Court Administrator. Such policies and procedures may provide that any vehicle parked on such property in violation of such policies and procedures shall be towed.

      (c) Each state agency shall develop a program to encourage its employees to use mass transportation. Such program shall address the feasibility of restricting the amount of free parking by at least ten per cent for those state employees who work in urban areas and for providing such employees with subsidies to ride mass transportation. Each state agency shall submit its program to the Department of Public Works. For the purposes of this subsection, "state agency" means each state department, office or other agency of the state; and "urban area" means any town or city having a population of seventy-five thousand or more or any town or city in which one hundred or more state employees are employed at the same site. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Works, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, after receipt of and pursuant to each state agency's plan to determine the amount and process by which a state employee may obtain a subsidy.

      (1971, P.A. 458, S. 1, 2; P.A. 88-116, S. 3; P.A. 90-171; P.A. 91-148, S. 2, 3; P.A. 92-41, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-123, S. 1, 2; 93-312, S. 6, 7; P.A. 94-169, S. 1, 20; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 4, 130; P.A. 95-220, S. 2, 6; P.A. 96-28, S. 1, 2; P.A. 03-202, S. 1.)

      History: P.A. 88-116 inserted new Subsec. (a), re parking regulations, which was transferred from Sec. 4-133, relettering former Subsecs. accordingly; Sec. 4-27a transferred to Sec. 4b-13 in 1989; P.A. 90-171 added a new Subsec. (d) requiring each state agency to develop a program to encourage its employees to use mass transportation; P.A. 91-148 in Subsec. (d) added a requirement that each state agency consider the effect of charging their employees for parking, changed date of the report from January 1, 1991, to January 1, 1992, and changed definition of urban area to include a town or city where one hundred or more state employees are employed at the same site; P.A. 92-41 repealed Subsecs. (b) and (c) re state employee parking, relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 93-123 amended Subsec. (a) by changing applicability from property owned by the state and under supervision of commissioner to property so owned or under such supervision, adding references to Secs. 10a-79, 10a-92 and 10a-139, excepting parking areas of public educational institutions and increasing fine from $50 to $75, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 93-312 changed effective date of P.A. 92-41 applicable with respect to this section from July 1, 1995, to July 1, 1994, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-169 amended Subsec. (a) to provide exception for properties under supervision of chief court administrator, state library board and the chief justice under Sec. 4b-11, effective July 1, 1994; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-220 removed reference to properties under supervision, care and control of State Library Board and Chief Justice, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-28 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize towing of vehicles in violation of regulations and to authorize Department of Public Works buildings and grounds patrol officers to enforce such regulations, except for towing of such vehicles, effective April 30, 1996; P.A. 03-202 added new Subsec. (b) re maintenance of order and use of parking areas on property under supervision, care and control of the Chief Court Administrator and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), making technical changes therein.