There is hereby established a voluntary traffic reduction program in order to achieve the goals of the Clean Air Act. Any affected employer which elects to participate in such program shall submit a plan and an annual update to the Commissioner of Transportation. Such plan shall describe the measures to be implemented to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips to and from the work location of such employer and to relieve traffic congestion. Any such affected employer which elects to participate in the program shall be eligible for a tax credit pursuant to the provisions of section 12-217s and assistance pursuant to section 13b-38v, provided such plan has been approved by the commissioner.

(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-13, S. 2, 18; P.A. 93-334, S. 2, 7; P.A. 94-89, S. 12; 94-129, S. 2, 3; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 125; P.A. 96-223, S. 2, 8.)

History: P.A. 93-334 amended Subsec. (b) to require commissioner of transportation to establish time schedules for submission of registration information, amended Subsec. (d) to provide that the survey of employees' commutation patterns would exclude the commutation patterns of employees employed by affected employers with more than 1,000 employees and to provide that the survey results would be returned to the department of transportation or a regional planning agency “as determined by the department”, amended Subsec. (e)(9) to revise provisions re compliance plans, amended Subsec. (f) to allow department of transportation itself to review and approve plans, amended Subsec. (g) to allow department to evaluate plans for “its ability to convincingly demonstrate achievement of the target average passenger occupancy” and notify the affected employer of any defects in the plan and added new Subsecs. (h) and (i) re revised compliance plans, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 94-89 amended Subsec. (d) to provide that all affected employers, rather than affected employers who do not achieve a 75% response rate pursuant to subparagraph (C), shall consider nonrespondents to the required survey to have reported to work in a single occupancy vehicle and to specify that surveys conducted by affected employers with more than 1,000 employees shall be conducted pursuant to subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of that subsection; P.A. 94-129 amended Subsec. (f) by changing the dates for submission of the compliance plan in the following manner: In Subdiv. (1), from January to June 1, 1994, in Subdiv. (2), from April to July 1, 1994, and in Subdiv. (3), from July to September 1, 1994, effective May 20, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, amended Subsec. (d) to provide that affected employers who do not achieve a 75% response rate for the survey required in that subsection shall calculate nonrespondents as arriving in a single occupancy vehicle; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references in Subsec. (a) to “Department of Labor” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with references to “Labor Department” for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 96-223 deleted Subsecs. (a) to (i), inclusive, in their entirety and substituted provisions re establishment of voluntary traffic reduction program, effective July 1, 1996.

See Sec. 13b-38a re establishment of commuter programs, advice and assistance to employers, traffic management programs and task force to develop transportation management plans.