(a) The Commissioner of Transportation shall develop a contingency plan for any disruption of rail passenger service on the New Haven line including the New Canaan, Waterbury and Danbury branches due to a strike, equipment failure, malfunction of the Cos Cob generating plant or any other event that would require passengers to seek alternative transportation, and submit the plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on or before January 15, 1986. The commissioner shall regularly review the contingency plan and shall regularly consult with town and municipal officials and the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation concerning the contingency plan. The contingency plan shall include specific provisions concerning weekend rail service, service on the New Haven line and the New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury branches, service for commuters traveling to New Haven in the morning and to New York in the evening and service to areas between New Haven and New York. The commissioner may revise the contingency plan whenever he or she deems it necessary.

(b) The Commissioner of Transportation shall designate one or more persons, associations or corporations engaged in the operation of motor bus services in accordance with the provisions of chapter 244 to provide transportation services to rail passengers during any disruption of rail service on the New Haven line, or any branch of such line. The commissioner shall specify the name and address of any such person, association or corporation in a revised contingency plan developed in accordance with the provisions of this section. The commissioner shall submit such plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation on or before January 15, 1987.

(P.A. 85-200; P.A. 86-74; P.A. 13-277, S. 71; 13-299, S. 13; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 112.)

History: P.A. 86-74 added Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner of transportation to designate motor bus services to provide transportation in case of disruption of rail service; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsec. (a) to restore reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission, effective July 1, 2013; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to Connecticut Public Transportation Commission and make a technical change, effective July 1, 2016.