Sec. 13b-38x. Regulations re traffic reduction program.

      Sec. 13b-38x. Regulations re traffic reduction program. The Commissioner of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement the provisions of section 13b-38p. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to (1) measures an affected employer may take to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips to and from its work location and to encourage its employees to consider alternative means of commuting and (2) guidelines for the preparation and submission of reports pertaining to the traffic reduction program of such employer.

      (May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-13, S. 10, 18; P.A. 93-334, S. 5, 7; P.A. 96-223, S. 5, 8.)

      History: P.A. 93-334 amended Subdiv. (5) to provide that the regulations would include provisions to allow the commissioner of transportation to "establish the content, time schedules and process by which a compliance report, a revised compliance plan or maintenance plan are submitted", replacing provision which had allowed waiver of submission of plan, and deleted Subdiv. (10) which had authorized adoption of regulations allowing department to conform certain statutes to changes in federal law, effective June 29, 1993; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference to "Commissioner of Labor" was replaced editorially by the Revisors with "Labor Commissioner" for consistency with statutory usage); P.A. 96-223 deleted reference to Labor Commissioner, replaced prior provisions detailing regulations' content with new provisions and substituted "section 13b-38p" for "sections 13b-38o to 13b-38y, inclusive", 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.