House Bill No. 6797
House Bill No. 6797
PUBLIC ACT NO. 97-162
AN ACT REDUCING MUNICIPAL PAPERWORK CONCERNING
CERTAIN POLICE NOTIFICATIONS AND DEPOSITS INTO
ANIMAL POPULATION CONTROL ACCOUNTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 29-322 of the general
statutes is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof:
[(a)] No person shall operate, and no owner
shall permit the operation of, a cargo tank motor
vehicle, as defined in the Code of Federal
Regulations Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended
from time to time, used for the transportation of
flammable or combustible liquids until such
vehicle has been inspected in accordance with the
provisions of this section. Each local fire
marshal shall inspect once each year, and more
often if necessary, all tanks and cargo tank motor
vehicles located in his jurisdiction and used for
the storage or transportation of flammable or
combustible liquids, and shall promptly report to
the Commissioner of Public Safety each definite
hazard so found. All such inspections shall be
made in accordance with the regulations provided
for in section 29-320. The local fire marshal of
the city, town or borough in which the vehicle is
registered by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
shall issue for each vehicle inspected and
approved a certificate furnished by the
Commissioner of Public Safety which shall be
carried in the vehicle and kept with the
certificate of registration for such vehicle at
all times. No city, town or borough, other than
the one in which the vehicle is registered by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall require any
further inspection or cause any further inspection
to be made, or exact any license fees for such
inspection, or exact any license fees for the
transportation of flammable or combustible liquids
into or out of such city, town or borough.
[(b) In the event of a leak or discharge of
any flammable or combustible liquid from a storage
facility or motor vehicle used to transport such
liquids, which constitutes a threat to public
safety, the owner or operator of the storage
facility or motor vehicle and the police or fire
officer in charge at the scene of such leak or
discharge shall immediately report or cause the
report of such leak or discharge to state police
headquarters.]
Sec. 2. Section 29-332 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
[(a)] No person shall operate, and no owner
shall permit the operation of, a cargo tank motor
vehicle, as defined in the Code of Federal
Regulations Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended
from time to time, used for the transportation of
liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas
until such vehicle has been inspected in
accordance with the provisions of this section.
The local fire marshal of each town, city and
borough shall inspect once annually, and more
often if necessary, all bulk storage tanks,
equipment and cargo tank motor vehicles at bulk
storage plant installations in his jurisdiction
and utilized for the storage or transportation of
liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural gas,
and shall promptly report to the Commissioner of
Public Safety each hazard found in such
inspection. All such inspections shall be made in
accordance with regulations established under the
provisions of section 29-331. The local fire
marshal of the city, town or borough in which the
vehicle is registered by the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles shall issue for each vehicle, inspected
and approved, a certificate furnished by the
Commissioner of Public Safety which shall be
carried in the vehicle and kept with the
certificate of registration for such vehicle at
all times. No municipality other than the one in
which the vehicle is registered by the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall require any
further inspection or cause any further inspection
to be made, or exact any license fees for such
inspection, or exact any license fees for the
transportation of liquefied petroleum gas or
liquefied natural gas into or out of such
municipality.
[(b) In the event of a leak or discharge of
any liquefied petroleum gas or liquefied natural
gas, as defined in section 29-330, from a storage
facility or motor vehicle used to transport such
liquefied gases, which constitutes a threat to
public safety, the owner or operator of the
storage facility or motor vehicle and the police
or fire officer in charge at the scene of such
leak or discharge shall immediately report or
cause the report of such leak or discharge to
state police headquarters.]
Sec. 3. Section 29-339 of the general statutes
is repealed and the following is substituted in
lieu thereof:
[(a)] No person shall operate, and no owner
shall permit the operation of, a cargo tank motor
vehicle, as defined in the Code of Federal
Regulations Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended
from time to time, used for the transportation of
hazardous chemicals until such vehicle has been
inspected in accordance with the provisions of
this section. The local fire marshal of each town,
city and borough shall inspect once annually, and
more often as necessary, all storage plants and
equipment and cargo tank motor vehicles at bulk
storage plant installations in his jurisdiction
and utilized for the storage and transportation of
hazardous chemicals, and shall promptly report to
the Commissioner of Public Safety each hazard
found in such inspection. Such inspections shall
be in accordance with the regulations issued under
the provisions of section 29-337. The local fire
marshal of the city, town or borough in which any
such vehicle is registered by the Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles shall issue for each vehicle
inspected and approved a certificate furnished by
the Commissioner of Public Safety which shall be
carried in the vehicle and kept with the
certificate of registration for such vehicle at
all times. No municipality other than the one in
which such vehicle is so registered shall require
any further inspection or cause any further
inspection to be made or exact any license fees
for such inspection or exact any license fees for
the transportation of chemicals into or out of
such municipality.
[(b) In the event of a leak or discharge of
any hazardous chemical, as defined in section
29-336, from a storage facility or motor vehicle
used to transport such chemicals, which
constitutes a threat to public safety, the owner
or operator of the storage facility or motor
vehicle and the police or fire officer in charge
at the scene of such leak or discharge shall
immediately report or cause the report of such
leak or discharge to state police headquarters.]
Sec. 4. Section 22-380f of the general
statutes is repealed and the following is
substituted in lieu thereof:
No pound shall sell or give away any unspayed
or unneutered dog or cat to any person unless such
pound receives forty-five dollars, of which
thirty-five dollars may be refunded pursuant to
this section, from the person buying or adopting
such dog or cat provided such payment shall not be
required for the purchase or adoption of any such
dog or cat by a bona fide animal rescue or
adoption organization or any representative of any
such organization. Funds received pursuant to this
section shall be paid [monthly] QUARTERLY by the
pound into the animal population control account
established under section 22-380g. At the time of
receipt of such payment, the pound shall provide a
certificate to the person buying or adopting such
dog or cat. Such certificate shall be on a form
provided by the commissioner. If such certificate
is returned to the commissioner within thirty days
of the adoption or purchase of the dog or cat and
is signed by a licensed veterinarian, stating that
such dog or cat has been spayed or neutered and
specifying the date on which the operation was
performed or that such dog or cat is medically
unfit for such surgery, the commissioner shall
refund thirty-five dollars to the person who
purchased or adopted the animal. If such
certificate is not returned to the commissioner
because the person who purchased or adopted the
dog or cat failed to have such dog or cat spayed
or neutered, the payment shall be considered
forfeited and shall be retained in the animal
population control account established pursuant to
section 22-380g. In the case of any dog or cat
which is temporarily unfit for surgery or a dog or
cat under the age of six months, such certificate
shall specify a date by which such dog or cat may
be fit for such surgery and the person who
purchased or adopted such dog or cat shall have
thirty days from that date to return the
certificate for the refund provided for in this
section.
Sec. 5. Sections 7-282a, 22a-430a, 22a-458a
and 22a-458b of the general statutes are repealed.
Approved June 24, 1997