CHAPTER 242a

STATE TRANSPORTATION STRATEGY
AND TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT AREAS

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Note: Readers should refer to the 2024 Supplement, revised to January 1, 2024, for updated versions of statutes amended, repealed or added during the 2023 legislative sessions.


Sec. 13b-57d. Definitions.

Sec. 13b-57e. Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board established. Membership.

Sec. 13b-57f. Transportation investment areas created.

Sec. 13b-57g. Transportation strategy. Development. Revisions. Report.

Sec. 13b-57h. Use of funds from Transportation Strategy Board projects account. Projects to be completed.

Sec. 13b-57i. Performance reports on TSB projects requiring accompanying economic development plans.

Secs. 13b-57j to 13b-57l. Analysis of effects of initial strategy; analysis to accompany recommended updates or revisions to TSB projects or to strategy. Commissioner of Transportation to submit annual report re non-TSB projects. Commissioner of Transportation to submit TSB projects, updates and revisions to metropolitan planning organizations.

Sec. 13b-57m. Purpose for funding transportation-related projects.

Secs. 13b-57n and 13b-57o. Definitions. Authorization for bonds and bond anticipation notes; authorized funding amounts.

Sec. 13b-57p. Prioritization of projects and purposes. Submission of priorities to board. Revision of annual financing plan. Requirements for submission of board recommendations.

Sec. 13b-57q. Annual financing plan for TSB projects. Five-year financing plan.

Sec. 13b-57r. Transportation Strategy Board projects account. Moneys to be deposited into the account.

Sec. 13b-57s. Expenditure from Transportation Strategy Board projects account for demand responsive transportation program.

Sec. 13b-57t. Expenditures from Transportation Strategy Board projects account for the New Haven Line revitalization program.


Sec. 13b-57d. Definitions. (a) As used in this section and sections 13b-57f, 13b-57h, 13b-212d and 14-270e:

(1) “Department” means the Department of Transportation;

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Transportation;

(3) “TIA corridor plan” means a twenty-year strategic plan for transportation in a corridor and any updates or other revisions to such plan;

(4) “Transportation project” means any planning, capital or operating project with regard to transportation undertaken by the state;

(5) “Local planning agency” means a metropolitan planning organization, as provided in 23 USC 134, or a council, as defined in subdivision (4) of section 4-124i;

(6) “TIA” means transportation investment area;

(7) “Coastal corridor” and “coastal corridor TIA” means the following towns and the roads, highways, bridges, waterways, ports and airports in such towns: Ansonia, Beacon Falls, Bethany, Bethel, Bethlehem, Branford, Bridgeport, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Cheshire, Danbury, Darien, Derby, East Haven, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Middlebury, Milford, Monroe, Naugatuck, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Haven, New Milford, Newtown, North Branford, North Haven, Norwalk, Orange, Oxford, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Seymour, Shelton, Sherman, Southbury, Stamford, Stratford, Thomaston, Trumbull, Wallingford, Waterbury, Watertown, West Haven, Weston, Westport, Wilton, Wolcott, Woodbridge and Woodbury;

(8) “I-84 corridor” and “I-84 TIA” means the following towns and the roads, highways, bridges, waterways, ports and airports in such towns: Andover, Ansonia, Avon, Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Berlin, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bridgewater, Bristol, Brookfield, Burlington, Canaan, Canton, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Derby, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Goshen, Granby, Hartford, Hartland, Harwinton, Hebron, Kent, Litchfield, Manchester, Marlborough, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Britain, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newington, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Oxford, Plainville, Plymouth, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Rocky Hill, Roxbury, Salisbury, Seymour, Sharon, Shelton, Sherman, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southbury, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Thomaston, Tolland, Torrington, Union, Vernon, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Winchester, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Wolcott and Woodbury;

(9) “I-91 corridor” and “I-91 TIA” means the following towns and the roads, highways, bridges, waterways, ports and airports in such towns: Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bethany, Bloomfield, Bolton, Branford, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, Chester, Clinton, Cromwell, Deep River, Durham, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Hartford, East Haven, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Guilford, Haddam, Hamden, Hartford, Hebron, Killingworth, Lyme, Madison, Manchester, Marlborough, Meriden, Middlefield, Middletown, Milford, New Britain, New Haven, Newington, North Branford, North Haven, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Orange, Plainville, Plymouth, Portland, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, Wallingford, West Hartford, West Haven, Westbrook, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks and Woodbridge;

(10) “I-395 corridor” and “I-395 TIA” means the following towns and the roads, highways, bridges, waterways, ports and airports in such towns: Ashford, Bozrah, Brooklyn, Canterbury, Chaplin, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, East Lyme, Eastford, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Hampton, Killingly, Lebanon, Ledyard, Lisbon, Mansfield, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Plainfield, Pomfret, Preston, Putnam, Salem, Scotland, Sprague, Stafford, Sterling, Stonington, Thompson, Union, Voluntown, Waterford, Willington, Windham and Woodstock;

(11) “Southeast corridor” and “Southeast corridor TIA” means the following towns and the roads, highways, bridges, waterways, ports and airports in such towns: Bozrah, Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Lyme, Essex, Franklin, Griswold, Groton, Killingworth, Ledyard, Lisbon, Lyme, Montville, New London, North Stonington, Norwich, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Preston, Salem, Sprague, Stonington, Voluntown, Waterford and Westbrook; and

(12) “Modal” means a mode of transportation, and “multimodal” means two or more modes of transportation.

(b) As used in this subsection and sections 13b-57h, 13b-212d and 14-270e:

(1) “TSB project” means any planning, capital or operating project recommended by the Transportation Strategy Board prior to its repeal by public act 11-61*;

(2) “Economic development plan” means a comprehensive plan describing (A) existing economic development projects, and (B) proposed economic development projects for which a letter of commitment has been issued by the Department of Economic and Community Development; and

(3) “Economic development project” means any project, as defined in subsection (d) of section 32-23d, which is to be used or occupied by any person for (A) manufacturing, industrial, research, office or product warehousing or distribution purposes or hydroponic or aquaponic food production purposes and which the authority determines will tend to maintain or provide gainful employment, maintain or increase the tax base of the economy, or maintain, expand or diversify industry in the state, or (B) controlling, abating, preventing or disposing land, water, air or other environmental pollution, including without limitation thermal, radiation, sewage, wastewater, solid waste, toxic waste, noise or particulate pollution, except resources recovery facilities, as defined in section 22a-219a, used for the principal purpose of processing municipal solid waste and which are not expansions or additions to resources recovery facilities operating on July 1, 1990, or (C) the conservation of energy or the utilization of cogeneration technology or solar, wind, hydro, biomass or other renewable sources to produce energy for any industrial or commercial application, or (D) any other purpose which the authority determines will materially contribute to the economic base of the state by creating or retaining jobs, promoting the export of products or services beyond state boundaries, encouraging innovation in products or services, or otherwise contributing to, supporting or enhancing existing activities that are important to the economic base of the state.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 1, 18; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 1, 2; P.A. 04-143, S. 12; P.A. 06-136, S. 29; P.A. 11-61, S. 22; P.A. 13-247, S. 289; 13-277, S. 70; 13-299, S. 12; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3, S. 114.)

*Note: Public act 11-61 is entitled “An Act Implementing the Revenue Items In the Budget and Making Budget Adjustments, Deficiency Appropriations, Certain Revisions to Bills of the Current Session and Miscellaneous Changes to the General Statutes”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2011” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 effective July 2, 2001; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 redefined “strategy” and defined “TSB project”, “economic development plan” and “economic development project”, effective August 20, 2003; (Revisor's note: Section 2 of public act 03-4 of the June 30 special session, effective August 20, 2003, was added editorially by the Revisors as Subsec. (b) and the existing provisions were designated as Subsec. (a)); P.A. 04-143 made a technical change in Subsec. (a)(4), effective May 21, 2004; P.A. 06-136 amended Subsec. (a)(4) by updating reference to report submitted pursuant to Sec. 13b-57g to conform to legislative changes, effective July 1, 2006 (Revisor's note: In 2009, a reference to “subsection (b) of section 4-124i” in Subsec. (a)(7) was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subdivision (2) of section 4-124i” to conform section with Sec. 4-124i, as amended by P.A. 08-182); P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) to delete former Subdiv. (1) re definition of “board”, redesignate existing Subdivs. (2) and (3) as Subdivs. (1) and (2), delete former Subdiv. (4) re definition of “strategy”, redesignate existing Subdivs. (5) to (14) as Subdivs. (3) to (12), and redefine “transportation project” in Subdiv. (4), and amended Subsec. (b)(1) to redefine “TSB project”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a)(5) by deleting references to regional planning agency, regional council of elected officials and council as defined in Sec. 4-124c(f), making conforming changes, and replacing reference to Sec. 4-124i(2) with reference to Sec. 4-124i(4), effective January 1, 2015; P.A. 13-277 amended Subsec. (a) by adding reference to Sec. 13b-11c(d), effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 13-299 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 13b-11a(e), effective July 1, 2013; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 16-3 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 13b-11c(d), effective July 1, 2016.

Sec. 13b-57e. Connecticut Transportation Strategy Board established. Membership. Section 13b-57e is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 2, 18; P.A. 03-115, S. 56; P.A. 06-136, S. 13; P.A. 11-61, S. 188.)

Sec. 13b-57f. Transportation investment areas created. (a) There are created the following transportation investment areas: The coastal corridor TIA, I-84 corridor TIA, I-91 corridor TIA, I-395 corridor TIA and the southeast corridor TIA.

(b) The local planning agencies in each TIA shall select the participants in the TIA, including, but not limited to, businesses, labor unions, trade associations, environmental interest groups and other interest groups whose participation the local planning agency believes would be valuable to the TIA in the development of a transportation plan for the TIA.

(c) The local planning agencies in each TIA shall determine the processes used by such TIA in carrying out its responsibilities under section 13b-57d and this section. For the purposes of carrying out such responsibilities, each TIA shall report to the chief executive officers of such local planning agencies.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 3, 18; P.A. 11-61, S. 10.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5 effective July 2, 2001; (Revisor's note: In 2007, the words “section 2 of subsection (a) of” in the phrase “subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 2 of subsection (a) of section 13b-57e” were deleted editorially by the Revisors to correct a clerical error in Subsec. (e)); P.A. 11-61 deleted reference to board and made technical changes in Subsec. (c), deleted former Subsec. (d) re initial TIA corridor plan and deleted former Subsec. (e) re organizational meeting, effective July 1, 2011.

Sec. 13b-57g. Transportation strategy. Development. Revisions. Report. Section 13b-57g is repealed, effective July 1, 2011.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-5, S. 4, 18; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 9; P.A. 06-136, S. 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-7, S. 97; P.A. 10-32, S. 44; P.A. 11-61, S. 188.)

Sec. 13b-57h. Use of funds from Transportation Strategy Board projects account. Projects to be completed. (a) No funds from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account, established under section 13b-57r, shall be authorized for any transportation project except those specified in subsection (b) of this section, provided nothing in this subsection shall preclude any TSB project from being funded, in whole or in part, by other state or federal funds. Funds authorized for any TSB project shall be used only for said project. TSB projects shall be funded from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account only to the extent such funding is not provided from other funds in the Special Transportation Fund or the Infrastructure Improvement Fund created by the senior indenture for special tax obligation bonds.

(b) The following TSB projects shall be completed:

(1) In the Coastal Corridor TIA, as defined in section 13b-57d:

(A) Acquire rolling rail stock sufficient to add no fewer than two thousand seats for the Metro North-New Haven Line for use in both interstate and intrastate service. All payments received by the state pursuant to any agreement entered into in accordance with subsection (h) of section 13b-34 involving rolling rail stock used on the Metro North-New Haven Line shall be used exclusively for refurbishing rolling rail stock on and other capital improvements to the Metro North-New Haven Line;

(B) Construct or expand stations at Bridgeport, New Haven and Stamford that can accommodate rail service and one or more other modes of transportation and have:

(i) Facilities for one thousand or more parking spaces;

(ii) Connections to bus and other transit systems;

(iii) Opportunity for community revitalization;

(iv) Opportunity for transit oriented development;

(v) Ease of auto, bus, bicycle and pedestrian access to the station facility;

(vi) Potential to attract sufficient riders to support additional express trains;

(vii) Operation under control of the state; and

(viii) Feeder bus services for passenger rail service;

(C) Facilitate use of the Long Island Sound Waterway for passenger and freight movement, including, but not limited to, bulkheading and dredging, upon removal of prohibitions imposed by federal law, expanding passenger facilities, including facilities at the Bridgeport Intermodal Facility, to support high speed ferry service; and

(2) In the I-84 Corridor TIA, as defined in section 13b-57d:

(A) Establish express bus services from New Haven to Bradley International Airport;

(B) Complete the New Britain to Hartford busway and establish other bus rapid transit or light rail service in Hartford and surrounding towns; and

(C) Expand rail passenger service on the Norwalk to Danbury-New Milford Branch Line to assist commuter movement on Route 7 and I-95; and

(3) In the I-91 Corridor TIA, as defined in section 13b-57d:

(A) Upgrade or construct maintenance facilities and parking facilities and upgrade feeder bus services for passenger rail service, particularly along the Metro North-New Haven Line; and

(B) Establish bus service or commuter rail service, as determined in the Hartford-Springfield-New Haven Implementation Study conducted by the department, that runs through New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, with a connection to Bradley International Airport; and

(4) In the I-395 Corridor TIA, as defined in section 13b-57d:

(A) Establish rail freight service with connections to the port of New London;

(B) Expand the frequency of bus service, number of runs and connections within and outside of the region, particularly in and to Norwich and New London and acquire buses sufficient to add no fewer than two hundred seats; and

(C) Design and plan for traffic mitigation in southeastern Connecticut, including planning for the extension of Route 11 from its terminus in Salem to the I-95 and I-395 intersect, with appropriate greenway purchases made in accordance with section 13a-142e; and

(5) In the Southeast Corridor TIA, as defined in section 13b-57d:

(A) Acquire rolling rail stock for the Shoreline East Railroad Line sufficient to add no fewer than one thousand seats;

(B) Make operational improvements to highways that improve the flow of traffic on I-95 and I-395; and

(6) State-wide:

(A) Improve and target marketing by the department of the Deduct-a-Ride program to all eligible employers; and

(B) Continue funding the Jobs Access Program.

(c) Repealed by P.A. 06-136, S. 35.

(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 3; P.A. 04-143, S. 13, 28; 04-149, S. 1; P.A. 06-136, S. 35; P.A. 11-61, S. 11, 12.)

History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 04-143 made technical changes in Subsec. (b), effective May 21, 2004; P.A. 04-143 and P.A. 04-149 both amended Subsec. (a) to require funding for TSB projects from Transportation Strategy Board funds only if not otherwise funded from Special Transportation Fund or Infrastructure Improvement Fund, effective May 21, 2004; P.A. 06-136 repealed Subsec. (c) re submission of economic development plans for TSB projects requiring expenditures of more than $1,000,000, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 11-61 amended Subsec. (a) by removing reference to General Assembly approval and making technical changes and amended Subsec. (b)(1)(A) by removing “as deemed appropriate by the board”, effective July 1, 2011.

Sec. 13b-57i. Performance reports on TSB projects requiring accompanying economic development plans. Section 13b-57i is repealed, effective July 1, 2006.

(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 51; P.A. 06-136, S. 35.)

Secs. 13b-57j to 13b-57l. Analysis of effects of initial strategy; analysis to accompany recommended updates or revisions to TSB projects or to strategy. Commissioner of Transportation to submit annual report re non-TSB projects. Commissioner of Transportation to submit TSB projects, updates and revisions to metropolitan planning organizations. Sections 13b-57j to 13b-57l, inclusive, are repealed, effective July 1, 2011.

(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 5, 7, 11; P.A. 06-136, S. 30, 31, 35; P.A. 11-61, S. 188.)

Sec. 13b-57m. Purpose for funding transportation-related projects. The purpose of this section and subdivision (16) of subsection (b) of section 13b-61 is to promote the welfare and prosperity of the people of this state by enabling the state to implement and fund certain transportation-related projects, purposes and strategies in order to: (1) Improve personal mobility within and through this state; (2) improve the movement of goods and freight within and through this state; (3) integrate transportation with economic, land use, environmental and quality of life issues; (4) develop policies and procedures that will integrate the state economy with regional, national and global economies; and (5) identify policies and sources that provide an adequate and reliable flow of funding necessary for a quality multimodal transportation system.

(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 50; P.A. 11-61, S. 13; P.A. 16-151, S. 9.)

History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 effective August 20, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4 made technical changes, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-61 removed reference to Transportation Strategy Board, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-151 deleted references to Secs. 13b-57n to 13b-57q and made a technical change, effective July 1, 2016.

Secs. 13b-57n and 13b-57o. Definitions. Authorization for bonds and bond anticipation notes; authorized funding amounts. Sections 13b-57n and 13b-57o are repealed, effective July 1, 2005.

(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 14, 15; P.A. 04-4, S. 8; 04-143, S. 14; 04-182, S. 16; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 53.)

Sec. 13b-57p. Prioritization of projects and purposes. Submission of priorities to board. Revision of annual financing plan. Requirements for submission of board recommendations. Section 13b-57p is repealed, effective July 1, 2006.

(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 16; P.A. 06-136, S. 35.)

Sec. 13b-57q. Annual financing plan for TSB projects. Five-year financing plan. Section 13b-57q is repealed, effective July 1, 2016.

(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 17; P.A. 04-149, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 42; P.A. 11-61, S. 14; P.A. 16-151, S. 19.)

Sec. 13b-57r. Transportation Strategy Board projects account. Moneys to be deposited into the account. (a) There shall be a Transportation Strategy Board projects account, which shall be a nonlapsing account within the Special Transportation Fund.

(b) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, five million dollars of the moneys received or collected by the state or any officer thereof on account of, or derived from, the incremental revenues received pursuant to section 14-50a shall be deposited into the account established under subsection (a) of this section and shall be used to provide funding for the projects and purposes described in section 13b-57h.

(c) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, the Treasurer shall transfer the sum of twenty-five million three hundred thousand dollars from the resources of the Special Transportation Fund into the account established under subsection (a) of this section and such funds shall be used to provide funding for the projects and purposes of the Transportation Strategy Board. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, the Treasurer shall transfer the sum of twenty million three hundred thousand dollars from the resources of the Special Transportation Fund into the account established under subsection (a) of this section and such funds shall be used to provide funding for the projects and purposes described in section 13b-57h. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2011, inclusive, the Treasurer shall annually transfer the sum of fifteen million three hundred thousand dollars from the resources of the Special Transportation Fund into the account established under subsection (a) of this section and such funds shall be used to provide funding for the projects and purposes described in section 13b-57h. For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2012, to June 30, 2015, inclusive, the Treasurer shall annually transfer the sum of fifteen million dollars from the resources of the Special Transportation Fund into the account established under subsection (a) of this section and such funds shall be used to fund the projects and purposes described in section 13b-57h.

(June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1, S. 113; P.A. 04-177, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 43; P.A. 11-6, S. 135.)

History: June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-1 effective August 16, 2003; P.A. 04-177 amended Subsec. (c) to change date on which one-half of incremental revenues begin to be deposited into Transportation Strategy Board projects account from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2004, effective June 1, 2004; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4 amended Subsec. (c) to replace former provisions re incremental revenues with provisions re transferring money from the Special Transportation Fund in the amounts of $25,300,000 for fiscal year 2006, $20,300,000 in fiscal year 2007, $15,300,000 for fiscal years 2008 to 2015, and $300,000 in fiscal year 2016 and thereafter, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to replace references to Transportation Strategy Board with references to Sec. 13b-57h, and amended Subsec. (c) to end $15,300,000 transfer as of June 30, 2011, rather than June 30, 2015, and to add provision transferring $15,000,000 for fiscal years 2012 to 2015, effective July 1, 2011.

Sec. 13b-57s. Expenditure from Transportation Strategy Board projects account for demand responsive transportation program. During the fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, and June 30, 2007, the sum of five million dollars shall be expended from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account for grants-in-aid and administrative expenses under the program established pursuant to section 13b-38bb. The funds shall remain available until expended.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 37; P.A. 16-151, S. 10.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4 effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 16-151 deleted provision re inclusion of funding in annual financing plan, effective July 1, 2016.

Sec. 13b-57t. Expenditures from Transportation Strategy Board projects account for the New Haven Line revitalization program. (a) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005, the sum of five million dollars shall be expended from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account to support the New Haven Line revitalization program undertaken pursuant to subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section and sections 13b-78k, 13b-78m and 13b-78n. The funds shall remain available until expended.

(b) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, the sum of twenty million dollars shall be expended from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account to support the New Haven Line revitalization program undertaken pursuant to public act 05-4 of the June special session*. The funds shall remain available until expended.

(c) During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, the sum of fifteen million dollars shall be expended from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account to support the New Haven Line revitalization program undertaken pursuant to public act 05-4 of the June special session*. The funds shall remain available until expended.

(d) From the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, inclusive, the sum of fifteen million dollars shall be expended from the Transportation Strategy Board projects account to support the New Haven Line Revitalization program undertaken pursuant to public act 05-4 of the June special session*. The funds shall remain available until expended.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4, S. 34–36, 38; P.A. 16-151, S. 11.)

*Note: Public act 05-4 of the June special session is entitled “An Act Concerning the Authorization of Special Tax Obligation Bonds of the State for Certain Transportation Purposes”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of June, 2005” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-4 effective June 29, 2005, re Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2005, re Subsecs. (b) and (c), and effective July 1, 2006, re Subsec. (d); P.A. 16-151 deleted provisions re inclusion of funding in annual financing plan and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2016.