2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 13a-247. Excavations and obstructions.
Sec. 13a-247. Excavations and obstructions. (a) No person, firm or corporation
shall excavate within or under, or place any obstruction or substruction within, under,
upon or over, or interfere with construction, reconstruction or maintenance of or drainage
from, any state highway without the written permission of the commissioner. Said commissioner may fill in or close any such excavation or remove or alter any such obstruction
or substruction, and the expense incurred by the commissioner in such filling or removing or altering shall be paid by the person, firm or corporation making such excavation
or placing such obstruction or substruction, provided any excavation, obstruction or
substruction existing within, under, upon or over any such highway on July 1, 1925, or,
at the discretion of said commissioner, any excavation, obstruction or substruction made
after said date without a permit or in violation of the provisions of a permit shall be
removed or altered by the person, firm or corporation making or maintaining the same
within thirty days from the date when said commissioner sends by registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid, a notice to such person, firm or corporation, ordering such removal
or alteration.
(1949 Rev., S. 2250; 1958 Rev., S. 13-137; 1959, P.A. 26; 1963, P.A. 226, S. 247; 1967, P.A. 237; P.A. 03-115, S. 39; P.A. 04-257, S. 20.)
History: 1959 act added prohibition of interference with construction, reconstruction, maintenance or drainage; 1963 act restated previous provisions: See title history; 1967 act required removal of excavation, obstruction or substruction made after July 1, 1925, without permit or in violation of permit at commissioner's discretion; P.A. 03-115 divided existing provisions into Subsecs. (a) and (b) and made technical changes; P.A. 04-257 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 14, 2004.
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