Sec. 13a-98f. Regulation of accommodation of utilities to federal surface transportation urban program roadways or facilities. Apportionment of cost of readjusting, relocating or removing facility necessitated by state highway project.
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The commissioner may adopt such regulations as are required by the United States Secretary of Transportation to regulate the satisfactory accommodation of utilities on a continuing basis to any federal surface transportation urban program roadway or facility. “Utility facilities or utilities” means and includes all privately, publicly or cooperatively owned lines, facilities and systems for producing, transmitting or distributing communications, cable television, power, electricity, light, heat, gas, oil, crude products, water, steam, waste, storm water not connected with highway drainage, and other similar commodities, including fire and police signal systems and street lighting systems, which directly or indirectly serve the public or any part thereof.
“Utility” means any person or private or public entity owning or operating utility facilities as defined in this section, including any wholly owned or controlled subsidiary. The municipality or the commissioner shall issue an appropriate order to any utility to readjust or relocate in or remove its utility facility at its own expense from any such federal surface transportation urban program roadway or facility as is deemed necessary by the municipality and by the commissioner, provided the cost of readjusting, relocating or removing any municipally-owned utility facility shall be apportioned on the same basis as the cost of constructing such roadway or facility, and provided further, the cost of readjusting, relocating or removing any other utility facility within, on, along, over or under any land comprising the right-of-way of a state highway or any other public highway when necessitated by the construction or reconstruction of a state highway shall be apportioned in accordance with the provisions of section 13a-126 .