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House Bill No. 5506
Public Act No. 22-118 650 of 739
Sec. 462. (Effective from passage) (a) The chief executive officer of each municipality shall submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, not later than December 1, 2022, a letter stating (1) whether the municipality provides advance notification to gas, water or other utility companies of any impending project involving the paving, repaving or grading of a street or road that includes any gas, water or other utility infrastructure, including maintenance hole covers, sewer grates and utility service grates, that could impede the safe operation of vehicles, and (2) whether the municipality performs a final inspection and approval of such project. For each affirmative answer, the municipality shall include a description of the process to provide such advance notification or the procedures for such final inspection and approval, or both, as applicable. (b) Each gas, water or other utility company whose infrastructure, including maintenance hole covers, sewer grates and utility service grates, is situated so that it has the potential to be impacted by the paving, repaving or grading of a street or road shall submit to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, not later than December 1, 2022, a description of such company's experiences with respect to receiving advance notification of a project described in subsection (a) of this section from each municipality whose project may impact such company's infrastructure. (c) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation, finance, revenue and bonding and appropriations. Such report shall include (1) a summary of the processes described under subsection (a) of this section to provide advance notification to gas, water or other utility companies, (2) a summary of the final inspection and approval procedures described under