The Department of Transportation may issue to an applicant for authority to operate motor bus service, temporary authority to operate such service, pending disposition of his application by the department, but such temporary authority shall not extend over a period of more than one hundred eighty days.
(1967, P.A. 90; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 10; P.A. 97-304, S. 8, 31.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “public utilities commission” and “the authority” for “the commission”, effective December 1, 1975; P.A. 77-614 replaced “public utilities control authority” with “division of public utility control within the department of business regulation”, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-610 substituted “department of transportation” for “division of public utility control within the department of business regulation” and substituted “department” for “division”; in 1981 Sec. 16-309a transferred to Sec. 13b-81; P.A. 97-304 eliminated references to hearings and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1997.