Any motor bus company which wishes to adopt a new schedule of operations or discontinue a service shall, not less than twenty days prior to the effective date of such schedule, give notice thereof to the Department of Transportation and to the chief executive officer of each municipality affected by such schedule. Notice shall also be posted in each bus operated on the route affected by such change and at each ticket agency serving such route and published in a newspaper or newspapers having circulation in the affected area not less than ten days prior to the effective date of such schedule. No such schedule shall be effective until approved by the Department of Transportation.
(1969, P.A. 77; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 79-610, S. 18; P.A. 84-216, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 75-486 substituted “public utilities control authority” for “public utilities commission” where appearing, 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 foregoing designation where appearing; in 1981 Sec. 16-317a transferred to Sec. 13b-93; P.A. 84-216 extended notice requirement to discontinuation of a service and required notice to also be posted at each ticket agency serving a route affected by a change in service.