Each of the following-named state agencies is directed to initiate and to pursue continuing studies as to the need, if any, for changes in the laws and regulations administered by it that would arise from the presence within the state of special nuclear materials and by-product materials and from the operation herein of production or utilization facilities, and, on the basis of such studies, to make such recommendations for the enactment of laws or amendments to law administered by it, and such proposals for amendments to the regulations issued by it, as may appear necessary and appropriate: (1) The Department of Public Health, particularly as to hazards, if any, to the public health and safety; (2) the Labor Department, particularly as to hazardous working conditions, if any; (3) the Workers' Compensation Commission, particularly as to the time and character of proof of claims or injuries and the extent of the compensation allowable therefor; (4) the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, particularly as to the transportation of special nuclear materials and by-product materials on highways of the state; (5) the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, particularly as to the transportation of special nuclear materials and by-product materials by common carriers not in interstate commerce and as to the participation by public utilities subject to its jurisdiction in projects looking to the development of production or utilization facilities for industrial or commercial use; (6) the Insurance Commissioner, particularly as to the insurance of persons and property from hazards to life and property resulting from atomic development; (7) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, particularly as to the hazards, if any, to the natural resources of the state, including, without limitation, wildlife, air pollution and the protection, if necessary, of all waterways, including, without limitation, tidal waters, rivers, lakes and streams, from pollution; and (8) such other agencies as the Governor may direct and for the purposes specified by him. No additional employees shall be hired for the purpose of carrying on such studies.
(June, 1955, S. 1937d; 1957, P.A. 4; 364, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 153; P.A. 75-486, S. 49, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 163, 323, 486, 610; P.A. 79-376, S. 26; P.A. 80-482, S. 173, 348; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-51, S. 134; 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act deleted reference to air pollution as hazard to public health and safety in Subdiv. (a), replaced board of fisheries and game with commissioner of environmental protection in Subdiv. (g), included air pollution and merged Subdiv. (h) into Subdiv. (g), deleting reference to water resources commission, and relettered former Subdiv. (i) as Subdiv. (h); P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority in Subdiv. (e); P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, and department of health with department of health services in Subdiv. (a), placed insurance commissioner within the department of business regulation and made insurance department a division within that department in Subdiv. (f) and made state police department a division within the department of public safety in Subdiv. (d), effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-376 replaced “workmen's compensation” with “workers' compensation” in Subdiv. (c); P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department, restored insurance commissioner as head of independent insurance department and deleted references to abolished department of business regulation; Sec. 19-408 transferred to Sec. 16a-103 in 1983 and alphabetic Subdiv. indicators changed editorially by the Revisors to numeric indicators; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout the general statutes to “Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner” and “Motor Vehicle(s) Department” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, as the case may be, for consistency with customary statutory usage); pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection” in Subdiv. (4), effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority” in Subsec. (5) and “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subdiv. (7), effective July 1, 2011.