State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > Connecticut > Title13b > Chap245c > Sec13b-390Sec. 13b-390. (Formerly Sec. 16-284). Hearing on application for certificate. Upon the filing of an application and the payment of the fee prescribed, the Commissioner of Transportation shall, within a reasonable time, fix the time and place for a hearing thereon and shall promptly give written notice thereof to such parties in interest as the commissioner deems necessary and give public notice thereof at least one week prior to such hearing.
(1949 Rev., S. 5677; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 235; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 134, 348; P.A. 88-249, S. 3, 9.)
History: 1969 act substituted "promptly give written notice" for "mail notice" and required notification of commissioner of transportation as well as parties in interest; P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 88-249 changed jurisdiction of motor carriers from the department of public utility control to the department of transportation effective July 1, 1989. (Revisor's note: Statute published in both Title 16 and Title 13b in the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, revised to 1989; Sec. 16-284 transferred to Sec. 13b-390, effective July 1, 1989).
Annotations to former section 16-284:
Cited. 148 C. 681. Cited. 219 C. 168.
Information secured by independent investigation apart from the hearing, and not made known upon the hearing, is not evidence properly in the case. Party before commission must have ample opportunity to examine exhibits, cross-examine witnesses, and offer testimony contradicting them. 25 CS 461.
Annotation to present section:
Cited. 219 C. 168.
