§ 10a-92 — (Formerly Sec. 10-109d). Campus traffic and parking regulations.

Connecticut § 10a-92

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 10a: State System of Higher Education
• Ch. 185b: Constituent Units

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The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall appoint a committee at each campus to establish traffic and parking regulations for passenger vehicles on such campus. Such traffic committee, subject to the approval of said board and of the Office of the State Traffic Administration, may: (1) Prohibit, limit or restrict the parking of passenger vehicles; (2) determine speed limits; (3) install stop signs; (4) restrict roads or portions thereof to one-way traffic; (5) designate the location of crosswalks on any portion of any road or highway subject to the care, custody and control of said board of trustees; (6) order signs to be erected and maintained designating such prohibitions or restrictions; and (7) impose a fine upon any person who fails to comply with any such prohibition or restriction. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction. All fines so imposed at each state university, less an amount not to exceed the cost of enforcing traffic and parking regulations, shall be deposited in the institutional operating account of such state university for scholarships and library services or acquisitions. The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall establish at each campus a committee which shall hear appeals of penalties assessed for parking or traffic violations. The membership of both the committee to establish traffic and parking regulations and the committee to hear traffic violation appeals shall include student and faculty representation.

Legislative History

(P.A. 73-151, S. 1; P.A. 82-218, S. 39, 46; P.A. 91-256, S. 25, 69; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7, S. 15, 22; P.A. 94-245, S. 36, 46; P.A. 06-133, S. 4; P.A. 11-256, S. 8; P.A. 12-132, S. 4.) History: P.A. 82-218 replaced “state colleges” with “Connecticut State University” pursuant to reorganization of higher education system, effective March 1, 1983; Sec. 10-109d transferred to Sec. 10a-92 in 1983; P.A. 91-256 deleted provision requiring that fines not exceed $25 and that the money be placed in a scholarship account, added provision that funds be deposited in institutional operating accounts, provided for the use of fines to offset the cost of enforcing traffic and parking regulations, required the fines to be used for library services and acquisitions and made a technical change; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-7 provided for the use of funds for scholarships; P.A. 94-245 made violation of any provision of the section an infraction, effective June 2, 1994; P.A. 06-133 added installing stop signs to list of authorized activities of traffic committees, effective June 6, 2006; P.A. 11-256 inserted numeric Subdiv. designators and made technical changes; P.A. 12-132 replaced “State Traffic Commission” with “Office of the State Traffic Administration”, effective July 1, 2012.