§ 13a-175f — Purchase of materials by Transportation Department and towns. Commissioner to test materials.

The Commissioner of Transportation upon reasonable request of the selectmen or other authority having charge of highways of any town shall allow such town to join with the department in the purchase of materials used for the laying out, construction, repair, reconstruction or maintenance of any highway or bridge. The commissioner shall conduct such tests as are necessary to insure the quality of such materials. See Sec. 13b-31 re Transportation Commissioner's authority to furnish supervision, inspectors and engineers to assist towns in highway and bridge projects.

Legislative History

(1967, P.A. 701, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 118; P.A. 81-463, S. 4, 10.) History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; P.A. 81-463 repealed requirement that the commissioner, upon request of a town, furnish supervision, inspectors and engineers for purposes connected with the laying out, construction and maintenance of highways and bridges and added provisions requiring the commissioner to perform quality testing of materials used for such purposes and allowing towns to join with the department in the purchase of such materials.