SB 222 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A FIRE MARSHAL AND POLICE OFFICER AT THE CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

General Assembly   RaisedSubstitute Bill No.

222 February Session, 2018   LCO*_____SB00222PS____031918____* No.AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A FIRE MARSHAL AND POLICE OFFICERS AT THE CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

647   *00647_______PS_* Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY   Introduced by:

  (PS)   AN ACT CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT OF A FIRE MARSHAL AND POLICE OFFICERS AT THE CONNECTICUT AIRPORT AUTHORITY.

(a) The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection may, in the commissioner's discretion, upon the application of any electric distribution, gas, telephone or water company owning, leasing, maintaining, managing or controlling any property, plant or equipment in this state, commissioncommission, [, during his[his] pleasure,]the commissioner's pleasure, one or more persons designated by such company who, having been sworn, may act at the expense of such company as [policemen] police officers upon the premises used or occupied by such company in its business, or upon any highway adjacent to such premises, for the proper protection of such plant or property, and each [policeman] police officer so appointed may arrest and take before some proper authority any person in [his] the police officer's precinct for any offense committed therein.

(b) [Said] The commissioner may, inupon the commissioner's discretion, upon application of any railroad, express company or steamboat company, engaged in the business of transportation in this state, or upon the application of any corporation owning or having control of the roads in any private residence park, or upon the application of the Connecticut Airport Authority, commissioncommission, [, during his[his] pleasure,]the commissioner's pleasure, one or more persons designated by such company, [or by such] corporation or authority, who, having been sworn, may act, at the expense of such company, [or] corporation or authority, as [policemen] police officers upon the premises used by such company or authority in its business, or upon its cars, [or] vessels or airplanes, or upon the roads and land owned by or under the control of such corporation or authority, and each [policeman] police officer so appointed may arrest and take before some proper authority any person in [his] the police officer's precinct for any offense committed therein.

2 from passage 29-19 StatementPS ofJoint Purpose:Favorable Subst.

To allow:

(1) The Commissioner of Administrative Services to designate a fire marshal for the Connecticut Airport Authority;

and (2) the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection to designate police officers for the Connecticut Airport Authority.

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