Connecticut General Statutes 13b-38k – Paratransit vehicles defined. Bidding for service programs
(a) For the purposes of this section: “Paratransit vehicle” means motor bus, taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service operated under a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the Department of Transportation or by a transit district and which is on call or demand or used for the transportation of passengers for hire.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 13b-38k
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Department: means the Department of Transportation established pursuant to this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 13b-2
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- Transportation: means any form of transportation for persons or goods within, to or from the state, whether by highway, air, water, rail or any other means. See Connecticut General Statutes 13b-2
(b) Any program funded by a state, federal or municipal agency for the purpose of providing paratransit services through a state agency, municipality, planning agency or transit district shall provide for the maximum feasible participation of private, for-profit operators of paratransit vehicles by affording such operators a full and reasonable opportunity to enter a competitive bid on all contracts for the provision of any paratransit services.
(c) Any private, for-profit operator of paratransit vehicles who is required to satisfy a bonding requirement as a prerequisite to submitting a competitive bid on any contract offered by a state agency, municipality, planning agency or transit district for the provision of paratransit services may, in lieu of such bond, offer a promissory note secured by a mortgage, pledge or other form of security on any or all of its real or personal property or an interest therein, in an amount and subject to such terms and conditions as may be approved by such state agency, municipality, planning agency or transit district.