Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 13b-30 (2026)

Maintenance of roads on state property

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From funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation for general operations, the Commissioner of Transportation shall, on request of the state agency having jurisdiction over the property involved, maintain and improve the roads and drives on the grounds of state institutions, state parks, state forests and other state agencies, including the Connecticut Marketing Authority, such maintenance to include the removal of snow.

(1969, P.A. 768, S. 70; P.A. 73-675, S. 41, 44; P.A. 75-568, S. 34, 45.)

History: P.A. 73-675 changed “highway” to “transportation” fund, effective July 1, 1974; P.A. 75-568 deleted “out of the transportation fund” following “from funds appropriated”.

Cited. 186 C. 300; 228 C. 358; 239 C. 265.

Cited. 26 CA 74; 29 CA 565; judgment reversed, see 228 C. 358; 44 CA 651.

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 7 cases, 1982–1999 · leading case: Amore v. Frankel, 636 A.2d 786 (Conn. 1994).

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Amore v. Frankel, 636 A.2d 786 (Conn. 1994). · cites it 23× “” General Statutes § 13b-30 provides: “maintenance of roads on state property.”

Cairns v. Shugrue, 441 A.2d 185 (Conn. 1982). · cites it 12× “The question presented in this appeal is whether a person who is injured as a result of the claimed defective condition of a road within the grounds of a state educational institution, which the commissioner of transportation is obliged to maintain under General Statutes §…”

Lipwich v. Frankel, 691 A.2d 1099 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997). · cites it 12× “From funds appropriated to the Department of Transportation for general operations, the Commissioner of Transportation shall, on request of the state agency having jurisdiction over the property *653 involved, maintain and improve the roads and drives on the grounds of state…”

Capers v. Lee, 684 A.2d 696 (Conn. 1996). · cites it 2× “In this regard, § 52-556 is no different from General Statutes § 13a-144, which imposes liability on the commissioner of motor vehicles for injuries occurring on “any defective highway, bridge or sidewalk which it is the duty of the commissioner .”

Gagne v. Nat'l R.R. Passenger Corp., 597 A.2d 836 (Conn. App. Ct. 1991). · cites it 3× “General Statutes § 13b-30 4 required that the commissioner remove ice and snow from Whitney Road where the accident occurred.”

Serrano v. Burns, 727 A.2d 1276 (Conn. 1999). “[has requested that the commissioner] maintain such roads and drives pursuant to [General Statutes] § 13b-30 . . . .” Id., 365. In other words, our conclusion in Amove rested on the fact that the driveway in question was not within the “state highway system” because the property…”

Amore v. Frankel, 616 A.2d 1152 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992). “4 In light of these affidavits, the trial court found that the road “was outside the scope of the commissioner’s duty to maintain or repair pursuant to [General Statutes] section 13b-30 or 13a-144. Hence, the defendant’s motion to dismiss [was] granted.”

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