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Motor Vehicles

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Definitions.

“Authorized emergency vehicle” defined.

Appointment of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.

Powers and duties of commissioner.

Findings and rulings of commissioner.

Conduct of hearings and rendering of decisions.

Branch offices.

Ansonia branch office.

Discontinuation of branch offices.

Department closed or unable to perform transactions due to emergency or other reason. Extension of expiration date or period of validity of credentials issued by commissioner.

Coordination of enforcement activities.

Deputy commissioners.

Police authority of commissioner and inspectors.

Oath of office.

Criminal background checks for applicants for employment with department and certain department employees. Reassignment of employee with disqualifying criminal offense or condition.

Definitions. Records. Disclosure of personal information and highly restricted personal information. Penalty. Regulations.

Employment of legal assistance.

Exceptional issuance of certificates and licenses for law enforcement activities. Verification by Chief State's Attorney of statements on application for such certificates and licenses.

Driver training program for persons with disabilities.

Motor Carrier Advisory Council. Members. Duties.

Annual safety inspection program for fire department apparatus.

Annual and monthly reports re waiting times at main and branch offices of the department.

Sections
14-11f to 14-11h

Reserved for future use.

Payment of fees by credit card.

Blue envelopes for persons with autism spectrum disorder.

Motor vehicle registration. Application. Issuance by dealers. Misrepresentation. Registration number and certificate. Requirements for registration. Regulations. Temporary registration. Number of registered electric vehicles.

Courtesy registration when proof of ownership pending.

Regulations.

Section
14-21aa

Connecticut Lakes, Rivers and Ponds Preservation account.

Section
14-21bb

Aquatic Invasive Species fee. Requirements for payment of fee.

Expiration and renewal.

Registration of motor vehicle used as a student transportation vehicle. Distinctive marker plates.

Passenger motor vehicle plates for livery cars or taxicabs.

Reciprocal agreements apportioning the registration of commercial vehicles.

Expiration and renewal of operators' licenses and identity cards. Fees. Notice.

Renewal of license for persons age sixty-five or over.

License endorsement for operators of commercial motor vehicles used for passenger transportation, school buses, student transportation vehicles, taxicabs, motor vehicles in livery service and motor or service buses. Requirements. Hearing. Appeal. Report re persons whose license or endorsement has been withdrawn, suspended or revoked. Penalty.

Application for commercial driver's license or commercial driver's instruction permit. Penalty.

Limitations on issuance of commercial driver's license. Qualification standards. Waiver of skills test. Requirements for license endorsement to operate vehicle transporting hazardous materials. Commercial driver's instruction permit.

Establishment of board. Membership. Compensation. Executive session.

Registration of leased motor vehicle. Regulations.

Fees for miscellaneous registration and other fees.

Registration renewal fee. Passport to the Parks Fee.

Fees for operator's license renewal, passenger endorsement, operator's examination, collection cost and returned check or rejected payment. Waiver of fees.

Fee on dealer for processing trade-in.

(Formerly Sec. 21-15) - Definitions.

“Major component parts” defined.

(Formerly Sec. 21-16) - Certificate of approval of location required. Exemption.

Intermediate processors. Permit and license required. License required to transport vehicles or parts processed by intermediate processors. Records of vehicles or parts received, dismantled or sold. Inspection. Regulations.

(Formerly Sec. 21-17) - Hearing on application. Fee.

(Formerly Sec. 21-18) - License and fees. General registration of motor vehicles. Documents to be issued to drivers of such motor vehicles. Compliance with environmental statutes and regulations.

(Formerly Sec. 21-18a) - Record of vehicles or major component parts received, dismantled or sold. Inspection of records, vehicles, parts and premises. Receipt of certificate of title. Penalty.

(Formerly Sec. 21-19) - Use of general registration restricted. Number plates for motor vehicles being towed. Fees.

(Formerly Sec. 21-20) - Revocation of license upon sale or transfer of business.

(Formerly Sec. 21-21) - Suspension or revocation for violation.

(Formerly Sec. 21-22) - Commissioner may impose conditions concerning establishment and maintenance of yards.

(Formerly Sec. 21-22a) - Fencing.

(Formerly Sec. 21-23) - Ordinances creating restricted districts.

(Formerly Sec. 21-24) - Publication of ordinances.

(Formerly Sec. 21-25) - Appeal.

(Formerly Sec. 21-26) - Penalty. Injunction to restrain violation.

(Formerly Sec. 21-26a) - Scrap metal processors exempted. Receipt of motor vehicles. Required information. Inspection of premises and records. Retention of records. Regulations.

Definitions.

License to conduct a drivers' school. Penalty.

Grounds for denial of application.

Schedule of rates to be filed.

Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew school license.

Instructor's license. Master instructor's license. Regulations.

Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew instructor's license.

Revocation or suspension of license after renewal.

Hearing for reinstatement or renewal. Appeal.

Records of licensee.

Regulations for conduct of drivers' schools and instructor license requirements. Limited license.

Penalty.

Mechanical equipment.

Maximum noise levels.

Ball joints and tie rod ends. Prohibition on certain installations and attachments to.

Sections
14-80c to 14-80g

Reserved for future use.

Brake equipment of motor vehicles. Compression brake device to be equipped with muffler. Penalties.

Brake equipment and handlebars of motorcycles.

Brake equipment of trailers.

Hydraulic brake fluid.

Restrictions on used brake drums and brake discs.

Free-wheeling devices.

Sections
14-83 to 14-96

Head and rear lights; spotlights; color of lights; reflectors; turn signals; minimum standards; single-beam, multibeam and alternate road-lighting equipment; number of driving lamps; flashing lights; emergency lighting equipment; etc.

Lighted lamps and illuminating devices required, when.

Section
14-96aa

Standards and specifications for lamps for snow-removal and highway maintenance equipment.

Head lamps.

Section
14-96bb

Operation of motor vehicles without required lighting devices.

Tail lamps. Illumination of rear registration plate.

Section
14-96cc

Regulation of hazardous lighting equipment.

Reflectors.

Stop lamps. Turn signals.

Special requirements for buses, trucks, trailers, truck tractors.

Colors of lamps and reflectors. Reflective sheeting on certain vehicles.

Mounting of reflectors and clearance lamps.

Visibility of reflectors and clearance, identification and side marker lamps.

Vehicles operated in combination.

Projecting loads. Carrying of animals.

Sufficiency of head and rear lights. Parked vehicles.

Farm tractors and equipment.

General lighting requirements.

Spot lamps. Fog lamps. Auxiliary passing lamps. Auxiliary driving lamps.

Color of lights. Flashing lights. Intensity of lights.

Permits for colored or flashing lights. Exceptions. Fee.

Color of stop lamps. Turn signal lamps.

Fender, backup and identification lamps. Penalties.

Multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.

Use of multiple-beam road-lighting equipment.

Sections
14-96v and 14-96w

Single-beam road-lighting equipment. Distance forward lights to illuminate.

Head lamp of motorcycle.

Number of head lamps. Number in combination with other lamps.

Intensity of certain lamps. Location of red light.

Defrosting devices on school buses and motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire.

Emergency lighting or reflecting devices on motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire and motor vehicles with commercial registration.

Lift equipment on motor buses.

Tires.

Tires to be in safe operating condition.

Mirror. Motor vehicles with commercial registration to allow others to pass.

Sections
14-99a to 14-99e

Reserved for future use.

Windshield. Obstruction of view.

Definitions. Tinted or reflectorized windows. Obstruction of view prohibited. Exceptions. Sale or delivery of motor vehicles having tinted or reflectorized windows prohibited. Stickers required. Penalty. Window tinting businesses. Regulations.

Etching of vehicle identification numbers. Marking of component parts. Penalty. Regulations.

Safety glass. Use of plastics.

Section
14-100a

Seat safety belts. Child restraint systems. Wheelchair transportation devices.

Section
14-100b

Air pollution control devices required on certain passenger motor vehicles.

Section
14-100c

Transferred to Chapter 246a, Sec. 14-164c.

Turn signals.

View in and exits from motor vehicles used to transport passengers for hire.

Section
14-102a

Inspection of student transportation vehicles.

Inspection of motor vehicles.

Section
14-103a

Inspection of reassembled, altered or reconstructed vehicles. Composite vehicles. Vehicles made by unlicensed manufacturers.

Section
14-103b

High-mileage vehicles, regulations re safety and performance standards.

Section
14-103c

Vehicles using liquid propane gas as fuel.

Section
14-103d

Vehicles using any pressurized gas as fuel. Regulations. Class C misdemeanor.

Fenders and other wheel protectors.

Television screens or similar devices prohibited. Exceptions.

Air conditioning equipment.

Section
14-106a

Tamper-resistant odometer required. Mileage reading required on registration application.

Section
14-106b

Properly functioning odometer required. Tampering with odometer prohibited.

Section
14-106c

Headerboards required on commercial van-type motor vehicles.

Section
14-106d

Sale, offer for sale, manufacture, importation or installation of counterfeit or nonfunctional air bag prohibited. Unfair or deceptive trade practice. Penalty.

Liability of owner, operator, lessee.

Report of accidents.

Section
14-108a

Uniform investigation of accident report. Requirements and policy for identifying and notifying person's family or household member of motor vehicle accident in which person was killed.

Section
14-108b

14-108c and 14-109 - Statistical information based on reports. Report of accident involving unlicensed operator under instruction. Coroner to investigate fatal motor vehicle accidents.

Oaths and subpoenas. False statements or reports.

Suspension or revocation of registration, license or right to operate.

Section
14-111a

Possession of alcoholic liquors in motor vehicles by underage persons.

Section
14-111b

Suspension of operator's license following conviction for speeding.

Sections
14-111c and 14-111d

Driver License Compact. Definitions applicable to Driver License Compact; comparable convictions to be reported; report of suspension or revocation action to department.

Section
14-111e

Suspension or delay in issuance of operator's license for person under twenty-one years of age convicted of certain violations.

Section
14-111f

Suspension of operator's license for possession of counterfeit or altered license.

Section
14-111g

Operator's retraining program.

Section
14-111h

Definitions applicable to driver license agreement.

Section
14-111i

Entry into driver license agreement. Regulations.

Section
14-111j

Findings and declarations re driver license agreement.

Section
14-111k

Application for a motor vehicle operator's license from applicants in other member jurisdictions.

Section
14-111l

Driver control record. Record of convictions and administrative actions.

Section
14-111m

Notice of failure to comply with a citation.

Section
14-111n

Reports of comparable convictions. Suspension of operator's license.

Section
14-111o

Form and use in evidence of records received from other member jurisdictions. Electronic transmission.

Section
14-111p

Validity of reports or records received from members of the Driver License Compact.

Section
14-111q

Hearing.

Proof of financial responsibility.

Section
14-112a

Online Insurance Verification System.

Sections
14-113 to 14-115

Financial responsibility of motor vehicle owners and operators required after accident; definitions. Administration by Motor Vehicle Commissioner; hearings; appeals. Abstract of operating record.

Section
14-115a

Request for document from motor vehicle record.

Sections
14-116 to 14-128

Accident reports. Determination of amount of security; suspension of license and registration; exceptions; liability policy or bond. Release in behalf of minor. Exceptions. Duration of suspension. Unlicensed or nonresident operators; reciprocity. Amount of security, reduction. Custody, use and return of deposits. Evidence inadmissible in damage actions. Suspension pending disposition of judgment. Transfer of registration or ownership during suspension. Return of license or registration to commissioner. Governmental and public service vehicles exempt.

Self-insurance.

Transferred to Chapter 700, Part II, Sec. 38a-337.

Sections
14-131 to 14-133

Discharge in bankruptcy not to release judgment debtor. Relief under other statutes. Penalties.

Appeals from commissioner.

Attorney General to act when commissioner is disqualified.

First complaint.

Authority to make regulations and certify or limit the use of devices and equipment.

Section
14-137a

Point system for motor vehicle violations.

State police to assist.

Conviction to be endorsed on license.

Release on own recognizance. Report of failure to appear or to pay fine or fee, surcharge or cost. Reciprocal agreements. Opening of judgment.

Section
14-140a

Automobile club bail bond certificates, when acceptable as bail.

Courts to report convictions and other dispositions to commissioner.

Proceedings against negligent court clerk.

Expenses in unsuccessful prosecutions by state police.

No fees for arrests for motor vehicle violations.

Towing or removal of motor vehicle from private property. Use of a wheel-locking device. Regulations. Prohibition re issuance of parking citation. Exemption. Penalty.

Section
14-145a

Towing, removal or use of wheel-locking device prohibited except upon express instruction of property owner or lessee or for repossession. Rebate prohibited.

Section
14-145b

Storage and release of motor vehicles that have been towed or rendered immovable.

Section
14-145c

Liability of property owner, lessee or lending institution for improper towing or removal of motor vehicle or use of a wheel-locking device.

Section
14-145d

Notification to chief of police required prior to use of wheel-locking device.

Objects not to be thrown at motor vehicles.

Improper use of marker, registration or license.

Section
14-147a

Theft or illegal possession of number plate or sticker.

Abandoned markers.

Mutilated or removed vehicle identification, factory or engine number. Discovery of vehicle reported as stolen or of vehicle or major component part with mutilated or missing identification, engine or factory number. Disposition of vehicle or part held in custody. Penalty. Fee.

Section
14-149a

Ownership or operation of a chop shop. Penalty.

Abandoned or unregistered motor vehicles and motor vehicles which are a menace to traffic. Notice. Removal. Storage. Hearing. Lien. Affidavit of compliance. Sale. Regulations re title to abandoned motor vehicles and re disposal of motor homes or recreational vehicles abandoned at campgrounds.

Section
14-150a

Removal of abandoned motor vehicles by municipalities. Notice.

Section
14-150b

Municipal Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund.

State marshals and constables to enforce law concerning abandoned motor vehicles.

Section
14-151a

Report by owner or person in lawful possession of theft of motor vehicle. Regulations re uniform procedure. Report as condition precedent to settling insurance claim.

Report by law enforcement agencies of theft or recovery of motor vehicle.

Renting of motor vehicles.

Section
14-153a

Exemption. Penalty.

Section
14-153b

Proof of credit.

Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased car.

Section
14-154a

Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased motor vehicle. Exceptions.

Fines and forfeitures to be paid to commissioner.

Receipts of Department of Motor Vehicles to be credited to Special Transportation Fund.

Section
14-156a

Payment of State Police Department expenditures from Highway Fund.

Transferred to Chapter 164, Sec. 10-24a.

Fines and forfeitures paid to commissioner to be receipts of General Fund.

Refund of money paid to commissioner.

Reservation of marker plate numbers. Additional fee for low numbers.

Impersonation of inspector or agent.

Ordinances.

Commissioner to provide lists of motor vehicle and snowmobile owners to town assessors. Disclosure by assessor or tax collector prohibited.

Section
14-163a

Driving on ice.

Section
14-163b

Motor vehicles formerly used as ambulances.

Section
14-163c

Motor carrier safety regulations for intrastate or interstate commerce. Variations or exemptions. Enforcement powers of police officers and motor vehicle inspectors.

Section
14-163d

Vehicles in intrastate or interstate commerce. Evidence of security requirements or insurance. Suspension of registration.

Section
14-163e

Periodic inspection of certain vehicles or combinations.

Section
14-163f

Eligibility for commercial motor vehicle services contracts with state or municipalities.

Section
14-163g

Transportation of hazardous materials. Applicable federal regulations. Enforcement powers of motor vehicle inspectors and police officers.

General penalty.

Section
14-164a

(Formerly Sec. 29-143) - Motor vehicle racing.