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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-67n. (Formerly Sec. 21-19). - Use of general registration restricted. Number plates for motor vehicles being towed. Fees.

(a) No motor vehicle recycler licensee shall rent or allow or cause to be rented, or operate or allow or cause to be operated for hire, or use or allow or cause to be used for the purpose of conveying passengers or merchandise or freight for hire, any motor vehicle registered under a general distinguishing number or mark. Such plates as are issued to a licensee may be used in connection with such licensee's business for the purpose of towing vehicles to such licensee's place of business, for use on the vehicle being towed, for use on commercial vehicles carrying motor vehicles or parts thereof to such licensee's place of business for the purpose of dismantling, and for carrying parts of motor vehicles or motor vehicle scrap from such place of business to the place of sale or disposition. The licensee may use such plates for personal use on vehicles owned by such licensee.
(b) A motor vehicle recycler licensee may apply to the commissioner for a general distinguishing number and number plate for the purpose of displaying such number plate on a motor vehicle being towed in connection with such licensee's business. The commissioner shall charge a fee to cover the cost of the issuance and renewal of such number plates.
(1957, P.A. 343; P.A. 96-167, S. 20; P.A. 00-169, S. 20.)
History: Sec. 21-19 transferred to Sec. 14-67n in 1981; P.A. 96-167 substituted “motor vehicle recycler licensee” for “junk yard licensee” and deleted reference to “junk yard”; P.A. 00-169 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality and added Subsec. (b) re general distinguishing number and number plate for use by motor vehicle recycler licensee when towing a motor vehicle.
Cited. 35 CA 455.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-67o. (Formerly Sec. 21-20). - Revocation of license upon sale or transfer of business.

Any license issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under the provisions of this subpart (H) shall be revoked by, and surrendered to, said commissioner upon the sale, transfer or conveyance of any such motor vehicle recycler's yard or business.
(1949 Rev., S. 4662; P.A. 96-167, S. 21.)
History: Sec. 21-20 transferred to Sec. 14-67o in 1981; P.A. 96-167 substituted “motor vehicle recycler's yard” for “licensed junk yard”; (Revisor's note: In 2003 the reference to “subdivision (H)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subpart (H)” for clarity of reference).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-67p. (Formerly Sec. 21-21). - Suspension or revocation for violation.

Any license issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under the provisions of this subpart (H) shall be suspended by, and surrendered to, said commissioner, when, after notice and hearing, it is determined that the licensee has violated any provision of this subpart (H), or of any other statute pertaining to his business as a licensee.
(1957, P.A. 341.)
History: Sec. 21-21 transferred to Sec. 14-67p in 1981; (Revisor's note: In 2003 the references to “subdivision (H)” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “subpart (H)” for clarity of reference).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-67q. (Formerly Sec. 21-22). - Commissioner may impose conditions concerning establishment and maintenance of yards.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his representative shall examine the location or proposed location of each motor vehicle recycler's yard or business and said commissioner may make reasonable regulations concerning and applicable to the establishment, operation or maintenance of such yards or businesses as are essential to the safety and general welfare of the public, and no license for any such yard or business shall be issued or renewed until such regulations have been complied with. Upon violation of any of the regulations established under the provisions of this section, the commissioner, after notice to such violator and giving him opportunity to be heard, may revoke the license issued or any renewal thereof.
(1949 Rev., S. 4657; 1967, P.A. 854, S. 1; P.A. 96-167, S. 22.)
History: 1967 act deleted restriction that locations to be examined by commissioner be adjacent to highways, extended purview of statute to renewal of licenses and changed technical language; Sec. 21-22 transferred to Sec. 14-67q in 1981; P.A. 96-167 substituted “recycler's yard” for “junk yard”.
Annotation to former section 21-22:
Cited. 116 C. 462.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-67r. (Formerly Sec. 21-22a). - Fencing.

Each new location of a motor vehicle recycler's yard shall be completely surrounded with a solid fence at least eight feet high with a suitable gate which shall be closed and locked except during the working hours of such yard. All unregistered motor vehicles, used parts, old iron, metal, glass, paper, and any other material which may have been parts of such vehicles shall be enclosed within this location. Any dismantling of material or cutting up of parts of such vehicles must be carried on within this enclosure.
(1959, P.A. 562, S. 2; 1972, P.A. 37, S. 2; P.A. 96-167, S. 23.)
History: 1972 act deleted reference to burning material and permits for such burning; Sec. 21-22a transferred to Sec. 14-67r in 1981; P.A. 96-167 substituted “recycler's yard” for “junk yard” and made a technical change.
Cited. 233 C. 254; Id., 281.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-67s. (Formerly Sec. 21-23). - Ordinances creating restricted districts.

For the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of municipalities and governmental subdivisions in the state; for the purpose of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the most appropriate use of land; for the purpose of providing for the public health, comfort and general welfare in living and working conditions; for the purpose of facilitating highway development and transportation and for the purpose of regulating and restricting unsightly and detrimental developments tending to depreciate the value of property and obstruct progressive improvements in such municipalities and governmental subdivisions, the legislative body of any town, city or borough, in addition to powers conferred by the statutes or special acts upon such towns, cities or boroughs or the respective officials thereof, may enact ordinances creating restricted districts within which any motor vehicle recycler's yard or motor vehicle recycler's business shall not be permitted to be established; provided, in any town, city or borough having a zoning commission or town or city planning commission or board, such zoning commission, planning commission or board shall have the authority to create such restricted districts by the adoption of appropriate rules, orders or regulations, and provided any ordinances, bylaws or regulations adopted prior to October 1, 1957, under the provisions of section 4654 of the general statutes, revision of 1949, otherwise valid except that they were not adopted pursuant to the procedure provided in this section, shall remain valid until altered or repealed under the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 4654; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 90; P.A. 96-167, S. 24.)
History: Sec. 21-23 transferred to Sec. 14-67s in 1981; P.A. 96-167 substituted “recycler's yard” and “recycler's business” for “junk yard” and “junk business”.
Annotations to former section 21-23:
Cited. 116 C. 462; 145 C. 469. Regulation permissible if a business, by its very nature, is dangerous to the public. Id., 490. Absent adoption of regulation prohibiting junk yards in area plaintiff wished to use for expansion of existing motor vehicle junk yard, zoning board of appeals could not withhold permission. 158 C. 244.
Applies to “motor vehicle junk business” or “motor vehicle junk yard” in a fenced-in area. 12 CS 70. Cited. 24 CS 226.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-67t. (Formerly Sec. 21-24). - Publication of ordinances.

Any ordinance, order, rule or regulation creating a restricted district or districts within which any motor vehicle recycler's yard or business shall not be located or established under the provisions of this subpart (H) shall, forthwith, be filed with the clerk of the municipality and said clerk shall, within ten days thereafter, cause such ordinance to be published once in a newspaper having a circulation in such municipality.
(1949 Rev., S. 4659; P.A. 96-167, S. 25.)
History: Sec. 21-24 transferred to Sec. 14-67t in 1981; P.A. 96-167 substituted “recycler's yard” for “junk yard”; (Revisor's note: In 2003 the reference to “subdivision (H)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subpart (H)” for clarity of reference).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-67u. (Formerly Sec. 21-25). - Appeal.

Any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by the action of any local officials, zoning commission or board, taken pursuant to the provisions of this subpart (H), may, within thirty days from the date of the action complained of and upon giving bond in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district within which such town, city or borough is situated, and any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by any action of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his authorized representative, taken pursuant to said provisions, may, within said time of thirty days and upon giving such bond, appeal to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford, in the same manner as is provided for appeals in civil actions. Upon any such appeal, said court shall make such order in relation to the action appealed from as it deems equitable.
(1949 Rev., S. 4660; P.A. 76-436, S. 444, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 5, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4
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History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties and replaced Hartford county with judicial district of Hartford-New Britain; Sec. 21-25 transferred to Sec. 14-67u in 1981; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; (Revisor's note: In 2003 the reference to “subdivision (H)” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “subpart (H)” for clarity of reference).
Annotation to former section 21-25:
Cited. 116 C. 461.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-68. - Definitions.

Terms used in this part shall be construed in accordance with section 14-1 and as follows:
(a) “Drivers' school” means the business of giving instruction, for compensation, in the driving of private passenger motor vehicles and does not include training of professional drivers of motor vehicles other than private passenger motor vehicles;
(b) “Fraudulent practice” includes but is not limited to (1) any conduct or representation tending to give the impression that a license to operate a motor vehicle or any other license, registration or service granted by the commissioner may be obtained by any means other than the means prescribed by law or (2) furnishing or obtaining the same by illegal or by improper means or (3) requesting, accepting, exacting or collecting money for such purpose.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 531, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act redefined “drivers' school” to specifically exclude schools training professional drivers of vehicles other than private passenger vehicles.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-70. - Grounds for denial of application.

The commissioner may deny the application of any person for a license if he determines that: (a) Such applicant has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with his application; (b) such applicant, any officer, director, stockholder or partner, or any other person directly or indirectly interested in the business, was the former holder of a license under this part, or was an officer, director, stockholder or partner in a corporation or partnership which held a license under this part, which license was revoked or suspended by the commissioner; (c) such applicant or any officer, director, stockholder, partner, employee or any other person directly or indirectly interested in the business has failed to furnish satisfactory evidence of good moral character, reputation and fitness or is an employee of the Department of Motor Vehicles; (d) such applicant does not have a place of business; (e) such applicant is not the true owner of the drivers' school; or (f) the application is not accompanied by a certificate from the applicant's insurance carrier in such form as the commissioner shall prescribe showing that each motor vehicle used by such school has been insured for at least the minimum amounts required by subsection (a) of section 14-112 and such certificate shall stipulate that the insurance shall not be cancelled except upon ten days' written notice to the commissioner.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 3; 1967, P.A. 213, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 533.)
History: 1967 act replaced specific insurance requirements in Subdiv. (f) with general statement that application must be accompanied by evidence that vehicles used be insured “for at least the minimum amounts required by subsection (a) of section 14-112”; 1971 act required certificate from insurance carrier rather than “evidence” of insurance and specified that certificate must state cancellation procedure re notice to commissioner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-71. - Schedule of rates to be filed.

The applicant for a license to operate a drivers' school shall file with the commissioner a schedule of rates charged for services involved in the instruction of drivers. If such rates are changed, he shall file an amended schedule.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-72. - Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew school license.

The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any school license if: (a) The licensee has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with the application for a license or the renewal thereof; (b) the licensee has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this part or any of the regulations of the commissioner; (c) the licensee or any partner or officer of such licensee has been guilty of fraud or fraudulent practices in relation to the business conducted under the license, or guilty of inducing another person to resort to fraud or fraudulent practices in relation to securing for himself or another a license to drive a motor vehicle; (d) the licensee has failed to maintain satisfactory insurance to meet damage claims as required by section 14-70.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 5.)
Cited. 34 CA 751; judgment reversed, see 233 C. 211.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-74. - Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew instructor's license or master instructor's license.

The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any instructor's license or master instructor's license if: (1) The licensee has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with the licensee's application for the license or any renewal thereof; (2) the licensee has failed to comply with any of the provisions of this part or any of the regulations adopted by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, pursuant to this part; or (3) the licensee has been guilty of fraud or fraudulent practices in relation to securing for the licensee or another person a license to drive a motor vehicle.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 7; P.A. 10-110, S. 40; P.A. 22-44, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 10-110 authorized commissioner to revoke license, deleted provision re regulations establishing instructional standards of procedure, added provisions re regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, and redesignated Subdivs. (a), (b) and (c) as Subdivs. (1), (2) and (3), effective June 5, 2010; P.A. 22-44 added “or master instructor's license” and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-75. - Revocation or suspension of license after renewal.

Notwithstanding the renewal of a school or instructor's license, the commissioner may revoke or suspend such license for any violation of this part occurring during any prior license period.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-76. - Hearing for reinstatement or renewal. Appeal.

Any person whose license to conduct a drivers' school or any person whose license to give instruction in such schools has been suspended or revoked or the renewal thereof refused may request a hearing for reinstatement or renewal of the license. Such request shall be in writing addressed to the commissioner and shall be acted upon as soon as possible. The commissioner shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths to witnesses and take testimony of any person or cause his deposition to be taken. If such request is denied, such person may appeal from the decision of the commissioner as provided by section 14-134.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-77. - Records of licensee.

Each licensee shall keep such records as the commissioner requires. The records of the licensee shall be open to the inspection of the commissioner at all times during reasonable business hours.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-79. - Penalty. Suspension, revocation or withdrawal of instructor's license or master instructor's license if imminent threat to public safety or welfare exists.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, after notice and opportunity for a hearing, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, suspend, revoke or withdraw the license or licenses of any licensee or impose a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation on any person or firm that violates any provision of this part. In addition to, or in lieu of, the imposition of any penalty authorized by this section, the commissioner may order any such licensee to make restitution to any aggrieved customer.
(b) If the commissioner determines that an imminent threat to public safety or welfare exists by reason of a licensee's continued possession of an instructor's license or a master instructor's license, the commissioner shall suspend, revoke or withdraw such license and schedule a hearing, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, not later than twenty days after the date of such suspension, revocation or withdrawal.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 12; P.A. 06-130, S. 6; P.A. 22-44, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 06-130 added provision re notice and hearing and changed penalty from a fine of $100 to $250 or imprisonment for 10 to 30 days for the first violation and a fine of $250 to $500 or imprisonment for 30 days to three months, or both, to license suspension or revocation or a civil penalty of up to $1,000 for each violation, effective June 2, 2006; P.A. 22-44 designated existing provision as Subsec. (a) and amended same to add provision re except as provided in Subsec. (b) and provision re restitution and added Subsec. (b) re suspension, revocation or withdrawal of license if determination that imminent threat to public safety or welfare exists, effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-80b. - Ball joints and tie rod ends. Prohibition on certain installations and attachments to.

(a) No person shall install or attach to the ball joints or tie rod ends of a motor vehicle any type of bushing, spring, shim or device which results in concealing the degree of play or motion in the ball joints or tie rod ends.
(b) No person shall operate, or as owner cause or permit to be operated, any motor vehicle on which there has been installed or attached to the ball joints or tie rod ends any type of bushing, spring, shim or device which results in concealing the degree of play or motion in the ball joints or tie rod ends.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to have committed an infraction for each offense.
(P.A. 84-429, S. 33.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-80i. - Brake equipment and handlebars of motorcycles.

(a) Each motorcycle or motorcycle and sidecar shall be equipped with at least one brake adequate to stop it within a proper distance as defined under the provisions of section 14-80h. Any motorcycle designated as a 1974 or later model and operated on the highways of this state shall be equipped with brakes on both the front and rear wheels, except the wheel or wheels on a sidecar if the motorcycle is so equipped. Motorcycle brakes shall be maintained in good working order at all times and shall be capable of bringing the motorcycle to a controlled stop in such distance and under such conditions as are prescribed by the commissioner.
(b) No person shall operate a motorcycle on a highway or in any parking area for ten or more motor vehicles if the motorcycle is equipped with handlebars that are more than the height of the operator's shoulders.
(c) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to have committed an infraction for each offense.
(P.A. 84-429, S. 31; P.A. 07-167, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 07-167 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing provision re handlebars more than 15 inches above uppermost portion of seat with provision re handlebars more than the height of operator's shoulders, effective July 1, 2007.
Cited. 29 CA 791.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-81. - Brake equipment of trailers.

(a) Each trailer or semitrailer having a gross vehicle weight rating of three thousand pounds or more shall, when operated on any public highway, be equipped with a braking system operating on all wheels. The braking system shall be adequate to safely control the movement of the trailer or semitrailer and, when set, to safely hold the trailer or semitrailer stationary. The brakes shall, at all times, be maintained in good and sufficient working order and shall be capable of being controlled or operated from the driver's seat of the towing vehicle by either the hand or the foot, except that brakes on trailers having a gross vehicle weight rating of eight thousand pounds or less need not be capable of being controlled or operated from the driver's seat by either the hand or the foot. Except with respect to pole trailers and boat trailers, the commissioner may make regulations concerning the performance of such brakes when the trailer or semitrailer is operated in combination with a towing vehicle. The regulations shall designate the stopping distance, in feet, of the combination of trailer or semitrailer and shall include such other conditions as may be necessary to ensure brake performance adequate to safely control the movement of the vehicles.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined fifty dollars for each offense.
(1949 Rev., S. 2429; 1957, P.A. 422; February, 1965, P.A. 448, S. 7; P.A. 82-223, S. 11; P.A. 83-577, S. 17; P.A. 84-429, S. 32; P.A. 85-247, S. 1, 2; P.A. 09-187, S. 19; P.A. 10-3, S. 59.)
History: 1965 act added the word “pole” in subsection (a) and deleted provisions re “dinkeys” in subsections (a) and (b); P.A. 82-223 amended Subsec. (c) by specifying that violation of the section constituted the commission of an infraction and establishing a minimum fine of $25; P.A. 83-577 amended Subsec. (c) by increasing the minimum fine to $35; P.A. 84-429 transferred provision re pole trailers in former Subsec. (a) to Sec. 14-80h(f), rephrased provisions, relettered Subsecs., made other technical changes and exempted boat trailers from provision authorizing commissioner to adopt regulations re performance of trailer brakes; P.A. 85-247 amended Subsec. (a), permitting the use of hydraulic surge brakes on trailers having a gross weight of 8,000 pounds or less; P.A. 09-187 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “gross weight” to “gross vehicle weight rating”, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (b) to replace fine of not less than $35 nor more than $50 with fine of $50, effective April 14, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-81a. - Hydraulic brake fluid.

The term “hydraulic brake fluid” as used in this section means the liquid medium through which force is transmitted to the brakes in the hydraulic brake system of a vehicle. No person shall distribute, have for sale, offer for sale, sell or service any motor vehicle in this state with any hydraulic brake fluid unless the label on its container clearly indicates that it meets the standards established by regulations of the commissioner, which standards shall be in conformance with current standards of the Society of Automotive Engineers for heavy duty brake fluid. Violation of any provision of this section shall be an infraction.
(1959, P.A. 123, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 102; P.A. 75-577, S. 120, 126.)
History: 1963 act required statement on label that fluid meets standards and provided standards be in conformance with those of Society of Automotive Engineers rather than “nationally accepted specifications”; P.A. 75-577 made violation an infraction deleting provision for maximum fine of $100.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-81b. - Restrictions on used brake drums and brake discs.

The term “brake drum”, as used in this section, means the individual cupped metal drums to which motor vehicle wheels are each attached and against whose interior surface, brake shoe pressure is applied to effect stopping, holding or control of forward or backward vehicle movement. The term “brake disc” as used in this section, means the parallel faced circular rotational member to which motor vehicle wheels are each attached and against whose exterior surface, brake lining pressure is applied to effect stopping, holding or control of forward or backward movement. No person, firm or corporation shall service, turn, grind, install, sell, give or offer for sale for passenger or commercial motor vehicle use any used brake drum or brake disc which exceeds wear limits established in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. Any person, firm or corporation which performs or permits any violation of this section shall be subject to the penalties provided in subsection (b) of section 14-222.
(1963, P.A. 624; P.A. 00-169, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 00-169 defined “brake disc”, made provisions of section applicable to brake discs, and extended section to commercial motor vehicles.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 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.

Sections 14-83 to 14-96, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2430
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2443; 2504; 1951, S. 1331d; 1951, 1955, S. 1332d; 1955, S. 1330d; 1333d; 1957, P.A. 171; 431, S. 1; 434, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 62, S. 2
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5; 283, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 106; 276; 1963, P.A. 413; 500; February, 1965, P.A. 172, S. 2; 448, S. 8, 9, 44; 562; 1967, P.A. 834, S. 30.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96a. - Lighted lamps and illuminating devices required, when.

(a) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall display such lighted lamps and illuminating devices as may be required under the provisions of sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, (1) at any time from a half-hour after sunset to a half-hour before sunrise, (2) at any time when, due to insufficient light or unfavorable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of five hundred feet ahead, and (3) at any time during periods of precipitation, including, but not limited to, periods of snow, rain or fog.
(b) Whenever in said sections any requirement is declared as to distance from which certain lamps and devices shall render objects visible or within which such lamps or devices shall be visible, such requirement shall apply during the times stated in subsection (a) of this section in respect to a vehicle without load when upon a straight, level, unlighted highway under normal atmospheric conditions unless a different time or condition is expressly stated.
(c) Whenever in said sections any requirement is declared as to the mounted height of lamps or devices, such requirement shall mean the height measured from the center of such lamps or devices to the level ground upon which the vehicle stands when such vehicle is without a load.
(d) Failure to provide lighted lamps and illuminating devices at such time as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 1, 2; P.A. 75-577, S. 27, 126; P.A. 87-230; P.A. 90-4; P.A. 05-288, S. 58.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d); P.A. 87-230 amended Subsec. (a) to clarify that “unfavorable atmospheric conditions” include, but are not limited to, periods of snow, rain or fog; P.A. 90-4 rearranged Subsec. (a) dividing it into subdivisions, and added new language clarifying requirement re display of headlights during periods of precipitation; P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005.
Cited. 216 C. 172.
Cited. 30 CA 917; 45 CA 165; Id., 722.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96aa. - Standards and specifications for lamps for snow-removal and highway maintenance equipment.

(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt standards and specifications applicable to head lamps, clearance lamps, identification and other lamps on snow-removal and other highway maintenance and service equipment when operated on the highways of this state in lieu of the lamps otherwise required on motor vehicles by sections 14-96a to 14-96z, inclusive. Such standards and specifications may permit the use of flashing lights for purposes of identification on snow-removal and other highway maintenance and service equipment when in service upon the highways.
(b) No person shall operate any snow-removal or other highway maintenance and service equipment on any highway unless the lamps thereon comply with and are lighted when and as required by the standards and specifications adopted as provided in this section.
(c) Violation of the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 29; P.A. 75-577, S. 54, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96b. - Head lamps.

(a) Every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle shall be equipped with at least two head lamps with at least one on each side of the front of the motor vehicle, which head lamps shall comply with the requirements and limitations set forth in sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive.
(b) Every motorcycle shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two head lamps which shall comply with the requirements and limitations of said sections.
(c) Every head lamp upon every motor vehicle, including every motorcycle, shall be located at a mounted height of not more than fifty-four inches nor less than twenty-two inches.
(d) Failure to have headlamps in accordance with the requirements of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 3; P.A. 75-577, S. 28, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 20, 74.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d); P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (c) to substitute 22 for 24 inches as a minimum mounted height.
See Secs. 14-96t to 14-96y, inclusive, re headlight requirements.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96bb. - Operation of motor vehicles without required lighting devices.

Section 14-96bb is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(1969, P.A. 409; P.A. 75-577, S. 70, 126; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96c. - Tail lamps. Illumination of rear registration plate.

(a) After October 1, 1967, every motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer, and any other vehicle which is being drawn at the end of a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least two tail lamps mounted on the rear, which, when lighted as required in subsection (a) of section 14-96a, shall emit a red light plainly visible from a distance of one thousand feet to the rear, except that passenger cars manufactured or assembled prior to October 1, 1957, and motorcycles shall have at least one such tail lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the tail lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified. On vehicles equipped with more than one tail lamp, the lamps shall be mounted on the same level and as widely spaced laterally as practicable.
(b) Every tail lamp upon every vehicle shall be located at a mounted height of not more than seventy-two inches nor less than fifteen inches.
(c) The rear registration plate shall be so illumined with a white light as to render it clearly legible from a distance of fifty feet to the rear. Any tail lamp or tail lamps, together with any separate lamp or lamps for illuminating the rear registration plate, shall be so wired as to be lighted whenever the head lamps or auxiliary driving lamps are lighted, except that any vehicle equipped by the manufacturer with daytime running lamps which meet federal requirements may have such daytime running lamps illuminated without illumination of the tail lamps or rear registration plate.
(d) Failure to have tail lamps or failure to illuminate the rear registration plate as required in this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 4; P.A. 75-577, S. 29, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 21, 74; P.A. 96-167, S. 28.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d); P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute 15 for 20 inches as a minimum mounted height; P.A. 96-167 amended Subsec. (c) to add exception for any vehicle equipped with daytime running lamps meeting federal requirements.
Cited. 11 CA 11; 30 CA 263.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96cc. - Regulation of hazardous lighting equipment.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may make regulations prohibiting the use on any motor vehicle operating on the highways of this state of any lighting equipment which he determines to be hazardous to either the operator of the vehicle equipped with such lighting devices or to the operators of other vehicles encountering a vehicle so equipped. The commissioner may make or cause to be made any tests of any lighting equipment intended for use on motor vehicles which he finds necessary in order to determine whether such lighting equipment is hazardous as provided by this section. The commissioner may, upon application, allow the installation upon one or more motor vehicles of any head lamp or other lighting device for the purpose of testing such head lamp or other lighting device upon such terms and conditions as he deems reasonable.
(1969, P.A. 685.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96d. - Reflectors.

(a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall carry on the rear, either as a part of the tail lamps or separately, two or more red reflectors meeting the requirements of this section. Each motorcycle shall carry at least one such reflector.
(b) Each such reflector shall be mounted on the vehicle at a height of not less than fifteen inches nor more than sixty inches, and shall be of such size and characteristics and so mounted as to be visible at night from all distances within three hundred fifty feet to one hundred feet from such vehicle when directly in front of upper beams of head lamps.
(c) Failure to carry and mount reflectors as required in this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 5; P.A. 75-577, S. 30, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 22, 74.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c); P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute 15 for 20 inches as a minimum mounted height.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96e. - Stop lamps. Turn signals.

(a) Each motor vehicle, trailer, semitrailer and pole trailer shall be equipped with two or more stop lamps meeting the requirements of subsection (a) of section 14-96r, except that passenger motor vehicles manufactured or assembled prior to October 1, 1957, and motorcycles shall be equipped with at least one stop lamp. On a combination of vehicles, only the stop lamps on the rearmost vehicle need actually be seen from the distance specified.
(b) Each motor vehicle in use on a highway shall be equipped with, and required signals shall be given by, a turn signal lamp or lamps complying with the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Section 571.108, as amended.
(c) Failure to equip vehicles with stop lamps or a turn signal lamp or lamps or turn signal devices as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 6; P.A. 75-577, S. 31, 126; P.A. 84-429, S. 34; P.A. 99-268, S. 3; P.A. 00-169, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (c); P.A. 84-429 deleted obsolete date provision, rephrased provisions and made other technical changes; P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (b) to replace specific requirements requiring signal lamps or turn signal devices with a provision requiring signal lamps to comply with the requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Section 571.108, as amended; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section.
See Sec. 14-96r(b) re color of turn signal lamps.
Cited. 30 CA 263.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96f. - Special requirements for buses, trucks, trailers, truck tractors.

The following vehicles shall be equipped in the following manner:
(a) Buses and trucks eighty inches or more in overall width: (1) On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side, and on vehicles manufactured or assembled after October 1, 1967, three identification lamps meeting the specifications of subdivision (f) of this section; (2) on the rear, two clearance lamps, one at each side, and after October 1, 1967, three identification lamps meeting the specifications of subdivision (f) of this section; (3) on each side, two side marker lamps, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear; (4) on each side, two reflectors, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
(b) Trailers and semitrailers eighty inches or more in overall width: (1) On the front, two clearance lamps, one at each side; (2) on the rear, two clearance lamps, one at each side, and after October 1, 1967, three identification lamps meeting the specifications of subdivision (f) of this section; (3) on each side, two side marker lamps, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear; (4) on each side, two reflectors, one at or near the front and one at or near the rear.
(c) Truck tractors: On the front, two cab clearance lamps, one at each side, and on vehicles manufactured or assembled after October 1, 1967, three identification lamps meeting the specifications of subdivision (f) of this section.
(d) Trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers thirty feet or more in overall length: On each side, one amber side marker lamp and one amber reflector centrally located with respect to the length of the vehicle.
(e) Pole trailers: (1) On each side, one amber side marker lamp at or near the front of the load; (2) one amber reflector at or near the front of the load; (3) on the rearmost support for the load, one combination marker lamp showing amber to the front and red to the rear and side, mounted to indicate maximum width of the pole trailer.
(f) Whenever required or permitted by sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, identification lamps shall be grouped in a horizontal row, with lamp centers spaced not less than six nor more than twelve inches apart, and mounted on the permanent structure of the vehicle as closely as practicable to the vertical centerline; provided, where the cab of a vehicle is not more than forty-two inches wide at the front roof line, a single identification lamp at the center of the cab shall be deemed to comply with the requirements for front identification lamps.
(g) Failure to equip vehicles as required by this section shall be an infraction for each offense.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 7; P.A. 75-577, S. 32, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (g).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96g. - Colors of lamps and reflectors. Reflective sheeting on certain vehicles.

(a) Front clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the front or on the side near the front of a vehicle shall display or reflect an amber color.
(b) Rear clearance lamps, identification lamps and those marker lamps and reflectors mounted on the rear or on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall display or reflect a red color. Any motor vehicle or equipment owned by a governmental agency which is engaged in construction or maintenance work may display red or white reflective sheeting on the rear of such vehicle or equipment.
(c) All lighting devices and reflectors mounted on the rear of any vehicle shall display or reflect a red color, except that the stop light or other signal device may be red, amber or yellow, and except that the light illuminating the license plate shall be white and the light emitted by a back-up lamp shall be white or amber.
(d) Each school bus or student transportation vehicle may display retroreflective tape or reflective sheeting on the rear or on the sides of such vehicle in accordance with regulations which shall be adopted by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 54.
(e) Failure to have and mount lamps, reflectors or lighting devices as required by this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 8; P.A. 75-577, S. 33, 126; P.A. 93-307, S. 3, 34; P.A. 97-236, S. 12, 27.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d); P.A. 93-307 amended Subsec. (b) to provide that any motor vehicles or equipment owned by governmental agencies engaged in construction or maintenance work may display red or white reflective sheeting on the rear of such vehicles or equipment, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 97-236 inserted new Subsec. (d) allowing school buses and student transportation vehicles to display reflective tape or sheeting in accordance with regulations and relettered former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e), effective July 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96h. - Mounting of reflectors and clearance lamps.

Section 14-96h is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 9; P.A. 75-577, S. 34, 126; P.A. 90-263, S. 23, 74; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-96i. - Visibility of reflectors and clearance, identification and side marker lamps.

(a) Each reflector upon any vehicle referred to in section 14-96f shall be of such size and characteristics and so maintained as to be readily visible at nighttime from all distances within six hundred feet to one hundred feet from the vehicle when directly in front of lawful upper beams of head lamps. Reflectors required to be mounted on the sides of the vehicle shall reflect the required color of light to the sides, and those mounted on the rear shall reflect a red color to the rear.
(b) Front and rear clearance lamps and identification lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lighted lamps are required at all distances between five hundred and fifty feet from the front and rear, respectively, of the vehicle.
(c) Side marker lamps shall be capable of being seen and distinguished under normal atmospheric conditions at the times lighted lamps are required at all distances between five hundred and fifty feet from the side of the vehicle on which mounted.
(d) Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall be an infraction.
(1967, P.A. 834, S. 10; P.A. 75-577, S. 35, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 added Subsec. (d).