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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-150a. - Removal of abandoned motor vehicles by municipalities. Notice.

Any municipality may, by action of its legislative body, provide for the removal of abandoned, inoperable or unregistered motor vehicles within the limits of such municipality which remain unmoved for thirty days after: (1) Notice to the owner of the property on which such motor vehicle so remains, requesting removal of such motor vehicle and (2) notice in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in such municipality. The legislative body shall designate the local board or officer who shall be responsible for notifying such owner, causing publication of the general notice and for removal and disposition of such motor vehicles.
(1971, P.A. 817, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-150b. - Municipal Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund.

Section 14-150b is repealed.
(P.A. 88-270, S. 1, 8; P.A. 90-3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 167, 168.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-151. - State marshals and constables to enforce law concerning abandoned motor vehicles.

State marshals and the constables of the several towns shall have the same authority in respect to the provisions of section 14-150 as inspectors of the Department of Motor Vehicles, officers attached to an organized police department or state police officers.
(1949 Rev., S. 2476; P.A. 00-99, S. 49, 154.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout the general statutes to “Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner” and “Motor Vehicle(s) Department” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, as the case may be, for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriffs and deputy sheriffs with state marshals, effective December 1, 2000.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - 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.

(a) The owner or person in lawful possession of any motor vehicle which is stolen in this state shall make a report in writing to the office of the local police department in the municipality in which the theft occurred or to the office of the state police troop having jurisdiction over the municipality in which the theft occurred. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 which provide a standard, uniform procedure for reporting the theft of a motor vehicle to any state or local law enforcement officer.
(b) Each insurance company which issues in this state automobile theft insurance shall, as a condition precedent to settling any claim, require the insured to file a report in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 82-450; P.A. 83-206.)
History: P.A. 83-206 required a person in lawful possession of a motor vehicle which is stolen to report its theft to police.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-152. - Report by law enforcement agencies of theft or recovery of motor vehicle.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection, each municipal police department and each constable of any town, within one week from the receipt of any complaint of the theft within or without this state of any Connecticut motor vehicle or the theft of any other registered motor vehicle within this state, or within one week from the recovery or notification of the recovery of any stolen motor vehicle, shall report such complaint, recovery or notification of recovery to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and the National Automobile Theft Bureau, upon a blank prepared and furnished by him. Any person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 2477; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 64; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 80-292, S. 5; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: 1961 act removed obsolete reference to prosecuting grand juror; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-292 required that report be made to National Automobile Theft Bureau as well as to motor vehicles commissioner and included in required reports recovery and notification of recovery of vehicles; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-153. - Renting of motor vehicles.

Any person, firm or corporation which rents a motor vehicle without a driver for a period of thirty days or less shall inspect or cause to be inspected the motor vehicle operator's license of the person initially operating such motor vehicle, shall compare the signature on such license with that of the alleged licensee written in his presence and shall keep and retain for a period of one year a record of the name of such licensee, the number of his license and the date of issue thereof, the registration number of the motor vehicle so rented and the mileage reading displayed by the odometer of such vehicle at the time such vehicle leaves and returns to the lessor's place of business, which record shall be subject to the inspection of any police officer, any Department of Motor Vehicles inspector or any Department of Motor Vehicles employee designated by the commissioner; provided no person shall rent or lease any motor vehicle without a driver to a minor without the written consent of a parent or guardian of such minor.
(1949 Rev., S. 2478; 1959, P.A. 416; 1969, P.A. 747, S. 2; P.A. 87-194.)
History: 1959 act added requirement of consent of parent or guardian to lease of vehicle to minor; 1969 act made provisions applicable to firms and corporations, specified rental period of 30 days or less, required retention of record for one year, specified that police officers and motor vehicles department inspectors and employees have inspection rights and deleted provision imposing $50 maximum fine for violation of provisions; P.A. 87-194 required the recording of the odometer mileage reading at the time vehicle leaves and returns to lessor's business.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-153a. - Exemption. Penalty.

(a) Section 14-153 shall not apply to any person, firm or corporation which, incidental to the conduct of its principal business, leases or rents any motor vehicle without a driver to other persons, firms or corporations whose principal business is the same as that of the lessor.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of section 14-153 shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1969, P.A. 747, S. 5, 6; P.A. 75-577, S. 14, 126.)
History: P.A. 75-577 deleted references to Sec. 14-15.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-153b. - Proof of credit.

No person, firm or corporation engaged in the business of renting or leasing passenger motor vehicles without drivers, for periods of thirty days or less, shall require any customer to show proof that he or she holds a card provided by a credit card issuer as a condition to the rental of a passenger motor vehicle; provided such person, firm or corporation may require that a customer, seeking to rent for cash, apply for approval to rent up to three business days before the expected rental and that such customer provide both suitable identification and a reasonable deposit.
(P.A. 83-248; P.A. 94-34; P.A. 05-218, S. 36.)
History: P.A. 94-34 required both suitable identification and a reasonable deposit from a customer, rather than identification or deposit; P.A. 05-218 added “may require that a customer, seeking to rent for cash, apply for approval to rent up to three business days before the expected rental and that such customer provide” and made conforming changes and a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-154. - Liability of owner for damage caused by rented or leased car.

Section 14-154 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2479; 1969, P.A. 747, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-155. - Fines and forfeitures to be paid to commissioner.

Section 14-155 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2480; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 50; 615, S. 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-156. - Receipts of Department of Motor Vehicles to be credited to Special Transportation Fund.

All receipts of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and of his department shall be paid promptly to the State Treasurer in accordance with section 13b-61.
(1949 Rev., S. 2481; 1953, S. 1373d; 1957, P.A. 300, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 379, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 605, S. 24; 1967, P.A. 16, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 140; June, 1969, S.A. 2, S. 6; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 12; P.A. 73-675, S. 1, 44; P.A. 74-342, S. 40, 43; P.A. 75-568, S. 41, 45.)
History: 1959 act removed reference to obsolete section; 1961 act substituted words “highway fund” for “receipts” of the motor vehicle department, added provision continuing state highway fund and removed requirement that commissioner of finance and control authorize appropriations; 1967 act substituted “expenditures” for “expenses”; 1969 act replaced highway department with bureau of highways of the department of transportation and highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; June, 1969 act provided that sum equal to 85% of state police department expenditures be transferred annually from highway fund to general fund, notwithstanding provisions of this section; 1972 act increased sum to be transferred to 90%; P.A. 73-675 detailed moneys included in transportation fund which replaced highway fund and moneys to be included in general fund; P.A. 74-342 replaced previous provisions; P.A. 75-568 made technical correction.
Public money not to be devoted to matters of purely local concern. 109 C. 342. Cited. 124 C. 34.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-156a. - Payment of State Police Department expenditures from Highway Fund.

Section 14-156a is repealed.
(June, 1971, S.A. 1, S. 9; P.A. 74-342, S. 42, 43.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-158. - Fines and forfeitures paid to commissioner to be receipts of General Fund.

Section 14-158 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 2482; 1961, P.A. 605, S. 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-159. - Refund of money paid to commissioner.

The Comptroller, upon application of the commissioner and with the approval of the Attorney General, may draw his order on the Treasurer in favor of any person equitably entitled to the refund of any money paid to said commissioner for the amount of such refund.
(1957, P.A. 308, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-160. - Reservation of marker plate numbers. Additional fee for low numbers.

The commissioner is authorized to reserve only the registration marker plate numbers of motor vehicles from the number one to the number ten thousand, inclusive, for passenger vehicles and from the number one to the number five hundred, inclusive, for dealers' plates. Said numbers may be issued at the discretion of the commissioner. A fee of sixty-nine dollars shall be charged for the first registration period with respect to the issuance of any such plate or plates, in addition to the regular fee prescribed for registration.
(1949 Rev., S. 2483; P.A. 83-489, S. 16, 17; P.A. 84-254, S. 49, 62; P.A. 87-329, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13, S. 12, 21; P.A. 92-177, S. 4, 12; P.A. 93-74, S. 43, 67; P.A. 12-81, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 83-489 required that, on and after July 1, 1983, a $30 fee shall be charged for the first year for the issuance of a license number not exceeding the number one thousand, for use on a passenger motor vehicle, in addition to the registration fee required pursuant to Sec. 14-49(a); P.A. 84-254 periodically increased the fee from $30 to $60 as of July 1, 1992; P.A. 87-329 maintained the fee at the level existing on and after July 1, 1986, and decreased the fee effective July 1, 1992, to the level formerly existing on and after July 1, 1988; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13 raised the upper limit of “low number” plates from 5,000 to 10,000, increased the fee for “low number” plates from $47 to $65 in addition to regular registration fee, and made numerous technical changes; P.A. 92-177 imposed fee of $30 for each renewal of registration in addition to regular fee prescribed; P.A. 93-74 amended section by eliminating fee for renewal of low-number plate, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 12-81 increased fee for first registration period of low number plates from $65 to $69, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-161. - Impersonation of inspector or agent.

Any person who impersonates an inspector or agent of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall, for the first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 2484; P.A. 82-223, S. 14; P.A. 83-577, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 82-223 specified that the commission of a first offense constituted an infraction, and established a minimum fine of $25 and lowered the maximum fine from $100 to $90 for such first offense; P.A. 83-577 deleted the provision specifying the fine for an infraction is not less than $25 nor more than $90; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout the general statutes to “Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner” and “Motor Vehicle(s) Department” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Motor Vehicles” or “Department of Motor Vehicles”, as the case may be, for consistency with customary statutory usage).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-162. - Ordinances.

No town, city or borough, nor any board or officer thereof, shall make any ordinance respecting the regulation, use, lighting or other equipment of motor vehicles, or respecting the use of equipment or accessories upon the same; but any ordinance in force in any town, city or borough in respect to maintaining public service vehicles in a sanitary condition shall remain in force, and authority given to any town, city or borough, or to any board or officer thereof, to regulate shows, processions, assemblages, traffic or parades in streets and public places and to regulate the use of public parks, and ordinances enacted in pursuance of such authority, shall remain in force, and authorities of any town, city or borough shall have power to establish and enforce ordinances fixing traffic routes and public stands for public service vehicles and traffic rules for all vehicles.
(1949 Rev., S. 2485; 1957, P.A. 13, S. 74.)
City ordinance requiring a license fee and a special bond from motor buses held illegal. 91 C. 239. Cited. 109 C. 341. The state delegated to its municipalities under Sec. 7-148 the power to make traffic rules applying to all vehicles alike, but retained the special power to regulate motor vehicles with the specific exceptions noted in this section. 125 C. 501; 135 C. 71. City ordinance allowing towing of cars illegally parked held constitutional. 145 C. 141. Cited. 181 C. 114.
Cited. 8 CS 449.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-163a. - Driving on ice.

Any person who drives any motor vehicle on the frozen surface of any public body of water shall have committed an infraction. The presence of any motor vehicle on any such frozen surface shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. This section shall not apply to motor vehicles owned and being used by or being operated pursuant to a contract with governmental agencies or owned and being used by an educational institution.
(1959, P.A. 491; P.A. 76-381, S. 8; P.A. 78-9.)
History: P.A. 76-381 replaced provision for fine and imprisonment with statement that violator is deemed to have committed an infraction; P.A. 78-9 excluded from provisions vehicles operated pursuant to contracts with governmental agencies.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-163b. - Motor vehicles formerly used as ambulances.

Any person who is the owner or who becomes the owner of any motor vehicle originally designed for use primarily as an ambulance and who ceases to use such vehicle for its original or former purpose shall remove therefrom all exterior indication of and all exterior equipment solely used or related to the original or former use of such vehicle. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any motor vehicle registered as an antique, rare or special interest motor vehicle, in accordance with section 14-20.
(1971, P.A. 517; P.A. 00-169, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 00-169 added an exemption from the provisions of this section for motor vehicles registered as antique, rare or special interest.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-163e. - Periodic inspection of certain vehicles or combinations.

(a) No person or motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR Section 390.5, as amended from time to time, shall operate on the highways of this state any motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles described in subsection (a) of section 14-163c unless it has had a periodic inspection as required under 49 CFR Section 396.17, as amended from time to time, during the preceding twelve months.
(b) No person, dealer or repairer licensed in accordance with section 14-52 or motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR Section 390.5, as amended from time to time, shall perform a periodic inspection in a manner other than as prescribed in 49 CFR Sections 396.17, 396.19 and 396.21, as amended from time to time.
(c) No person, dealer or repairer licensed in accordance with section 14-52 or motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR Section 390.5, as amended from time to time, shall knowingly make a false statement regarding the inspection or condition of any vehicle or component that it is required to inspect under 49 CFR Section 396.17, as amended from time to time, or regarding the repair or repairs that it has undertaken on any vehicle or component that is required to be inspected. In addition to the civil penalties prescribed by this section, any person, licensed dealer or repairer or motor carrier who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be charged with a violation of section 53a-157b.
(d) For a first or subsequent violation of subsection (a), (b) or (c) of this section, a person, motor carrier or licensed dealer or repairer shall, after notice and opportunity for a hearing held in accordance with chapter 54, be subject to the civil penalties authorized in subsection (e) of section 14-163c and prescribed under 49 CFR 396.17.
(P.A. 11-213, S. 43; P.A. 12-80, S. 163; 12-81, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 11-213 effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (d) to replace maximum term of imprisonment for first offense of “ninety days” with “three months” and change fine for subsequent offense from a minimum of $2,000 to a maximum of $2,000; P.A. 12-81 amended Subsec. (c) to require false statement be made “knowingly”, provide that any person, licensed dealer or repairer or motor carrier “who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be charged with a violation of section 53a-157b”, rather than “may be subject to the penalties prescribed in section 53a-157b”, and provide that such penalty is in addition to the “civil” penalties prescribed by section and amended Subsec. (d) to authorize civil penalty for a violation of Subsec. (c), specify civil penalty is after notice and hearing in accordance with Ch. 54, replace “penalties prescribed in subsection (e) of section 14-163c” with “civil penalties authorized in subsection (e) of section 14-163c and prescribed under 49 CFR 396.17” and delete criminal penalty for violation of Subsec. (c), effective June 6, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-163f. - Eligibility for commercial motor vehicle services contracts with state or municipalities.

Section 14-163f is repealed, effective June 30, 2021.
(P.A. 13-271, S. 59; P.A. 21-106, S. 66.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-163g. - Transportation of hazardous materials. Applicable federal regulations. Enforcement powers of motor vehicle inspectors and police officers.

(a) Any person who engages in interstate or intrastate commerce on the highways of this state and transports hazardous materials, as defined in 49 CFR 171.8, shall comply with the provisions of 49 CFR Parts 105 to 173, inclusive, and 49 CFR Parts 177 to 180, inclusive.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, any person described in subsection (a) of this section who violates any provision of 49 CFR 107.620, 49 CFR 171, Subpart A, 49 CFR 172, Subparts A to I, inclusive, 49 CFR 173, Subparts A to G, inclusive, 49 CFR 177, Subparts A to E, inclusive, 49 CFR 178, Subparts A to C, inclusive, H and J to S, inclusive, or 49 CFR 180, Subparts A and C to G, inclusive, shall have committed an infraction.
(c) Any person described in subsection (a) of this section who violates any provision of 49 CFR 172.505(a), 49 CFR 172.507(a), 49 CFR 173.24(b) or 49 CFR 177.835 shall, for a first offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor and, for any subsequent offense of the same provision, be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(d) A motor vehicle inspector, designated under section 14-8 and certified pursuant to section 7-294d, or a state or municipal police officer, shall enforce the provisions of this section, provided such inspector or officer (1) has inspection authority pursuant to section 14-163c-9 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, and (2) has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction in specialized hazardous materials provided by the United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
(P.A. 16-55, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles › Section 14-164. - General penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or section 14-16c for which no other penalty is provided or which is not designated an infraction shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1947 Rev., S. 2487; P.A. 75-577, S. 121, 126; P.A. 81-172, S. 11; P.A. 12-81, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 75-577 included in fine provision violations which are not designated as infractions; P.A. 81-172 inserted specific section references; P.A. 12-81 deleted reference to violation of Sec. 14-67j, effective July 1, 2012.
Cited. 36 CS 551.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164b. - Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and terms shall be construed as follows, unless another meaning is clearly apparent from the language or context:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
(2) “Fleet” means a group of owned or leased motor vehicles subject to emissions inspection pursuant to subsection (c) of section 14-164c owned or leased by one person, firm, corporation, or governmental entity.
(3) “Fleet emissions inspection station” means an inspection station owned or leased by the owner or operator of a fleet and licensed by the commissioner for conducting emission inspections of fleet vehicles.
(4) “Independent contractor” means any person, business, firm, partnership, limited liability company or corporation with whom the commissioner may enter into an agreement providing for the leasing, construction, equipping, maintaining, staffing, management or operation of official emissions inspection stations pursuant to this chapter.
(5) “Official emissions inspection station” means an emissions inspection facility approved by the commissioner, whether placed in a permanent structure or in a mobile unit for conveyance among various locations within this state, including any such facility located on the premises of a licensed dealer or repairer, for the purpose of conducting exhaust emissions inspections of all vehicles required to be inspected pursuant to this chapter.
(6) “Twenty-five or more years old”, when used with respect to the age of a motor vehicle, means that the difference between the model year of such motor vehicle and the current calendar year is twenty-five or more.
(P.A. 78-335, S. 1, 6; P.A. 79-238, S. 1, 4; P.A. 80-458, S. 1, 4; P.A. 95-79, S. 40, 189; P.A. 96-167, S. 34; P.A. 02-70, S. 80; P.A. 11-213, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 79-238 made no change; P.A. 80-458 included leasing agreements in Subdiv. (4) defining “independent contractor” and deleted exception re vehicles inspected at fleet emissions inspections stations; P.A. 95-79 redefined “independent contractor” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 96-167 redefined “fleet” to delete minimum requirement of twenty-five vehicles; P.A. 02-70 redefined “official emissions inspection station” in Subdiv. (5) to provide that an emissions inspection facility be approved by the commissioner and to include any facility located on the premises of a licensed dealer or repairer, effective June 3, 2002; P.A. 11-213 added Subdiv. (6) defining “twenty-five or more years old”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164d and 14-164e. - Failure to pass emissions test during inspection system's first year of operation. Maximum expenditure required to pass emission test.

Sections 14-164d and 14-164e are repealed.
(P.A. 78-335, S. 3, 4, 6; P.A. 79-238, S. 3, 4; P.A. 82-460, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164f. - Severable provisions.

The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any part of this chapter is declared invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration shall not affect the part which remains.
(P.A. 78-335, S. 5, 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164g. - Review of inspection agreement by legislative committee.

Section 14-164g is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 80-458, S. 3, 4; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164h. - Report re operation of emissions inspection program.

The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the Department of Motor Vehicles, concerning the operation of the motor vehicle emissions inspection program, not later than the fifteenth business day of each month. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: Compliance records, the number of vehicles passing and failing emissions inspections, the number of vehicles receiving waivers from compliance with emission standards, the number of vehicles inspected at each station, any information provided by the independent contractor to the Department of Motor Vehicles, enforcement proceedings employed against those who fail to comply with exhaust emission standards, and any problems concerning the operation of the program.
(P.A. 83-561, S. 1, 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-205, S. 8.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-205 deleted former Subsec. (b) re Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection report on emissions reductions and air quality and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164j. - Safety inspection account within Emissions Inspection Fund.

Section 14-164j is repealed, effective July 1, 1999.
(P.A. 91-355, S. 4; P.A. 94-189, S. 12; P.A. 99-287, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164k. - Feasibility study re implementation of variable fee structure for inspection determined by mileage and extent of pollutants. Negotiated inspection agreement not to prevent implementation of variable fee structure.

(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing a variable fee structure for the emission inspection of a motor vehicle determined by the mileage and the extent of pollutants in the exhaust emissions of the vehicle. On or before February 1, 1993, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall report his findings and recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation.
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall not enter into a negotiated inspection agreement or agreements to provide for the emission inspection of a motor vehicle which would prevent the implementation of a variable fee structure determined by the mileage and the extent of pollutants in the exhaust emissions of the vehicle.
(P.A. 92-156, S. 5, 7; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164l. - Agreement with nonprofit associations or organizations representing the interests of motor vehicle dealers or repairers.

Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 50, 58, 59 and 60, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may enter into one or more agreements with one or more nonprofit associations or organizations representing the interests of motor vehicle dealers or repairers conducting business in this state for any one or more of the following purposes: (1) To facilitate the designation by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of licensed dealers and repairers qualified to conduct emissions inspections in accordance with subsection (f) of section 14-164c, (2) to establish and maintain necessary electronic data capture and reporting systems for all emissions inspection activities, (3) to assist in the provision of technical training, education and certification of inspectors and repair technicians, (4) to enhance communications with licensees who are authorized to conduct emissions inspections and with the owners of motor vehicles subject to inspection requirements, and (5) to provide such additional services or administrative assistance as may be requested by the commissioner. No such agreement shall require the state to purchase any asset or to assume any unfunded liability.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 43, 131.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 effective July 1, 2001.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164m. - Emissions Enterprise Fund.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 13b-61, commencing on October 1, 2017, and on the first day of each October, January, April and July thereafter, the State Comptroller shall transfer from the Special Transportation Fund into the Emissions Enterprise Fund, one million three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars of the funds received by the state pursuant to the fees imposed under sections 14-49b and 14-164c.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 44, 131; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 27; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 671.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 changed “July 1, 2002” to “July 1, 2007” and added provisions re transfer of $400,000 on July 1, 2005, October 1, 2005, January 1, 2006, and April 1, 2006, and re transfer of $1,000,000 on July 1, 2006, October 1, 2006, January 1, 2007, and April 1, 2007, effective July 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 changed “July 1, 2007” to “October 1, 2017” and transfer amount from $1,625,000 to $1,375,000 each quarter, and deleted provisions re transfers occurring in fiscal years ending June 30, 2006, June 30, 2007, effective October 31, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164n. - Emissions control devices. Definitions.

(a) As used in this section and sections 14-164o, 22a-21j and 22a-21k:
(1) “Closed crankcase filtration system” means a system that separates oil and other contaminants from the blow-by gases and routes the blow-by gases into a diesel engine's intake system downstream of the air filter;
(2) “Emergency contingency vehicle” means a bus placed in an inactive contingency fleet for local emergencies, after the bus has reached the end of its normal minimum useful life;
(3) “Full-sized school bus” means a school bus, as defined in section 14-275, which is a Type I diesel school bus, including spare buses operated by or under contract to a school district, but not including emergency contingency vehicles or low usage vehicles;
(4) “Low usage vehicle” means a bus that operates for not more than one thousand miles per year;
(5) “Model year 2007 emission standards” means engine emission standards promulgated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency in 40 CFR Parts 69, 80 and 86;
(6) “Ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel” means diesel fuel used by an on-road engine that meets the requirements for sulfur content set forth in 40 CFR 80;
(7) “Verified emissions control device” means a device that has been verified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency or the California Air Resources Board to reduce particulate matter emissions by a given amount;
(8) “Level 1 device” means a verified emissions control device that achieves greater than or equal to twenty-five per cent, but less than fifty per cent, particulate matter reduction;
(9) “Level 2 device” means a verified emissions control device that achieves greater than or equal to fifty per cent, but less than eighty-five per cent, particulate matter reduction; and
(10) “Level 3 device” means a verified emissions control device that achieves greater than or equal to eighty-five per cent particulate matter reduction or a particulate matter emission standard of 0.01 grams per brake horsepower-hour.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 16.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 246a - Motor Vehicle Emissions › Section 14-164o. - Emissions control devices required in school buses. Exception. Procurement contracts.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, not later than September 1, 2010, each full-sized school bus with an engine model year of 1994 or later transporting children in the state shall either: (1) Be equipped with a closed crankcase filtration system and either a level 1 device, level 2 device or level 3 device, or, if the bus has an engine model year of 2003 to 2006, inclusive, has not been retrofitted with a level 1 device or level 2 device prior to July 1, 2007, and is capable of operating normally with a level 3 device that can be installed along with a closed crankcase filtration system for five thousand dollars or less in accordance with a procurement contract developed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, be equipped with a closed crankcase filtration system and a level 3 device, (2) be equipped with an engine certified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency to meet model year 2007 emission standards, or (3) use compressed natural gas or other alternative fuel certified by the federal Environmental Protection Agency or the California Air Resources Board to reduce particulate matter emissions by not less than eighty-five per cent compared to ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply if the procurement contracts developed pursuant to subsection (c) of this section fail to establish a price level for the purchase, installation and warranty of a closed crankcase filtration system, and either a level 1 device, level 2 device or level 3 device in each type of full-sized school bus that is equivalent to or less than the grant amount for such emissions control device specified in subsection (a) of section 22a-21j.
(c) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall develop procurement contracts, in accordance with chapter 58 for (1) level 1, level 2 and level 3 devices, and (2) closed crankcase filtration systems, including the installation and warranty of such devices and such systems. Said procurement contracts shall be made available to state agencies and political subdivisions of the state through the contracting portal section of the Department of Administrative Services' Internet web site.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 17; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 effective July 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011.
See Secs. 22a-21j, 22a-21k re school bus emissions reduction program.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-167. - Certain liens and security interests not affected.

This chapter does not apply to or affect: (1) A lien given by statute or rule of law to a supplier of services or materials for the vehicle; (2) a lien given by statute to the United States, this state or any political subdivision of this state; (3) a security interest in a vehicle created by a manufacturer or dealer who holds the vehicle for sale, but a buyer in ordinary course of business, as defined in subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of section 42a-1-201, takes free of the security interest, as stated in section 42a-9-320; or (4) a security interest in a vehicle that is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling vehicles, as provided in subsection (d) of section 42a-9-311.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 3; 1961, P.A. 573, S. 2; P.A. 01-132, S. 164; P.A. 03-62, S. 18; P.A. 05-109, S. 48.)
History: 1961 act defined buyer in the ordinary course of business and security interest in conformity with Uniform Commercial Code; P.A. 01-132 made a technical change in a statutory reference and replaced reference to Sec. 42a-9-307(1) with Sec. 42a-9-320; P.A. 03-62 replaced alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric Subdiv. indicators and added Subdiv. (4) re a security interest in a vehicle that is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling vehicles as provided in Sec. 42a-9-311(d); P.A. 05-109 amended Subdiv. (3) by making a technical change and adding reference to “subsection (b)” of Sec. 42a-1-201.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-167a. - Vehicle lease with terminal rental adjustment clause; not sale or security interest.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, in the case of motor vehicles or trailers, a transaction does not create a sale or security interest merely because it provides that the rental price is permitted or required to be adjusted under the agreement either upward or downward by reference to the amount realized upon sale or other disposition of the motor vehicle or trailer.
(P.A. 96-162, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-168. - Certificate of origin.

When a new vehicle is delivered in this state by the manufacturer to his agent or his franchised dealer, the manufacturer shall execute and deliver to his agent or his franchised dealer a certificate of origin in the form prescribed by the commissioner, and no person shall bring into this state any new vehicle unless he has in his possession the certificate of origin as prescribed by the commissioner. The certificate of origin shall be printed on such safety paper as the commissioner shall prescribe and shall contain the year of manufacture or the model year, the manufacturer's vehicle identification number of the motor vehicle, the name of the manufacturer, number of cylinders, a general description of the body, if any, and the type of model. When a new vehicle is sold in this state, the manufacturer, his agent or his franchised dealer shall execute and deliver to the purchaser, in case of an absolute sale, assignment of the certificate of origin or, if other than absolute sale, assignment of the certificate of origin subject to contract, signed or executed by the manufacturer, his agent or his dealer, with the genuine names and business or residence addresses of both stated thereon, and certified to have been executed with full knowledge of the contents and with the consent of both purchaser and seller.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 292; P.A. 83-204.)
History: 1967 act required certificate of origin to contain year of manufacture or model year; P.A. 83-204 required that the certificate of origin be printed on safety paper.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-168a. - Sale of assembled wreckers or other motor vehicles by used car dealers.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any section of the general statutes, a used car dealer licensed in accordance with the provisions of section 14-52 who enters into a contract with a manufacturer of equipment or parts used in the assembly of a wrecker, including a flatbed wrecker, as defined in section 14-1, or used in the assembly of a special purpose body to a cab and chassis, including a body for a refuse compactor, transit mixer, dump truck, tank truck or other vehicle designed for the transportation of bulk materials or to which machinery is attached, and who purchases from a new car dealer licensed in accordance with the provisions of section 14-52 any new chassis, cab or other portion of an incomplete motor vehicle for such purpose, may sell or offer for sale such wrecker or other motor vehicle as a new motor vehicle provided all parts of any such wrecker or other motor vehicle are new.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow any such used car dealer to act as a licensed manufacturer of a motor vehicle.
(P.A. 85-322; P.A. 99-268, S. 30; P.A. 00-169, S. 22; P.A. 04-199, S. 13; 04-217, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (a) by expanding the list of vehicles a used car dealer may sell as new motor vehicles; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section; P.A. 04-199, effective July 1, 2004, and P.A. 04-217, effective January 1, 2005, both amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate reference to Sec. 14-1(65).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-169. - When certificate required.

(a) Except as provided in section 14-166, the provisions of this chapter shall apply to all motor vehicles at the time of initial registration or when a change of registration is required under the provisions of section 14-16 by reason of a sale for consideration.
(b) The commissioner shall not require an application for a certificate of title upon the renewal of the registration of a vehicle.
(c) The commissioner shall note on the face of the registration of each vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued a statement to that effect.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 5; P.A. 99-268, S. 11; P.A. 00-169, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that provisions of this chapter shall apply to motor vehicles at the time of initial registration in addition to when a change of registration is required; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › Chapter 247 - Uniform Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title and Antitheft Act › Section 14-170. - Implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment.

The owner of an implement of husbandry or special mobile equipment may apply for and obtain a certificate of title on it. All of the provisions of this part are applicable to a certificate of title so issued, except that a person who receives a transfer of an interest in the vehicle without knowledge of the certificate of title is not prejudiced by reason of the existence of the certificate, and the perfection of a security interest under this chapter is not effective until the lienholder has complied with the provisions of applicable law which otherwise relate to the perfection of security interests in personal property.
(1957, P.A. 607, S. 6.)