Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 78 - Commercial Driving Schools › Standards and Procedures for Commercial Driving Schools › Section 14-78-22 - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An application for a license to conduct a
				commercial driving school shall be in writing, and provide information required
				by the commissioner, on a form or in a format as determined by the
				commissioner.
(b) The applicant
				shall sign the application under penalty of false statement in accordance with
				the provisions of sections
				14-110
				and
				53a-157b
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) Each applicant, and all partners,
				officers, directors and principals, in addition to any person whose name
				appears on the application, upon initial application shall be fingerprinted and
				be subject to a state and national records check and a check of the state child
				abuse registry pursuant to section
				17a-101k
				of the Connecticut General Statutes. If there is a criminal record or listing
				on the state child abuse and neglect registry, the commissioner shall make a
				determination whether to issue a license using the standards set out in section
				14-44
				of the Connecticut General Statutes and the regulations adopted pursuant to
				said section.
(d) The applicant
				shall pay the fee required by section
				14-69
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(e) For each place of business, as referenced
				in section
				14-78-23 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the applicant shall make a cash
				deposit or provide a surety bond to the commissioner, in the amount of fifteen
				thousand dollars ($15,000.00). However, no applicant shall be required to
				provide a cash deposit or surety bond in excess of one hundred thousand dollars
				($100,000.00) per driving school license. The commercial driving school shall
				execute such bond in the name of the State of Connecticut. On order of the
				commissioner, and after a hearing held before said commissioner, the bond may
				be invoked pursuant to section
				14-69
				of the Connecticut General Statutes in accordance with the provisions of
				chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Lapse or cancellation of any
				surety bond may result in suspension, revocation or refusal to renew the
				driving school license in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes.
(f)
				The applicant shall certify and submit evidence as required by the commissioner
				that every place of business conforms to the requirements of section
				14-78-23 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut States Agencies.
(g) The applicant shall submit with the
				application a proposed driver education program curriculum.
(h) The applicant shall file with the
				application a schedule of maximum rates charged for services provided in the
				instruction of drivers.
(i) An
				applicant which is a corporation or other business entity shall provide proof
				of its status as maintained by the Connecticut Secretary of the State and list
				any trade names under which the business is conducted.