Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 275c - Minimum Requirements for Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of School Buses and Student Transportation Vehicles › Minimum Requirements for Inspection, Maintenance and Repair of School Buses and Other Vehicles Used for the Transportation of School Children › Section 14-275c-42 - Sanctions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The commissioner may suspend the
				registration of a vehicle for any of the following violations, after notice and
				opportunity for a hearing as provided in Section
				14-275c-43 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, except that if the commissioner
				finds that as a result of any of the following violations, the public health,
				safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, the commissioner may
				take summary action and suspend the registration of the vehicle prior to
				holding a hearing. If summary action is taken, the commissioner will
				immediately notify the registrant of such action and schedule a prompt hearing
				for such registrant in accordance with the provisions of Section
				14-275c-43 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The violations are:
(1) The vehicle has not been systematically
				inspected, maintained or repaired as required by Section
				14-275c-38
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(2) Written records with respect to the
				vehicle have not been kept or made available for inspection as required by
				Section
				14-275c-39 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(3) An opportunity to inspect the vehicle
				requested by the department has been refused by the carrier contrary to the
				requirements of Section
				14-275c-40,
				subsection (a), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(4) During a scheduled inspection a vehicle
				has been declared "out-of-service" as a result of a defect in its brakes,
				steering, suspension, tires or exhaust as provided in Section
				14-275c-40,
				subsection (c), subdivision (4), of the Regulations of Connecticut State
				Agencies;
(5) A vehicle declared
				and marked "out-of-service" has been used to carry passengers as prohibited in
				Section
				14-275c-40,
				subsection (d), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(6) A report required by Section
				14-275c-40,
				subsections (e), (f), or (g) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies,
				was not submitted;
(7) An
				"out-of-service" sticker was removed from a vehicle as a result of a certified
				report that repairs or items of maintenance had been completed, or a report was
				submitted certifying that defects not requiring the vehicle to be declared
				"out-of-service" were corrected, and upon reinspection it was found that the
				required work was not performed or was not satisfactorily performed as required
				by Section
				14-275c-40,
				subsections (e), (f) or (g), of the Regulations of Connecticut State
				Agencies;
(8) A DVIR has not been
				prepared by a driver or submitted to the carrier for a vehicle as required by
				Section
				14-275c-41,
				subsection (a), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(9) No inspection or necessary repair has
				been made after a vehicle defect or deficiency has been reported by a driver in
				a DVIR as required by Section
				14-275c-41,
				subsection (d), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; or
(10) DVIRs for a vehicle have not been
				retained or kept on file as required by section
				14-275c-41,
				subsection (e), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.