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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-5 - Communication of assent to request to take test

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A person
			 shall be deemed to have refused to submit to a chemical analysis if such person
			 remains silent or does not otherwise communicate his or her assent after being
			 requested to take a blood, breath or urine test under circumstances where a
			 response may reasonably be expected.
(b) A person shall be deemed to have refused
			 to submit to a chemical analysis if such person communicates his or her assent
			 but thereafter does not undertake or complete the test procedure in accordance
			 with the instructions of the officer administering the test.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-6 - Chemical analysis not required if medically inadvisable

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person who claims that his or her physical condition is
				such that submission to a chemical analysis is medically inadvisable shall
				submit competent medical evidence at the hearing requested by such person
				sufficient to substantiate such claim. If the evidence presented at the hearing
				is insufficient, or if no hearing is requested by the person, the person shall
				be deemed to have refused to submit to such chemical
				analysis.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-7 - Refusal to take additional test

Current through July 10, 2024
A person who refuses to submit to a second blood, breath or
				urine test of the same type after having taken a first test shall be deemed to
				have refused to submit to a chemical analysis.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-8 - Availability of chemical analysis results

Current through July 10, 2024
The person who has submitted to a chemical analysis, or the
				person's attorney, will be afforded access to the test results by the
				department prior to a scheduled hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-10 - Report to Department of Motor Vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The arresting
			 police officer shall prepare a report of the facts surrounding the person's
			 arrest on a form approved by the commissioner. The report shall be subscribed
			 and sworn to under penalty of false statement by the arresting officer. The
			 report shall adequately identify the person arrested.
(b) Additional statements or materials
			 necessary to explain any item of information in the report may be attached to
			 the report. Such attachment(s) shall be considered a part of the report having
			 the approval of the commissioner, as provided in subsection (c) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, if sworn to under penalty of false
			 statement.
(c) If the person
			 arrested refused to submit to a chemical test, the report shall also be signed
			 by a person other than the arresting officer who witnessed the refusal. The
			 person signing the report as a witness is not prohibited from administering an
			 oath or acting as the acknowledging officer in connection with the
			 report.
(d) The signed original of
			 the report shall be delivered by prepaid first class mail or shall be
			 transmitted electronically to the Administrative Per Se Unit, Department of
			 Motor Vehicles, Wethersfield, CT 06161-4010, and shall include a copy of the
			 results of all chemical tests administered to the person in accordance with
			 subsection (c) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-11 - Mailing address of person

Current through July 10, 2024
If a person arrested for an enumerated offense provides to the
				arresting officer a mailing address different from the address of record of
				such person as recorded in the files of the department, all correspondence and
				notices required by sections
				14-227b-1
				through
				14-227b-29
				a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, shall be mailed
				to both the address of record and to the mailing address provided to the
				arresting officer, as recorded on the front of the report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-12 - Suspension of operator's license or nonresident operating privilege. Notice of right to hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of
			 the report required by section
			 14-227b-10
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the commissioner shall send to the person
			 who was arrested, by bulk certified mail, a written suspension notice. Such
			 notice shall include:
(1) the length of the
			 suspension, as specified in subsection (i) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) the effective date of the suspension; and
(3) the length of time that such
			 person is required to maintain an ignition interlock device, as specified in
			 subsection (i) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-13 - Failure to request hearing. Affirming suspension

Current through July 10, 2024
If the person to whom a suspension notice has been mailed in
				accordance with the provisions of section
				14-227b-12
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies does not request a hearing
				within seven (7) days after the date of mailing of the suspension notice, the
				commissioner shall send to the person a notice by bulk certified mail affirming
				the suspension and ignition interlock device maintenance period of which such
				person was notified in the suspension notice, and stating that such person's
				Connecticut operator's license or privilege is suspended as of the effective
				date contained in the suspension notice. Such affirmation notice also shall
				state that:
(1) as a condition of
			 reinstatement of such person's Connecticut operator's license or privilege,
			 such person shall install an ignition interlock device in each motor vehicle
			 owned or operated by such person and maintain such device for the period of
			 time required in subsection (i) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and specified in the suspension notice; and
(2) such person's operator's
			 license or privilege shall remain suspended until such person has installed an
			 ignition interlock device.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-14 - Scheduling of hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If the person
			 or such person's attorney contacts the department after the person's arrest and
			 prior to the expiration of seven (7) days after the mailing of the suspension
			 notice and requests a hearing, the department shall immediately assign a date,
			 time and place for the hearing and shall communicate such information to the
			 person or such person's attorney. Such request for a hearing shall be made by
			 telephone. The hearing shall be scheduled prior to the effective date of the
			 suspension.
(b) The department upon
			 receipt of a request for hearing shall forward a letter to the person or such
			 person's attorney confirming the date, time and place for the
			 hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-15 - Granting a continuance of hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Upon request of
			 a person or such person's attorney for good cause shown, the commissioner shall
			 grant a continuance of such person's hearing.
(b) A person or [his] such person's attorney
			 may request one continuance either in person or by telephone at the
			 Administrative Per Se Unit, Department of Motor Vehicles, Wethersfield, CT
			 06161-4010, during the department's normal hours of operation. Such continuance
			 shall be for a period not to exceed fifteen (15) days.
(c) Upon a showing of good cause, the hearing
			 officer may continue a hearing.
(d)
			 When a hearing is continued beyond thirty (30) days from the time the person
			 received notice of such person's arrest, the department shall extend the
			 effective date of the operator's license or privilege suspension of the person
			 who requested the hearing for a time not to exceed forty-five (45) days from
			 the time the person received notice of such person's arrest.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-16 - Failure to appear at hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
If a person for whom a hearing has been scheduled fails to
				appear at the hearing, the commissioner shall send to the person a notice
				affirming:
(1) the suspension and
			 ignition interlock device maintenance period of which such person was notified
			 in the suspension notice; and
(2)
			 such person's Connecticut operator's license or privilege is suspended as of
			 the effective date contained in the suspension notice for the period of time
			 prescribed in subsection (i) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and shall remain suspended thereafter
			 until such person has installed an ignition interlock device in each motor
			 vehicle such person owns or operates for the period prescribed in subsection
			 (i) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and stated in the suspension
			 notice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-17 - Hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The hearing shall be conducted by a
			 hearing officer appointed by the commissioner pursuant to section
			 14-4a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and shall be limited to a determination of
			 the issues stated in subsection (g) or (j) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) The findings required to be made at the
			 hearing in accordance with subsection (g) or (j) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be based on substantial evidence when
			 the record is considered as a whole.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-18 - Attendance of arresting officer at hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) At the
			 hearing the commissioner shall not require the presence and testimony of the
			 arresting officer, or any other person, but the hearing officer may make an
			 appropriate order, as authorized by section
			 14-110
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, to obtain the testimony of such arresting
			 officer or other witness, if the same appears necessary to make a proper
			 finding on one or more of the issues stated in subsection (g) or (j) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) A person arrested for an enumerated
			 offense may at such person's own expense and by such person's own solicitation
			 summon to the hearing the arresting officer and any other witness to give oral
			 testimony. The failure to appear at the hearing of any witness summoned by the
			 person arrested shall not be grounds for such person to request a continuance
			 or dismissal of the hearing. A subpoena summoning a police officer shall be
			 served on such officer not less than seventy-two (72) hours prior to the
			 designated hearing time.
(c) If the
			 person arrested for an enumerated offense wishes to summon to the hearing the
			 arresting officer or any other witness, but such person is indigent, such
			 person shall file with the commissioner a sworn affidavit stating facts proving
			 such indigency, at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing. In such case the
			 commissioner shall summon such arresting officer or witness to the
			 hearing.
(d) The fees of any
			 witness summoned to appear at the hearing shall be the same as provided by the
			 Connecticut General Statutes for witnesses in criminal cases.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-19 - Admissibility of police report at hearing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The report
			 filed or transmitted by the arresting officer shall be admissible into evidence
			 at the hearing if it conforms to the requirements of subsection (c) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) The chemical test results in the form of
			 the tapes from a breath analyzer or other chemical testing device submitted
			 contemporaneously with the report shall be admissible into evidence at the
			 hearing if they conform to the requirements of subsection (c) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) An electronic record that contains
			 electronic signatures of persons required to sign in accordance with
			 subsections (a), (b) and (c) of section
			 14-227b-10
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be admissible at a
			 hearing to the same extent as a report containing written signatures, as
			 provided in subsection (c) of section
			 14-227b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-20 - Finding of facts

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The hearing
			 officer shall make a determination of the facts at the hearing on the basis of
			 all the relevant evidence presented at the hearing. A separate finding of fact
			 shall be made by the hearing officer for each of the issues.
(b) The determination of the facts by the
			 hearing officer shall be independent of the determination of the same or
			 similar facts in the adjudication of criminal charges arising out of the
			 person's arrest for the offense.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-21 - Notice of decision

Current through July 10, 2024
The hearing officer's decision shall be in writing, and a copy
				of the decision shall be sent by bulk certified mail to the person who
				requested the hearing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-22 - Filing of appeal. Stay of suspension

Current through July 10, 2024
The filing of an appeal of the decision of the hearing officer
				to a court having jurisdiction thereof, or the filing of a request for
				reconsideration by the commissioner shall not of itself stay enforcement of a
				suspension.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-23 - Form of decision

Current through July 10, 2024
The decision of the hearing officer, if adverse to the person,
				shall include the findings of fact and conclusions of law necessary to the
				decision and any appeal thereof.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-24 - Recording of hearing. Transcripts

Current through July 10, 2024
The hearing shall be recorded in a form capable of
				transcription. A request for a transcript of the hearing shall be made in
				writing to the Administrative Hearing Section, Department of Motor Vehicles,
				Wethersfield, CT 06161-4010. The department or any designated third party
				transcription service shall charge a minimum fee for the transcript or a set
				fee for each page of the transcript, whichever is more.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-25 - Reinstatement of operator's license

Current through July 10, 2024
If the decision rendered by the hearing officer is that the
				person's Connecticut operator's license or privilege is to be reinstated, the
				notice of decision shall be mailed in accordance with section
				14-227b-21 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-26 - Failure to render timely decision (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Effective January 1, 1990; Amended September 3, 1997;
				  Amended July 11, 2006; Repealed September 7, 2016
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-27 - Restoration fee. Removal of name from suspension files

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No restoration fee shall be required for
			 the reinstatement of an operator's license or privilege in accordance with
			 section
			 14-227b-25
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) The department shall remove from its
			 suspension files the name of any person whose operator's license is to be
			 reinstated in accordance with section
			 14-227b-25
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-28 - Payment for blood test

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If a physician,
			 at the request of any municipal or state police department, performs a chemical
			 test by taking a blood sample from any person, the state shall pay reasonable
			 charges to such physician.
(b) Any
			 person who pays a physician for a blood sample in accordance with subsection
			 (a) may request reimbursement by mailing a receipted copy of any payment and a
			 statement of the surrounding facts to the commissioner. The commissioner may
			 request details or proofs from such person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-29 - Information

Current through July 10, 2024
Information, requests for assistance, and answers to questions
				relating to sections
				14-227b-1
				through 14-227b-29 a, inclusive, may be obtained from the Administrative Per Se
				Unit, Department of Motor Vehicles, Wethersfield, CT
				06161-4010.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227b - Administrative Procedures for 'Per Se' Suspension of Motor Vehicle Operator's License › Section 14-227b-29a - Retention of records

Current through July 10, 2024
The department shall maintain a record of an operator's license
				or privilege suspension in accordance with the provisions of sections
				14-227b-1
				to
				14-227b-29
				a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies for a period of
				ten (10) years from the date of the license or privilege suspension. Such
				record shall be used by the commissioner to determine the period of operator's
				license or privilege suspension for an operator whose operator's license or
				privilege has been suspended previously in accordance with the provisions of
				sections
				14-227b-1
				through
				14-227b-29
				a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State
				Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-14 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections 14-253a-14 to
				14-253a-27
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies the following words shall have
				the following meanings:
(1) "Person
			 who is blind" shall have the same meaning as in subsection (a) of section
			 1-1f
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of
			 Motor Vehicles or his designee;
(3)
			 "Credential" means a current Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license or
			 non-driver identification card.
(4)
			 "Department" means the Department of Motor Vehicles;
(5) "Hardship" means a situation in which a
			 person who is blind or a person with disabilities who, due to physical
			 incapacity or age, does not possess and cannot obtain or retain, through
			 reasonable effort, a Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license or non-driver
			 identification card and therefore requires a windshield placard to be issued in
			 the name of a nominee. A parent, legal guardian or conservator who maintains a
			 current Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license or non driver
			 identification card may serve as such person's nominee. Upon approval by the
			 commissioner, a removable windshield placard shall be issued to such nominee on
			 behalf of a person who is blind or a person with disabilities.
(6) "Removable windshield placard" means a
			 two-sided, hanger-style placard that bears on both of its sides:
(A) The international symbol of access with a
			 height of three inches or more centered on such placard and colored white on a
			 blue background;
(B) A unique
			 identification number;
(C) A date
			 of expiration; and
(D) A statement
			 indicating that the placard was issued by the Connecticut Department of Motor
			 Vehicles
(E) The signature of the
			 holder;
(F) If the holder is an
			 organization, the vehicle number plate for which the placard was issued or if
			 the holder is a person with disabilities or their nominee, the last five digits
			 of such person's credential;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-15 - Application by or on behalf of an individual

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 following individuals may make application for either a removable windshield
			 placard or special license plates:
(1) Any
			 person who is blind or such person's nominee; and
(2) Any person with disabilities or such
			 person's nominee;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-16 - Application by an organization

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) An organization
			 may make application for and be issued either special license plates or a
			 removable windshield placard for use on a vehicle. The application shall be
			 signed by an officer or authorized representative of the organization. Either
			 special license plates or one removable windshield placard may be issued for
			 each vehicle certified as provided in subsection (b) of the of this
			 section.
(b) An officer or
			 authorized representative of an organization shall certify under penalty of
			 false statement that each motor vehicle for which special license plates or a
			 removable windshield placard are assigned is used primarily to transport
			 persons who are blind or persons with disabilities. Primary use means that more
			 than one-half of the usage of such vehicle is for transportation of persons who
			 are blind or persons with disabilities. The commissioner may require proof of
			 such usage. The commissioner may require that the ownership or affiliation of
			 such motor vehicle be identified clearly by markings thereon. Any such markings
			 shall be subject to the inspection and approval of the commissioner. The motor
			 vehicle shall be registered in the name of, or leased by, the organization
			 making the application.
(c) No
			 medical certification of disability or of blindness as provided in section
			 14-253a-18
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be required upon an
			 application filed by an organization which meets the requirements of this
			 section.
(d) An organization which
			 meets the requirements of this section may be issued one removable windshield
			 placard for each vehicle if no special license plates are issued for such
			 vehicle. A removable windshield placard issued to a vehicle which meets the
			 requirements of this section shall display the signature of the authorized
			 representative of the organization and the alpha-numeric characters of the
			 vehicle's number plate. Such placard shall expire on the same date as the
			 expiration of the registration of such vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-17 - Application by reason of hardship

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A nominee who
			 applies for a removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield
			 placard under a condition of hardship shall sign the application under penalty
			 of false statement attesting to the truth and accuracy of the information
			 presented on behalf of the person who is blind or a person with disabilities
			 and acknowledging that such windshield placard may be used only for the
			 transportation of the person who is blind or the person with
			 disabilities.
(b) Each application
			 or renewal application by or for an individual under this section shall include
			 certification of blindness or disability as provided in section
			 14-253a-18
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The certification shall
			 remain valid through the expiration date of the applicant's or nominee's
			 credential.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-19 - Removable windshield placard

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any applicant
			 or the nominee for a removable windshield placard shall have a credential
			 issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(b) The expiration date of the removable
			 windshield placard shall be the same as the expiration date of the applicant's
			 or nominee's credential. Upon expiration of the removable windshield placard,
			 the applicant or nominee shall submit a new application for approval.
(c) The removable windshield placard shall
			 display the last five digits of the applicant's or nominee's credential as
			 maintained in the records of the department. The commissioner shall enter the
			 numbers on the removable windshield placard prior to its issuance.
(d) The removable windshield placard shall be
			 signed by the applicant upon receipt in the space provided.
(e) There shall be no fee for a removable
			 windshield placard.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-20 - Removable windshield placard, renewal

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Approximately
			 sixty days prior to the expiration of the applicant's or nominee's credential
			 that establishes the expiration date of a removable windshield placard, the
			 commissioner shall send an invitation to renew the placard to the address of
			 record as maintained by the commissioner or an alternative standard or
			 electronic mailing address as directed by the holder of such placard.
(b) Upon receipt of the renewal invitation,
			 an applicant shall submit a new certification of disability or legal blindness
			 in accordance with section
			 14-253a-18
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(c) Before authorizing the renewal of a
			 removable windshield placard, the commissioner shall confirm that the applicant
			 or nominee has renewed his or her credential and has established a new
			 expiration date for the removable windshield placard.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-21 - Temporary removable windshield placard

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) If the
			 certifying authority for a person who is blind or a person with disabilities,
			 upon filing the certification as provided in section
			 14-253a-18
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, attests that such blindness
			 or disability is not permanent or is anticipated to last for a period of six
			 months or less, such person or nominee, upon filing the application and paying
			 any required fee shall upon approval by the commissioner be issued a temporary
			 removable windshield placard. The expiration date of a temporary removable
			 windshield placard shall be not more than six months following the month of
			 issuance.
(b) A person whose
			 blindness or disability still exists or continues for more than six months, or
			 the nominee of such person, may file an application for a temporary removable
			 windshield placard for one additional six month period in accordance with the
			 provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A person who is eligible for a temporary
			 removable windshield placard shall not be eligible for special license
			 plates.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-22 - Display of removable and temporary windshield placards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A removable or temporary windshield
			 placard shall be displayed by hanging it from the front windshield rearview
			 mirror of any vehicle utilizing a parking space reserved for persons who are
			 blind or persons with disabilities. If there is no rearview mirror in such
			 vehicle, the placard shall be displayed in clear view on the driver's side of
			 the dashboard of such vehicle.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-23 - Issuing of special license plates

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A person who is
			 blind or a person with disabilities, or the nominee of such person, who has a
			 motor vehicle registered in such person's or nominee's name may apply for not
			 more than two (2) sets of special license plates. The vehicle registration
			 categories eligible for issuance of special license plates are limited to
			 passenger vehicle, passenger and commercial vehicle, or motorcycle.
(b) An initial application for special
			 license plates for any vehicle from a person who is blind or a person with
			 disabilities, or such person's nominee, shall be supported by certification of
			 disability or blindness as provided in section
			 14-253a-18
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(c) The registration of any motor vehicle for
			 which special license plates are issued shall expire and be renewed as provided
			 in section
			 14-22 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes and be subject to the provisions of section
			 14-49
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-24 - Replacement of special license plates or windshield placards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The theft, loss or destruction of any
			 special license plates shall be reported to the commissioner and to the local
			 police authority.
(b) Special
			 license plates shall be replaced upon attestation under penalty of false
			 statement of their theft, loss or destruction and presentation of a copy of the
			 report to the local police authority. Replacement special license plates with
			 the same expiration date as the plates being replaced shall be issued in
			 accordance with subsection (c) of section
			 14-50a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) The theft, loss or destruction of any
			 removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield placard shall be
			 reported to the commissioner. Upon verification of continued eligibility, a
			 replacement removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield
			 placard shall be issued with same expiration date as the placard being
			 replaced.
(d) If a removable
			 windshield placard originally issued prior to January 1, 2011 with an
			 expiration date of "lifetime" is lost, stolen or mutilated, a new application
			 shall be submitted for a replacement placard that shall expire when the
			 applicant's or nominee's credential expires. The application for a new placard
			 shall include certification of blindness or disability in accordance with
			 section
			 14-253a-18
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(e) Mutilated special license plates,
			 removable windshield placards or temporary removable windshield placards shall
			 be surrendered to the commissioner upon application for a
			 replacement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-25 - Return of special license plates and placards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any
			 special license plates, removable windshield placard or temporary removable
			 windshield placard issued by the commissioner shall be returned to the
			 commissioner upon the subsequent change of residence to another state or death
			 of the individual for whom the special plates or removable windshield placard
			 was issued, upon suspension or revocation by the commissioner of the person's
			 certification of blindness or disability or upon suspension or revocation of
			 such special license plates, removable windshield placard or temporary
			 removable windshield placard.
(b) A
			 person whose qualifying blindness or disability is determined by a responsible
			 medical authority to have improved to a level that such person would no longer
			 qualify for special license plates or a removable windshield placard shall
			 return to the commissioner the special license plates or removable windshield
			 placard issued to such person.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-26 - Use of plates and placards

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A vehicle
			 displaying special license plates, a removable windshield placard or a
			 temporary removable windshield placard issued pursuant to sections
			 14-253a-14
			 to
			 14-253a-27,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or issued by
			 authorities of other states, territories, provinces or countries for the
			 purpose of identifying vehicles permitted to utilize parking spaces reserved
			 for persons who are blind or persons with disabilities shall be allowed to
			 park, without limitation as to time, in areas where parking is legally
			 permissible, and no penalty may be imposed for the overtime parking of any such
			 motor vehicle, provided the operator of or a passenger in such motor vehicle is
			 a person who is blind or a person with disabilities.
(b) A removable windshield placard or
			 temporary removable windshield placard shall not be displayed on any motor
			 vehicle when such vehicle is not being operated by or carrying as a passenger
			 the person who is blind or the person with disabilities to or for whom the
			 removable windshield placard was issued.
An organization shall not display a removable windshield
				placard on a motor vehicle which is not carrying a person who is blind or a
				person with disabilities or on any vehicle other than the vehicle for which the
				removable windshield placard was issued.
(c) Private vehicles bearing special license
			 plates shall not utilize parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities
			 when such vehicles are not being operated by or carrying as a passenger a
			 person who is blind or a person with disabilities to or for whom such special
			 license plates were issued. A motor vehicle owned or leased by an organization
			 to which special license plates or a removable windshield placard have been
			 issued shall not utilize such parking spaces when the vehicle is not carrying a
			 person who is blind or a person with disabilities.
(d) A person who is blind or a person with
			 disabilities, who is a resident of this state, shall not park in a public or
			 private area reserved for the exclusive use of such persons if such person does
			 not display on or within the vehicle special license plates, a removable
			 windshield placard or a temporary removable windshield placard issued in
			 accordance with sections
			 14-253a-14
			 to
			 14-253a-27,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 253a - Special License Plates and Placards for Persons Who are Blind or Persons with Disabilities › Section 14-253a-27 - Revocation or suspension

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner may suspend or revoke any removable windshield
				placard, temporary removable windshield placard or special license plates,
				issued pursuant to sections
				14-253a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes when the commissioner has reasonable belief
				that the person or organization to whom such removable windshield placard,
				temporary removable windshield placard or special license plates have been
				issued has used or permitted their use in a manner which violates the
				provisions of section
				14-253a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes or the regulations adopted thereunder. Such
				person or organization, prior to the effective date of any such suspension or
				revocation shall be afforded notice and an opportunity for a hearing in
				accordance with Chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Upon failure to
				request a hearing, or upon issuance of an interim order or a final decision by
				a hearing officer which affirms the commissioner's order to suspend or revoke,
				any special license plates, removable windshield placard or temporary removable
				windshield placard issued to or on behalf of such person or organization shall
				be returned to the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 261 - Towed Motor Vehicles › Section 14-261-1 - Towed motor vehicles (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11, 2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 261 - Towed Motor Vehicles › Transportation of Motor Vehicles in Driveaway Service Operations › Section 14-261-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Saddlemount defined.
The
				term "saddlemount" means a device, designed and constructed as to be readily
				Remountable, used in driveaway services to perform the functions of a truck
				tractor fifth wheel.
(b)
Driveaway service defined.
The term "driveaway service" means any
				operation utilizing one or two saddlemounts in which a motor vehicle or motor
				vehicles constitute the commodity being transported, when one set or more of
				wheels of any such motor vehicle or motor vehicles are on the roadway during
				the course of transportation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 261 - Towed Motor Vehicles › Transportation of Motor Vehicles in Driveaway Service Operations › Section 14-261-3 - Transportation of vehicles

Current through July 10, 2024
All motor vehicles being transported in driveaway service
				  operations, to the extent such driveaway service operations are permitted by
				  the state, shall be transported in accord with the provisions of "Subpart F -
				  Coupling Devices and Towing Methods" as set forth in Sections 393.70 and 393.71
				  of the "Motor Carrier Safety Regulations of the United States Department of
				  Transportation Administration" (
				  49
				  CFR 393.70-
				  393.71
				  ).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 261a - Requirements for the Issuance of a Class 1A Operator's License and Administrative Penalty for Operating a Commercial Vehicle Combination without Such License › Commercial Vehicle Combination Safety Inspection Program › Section 14-261a-9 - Waiver of examination or testing (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 261a - Requirements for the Issuance of a Class 1A Operator's License and Administrative Penalty for Operating a Commercial Vehicle Combination without Such License › Commercial Vehicle Combination Safety Inspection Program › Section 14-261a-10 - Establishment of staggered inspection system (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 261a - Requirements for the Issuance of a Class 1A Operator's License and Administrative Penalty for Operating a Commercial Vehicle Combination without Such License › Commercial Vehicle Combination Safety Inspection Program › Section 14-261a-11 - Time limitation for testing or examining upon reentering this state (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 270 - Oversize/Overweight Vehicle Permit Regulations › Section 14-270-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Cargo
- the items or freight
			 to be moved; including items placed on or in a vehicle, towed by a vehicle, or
			 a vehicle itself.
(b)
Divisible load
- any load consisting of a product, material or
			 equipment which can be reduced in height, weight, length and/or width to the
			 specified statutory limit.
(c)
Flag
- a plain red cloth marker having a minimum size of 18 inches
			 square.
(d)
Gross
			 weight
- the weight of a vehicle and/or vehicle combination without load
			 plus the weight of any load thereon.
(e)
Height
-the total vertical
			 dimension of any vehicle above the ground surface including any load and
			 load-holding device thereon.
(f)
Highway
- includes any state or other public highway, road,
			 street, avenue, alley, driveway, parkway or place, under the control of the
			 state or any political subdivision thereof, dedicated, appropriated or opened
			 to public travel or other use.
(g)
House trailer
-
(a) a trailer or
			 semi-trailer which is designed, constructed, and equipped as a dwelling place,
			 living abode, or sleeping place, either permanent or temporary, and is equipped
			 for use as a conveyance on streets and highways;
(b) a trailer or semi-trailer whose chassis
			 and exterior shell is designed and constructed for use as a house trailer as
			 defined in paragraph (a), but which instead is used permanently or temporarily
			 for the advertising, sales, display, or promotion of merchandise or services,
			 or for any other commercial purpose except the transportation of property for
			 hire or the transportation of property for distribution by a private
			 carrier.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 270 - Oversize/Overweight Vehicle Permit Regulations › Section 14-270-2 - Requirement for oversize/overweight transportation permit

Current through July 10, 2024
A permit is required for the operation of any vehicle(s), or
				vehicles and load, upon any Connecticut highway, whose dimensions or weight
				exceed those specified in the Connecticut General Statutes, as revised, either
				with or without cargo.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 270 - Oversize/Overweight Vehicle Permit Regulations › Section 14-270-3 - Application for permit

Current through July 10, 2024
All applications for permits are directed to the Commissioner
				of Transportation through the Department of Transportation, Bureau of Public
				Transportation, Motor Transport Services Unit (MTSU). Application may be made
				in person, by mail, or by telephone. All permits are issued to the person,
				firm, or organization who will actually transport the load. Each application
				shall include: identification of the vehicle(s) and load, date of the move,
				points of origin and destination, and the proposed route to be traveled. The
				MTSU reserves the right to make final routing designations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 270 - Oversize/Overweight Vehicle Permit Regulations › Section 14-270-4 - Acceptance of permit

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The use of any
			 vehicle(s), or vehicle(s) and load, on any Connecticut highway after the
			 issuance of a permit shall be regarded as an acceptance by the permittee of all
			 the terms and conditions of the permit.
(b) The permit shall be strictly construed
			 and any move other than that specifically stated on the face of the permit will
			 render the permit null and void.