Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway by Vehicles. Gasoline › 227a - Measurement of Alcohol in Blood, Breath or Urine › Ignition Interlock Devices › Section 14-227a-27a - Suspension or revocation of permission to operate with an IID

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The commissioner shall suspend or revoke
				a person's permission to operate a motor vehicle if such person removes, causes
				to be removed or fails to maintain an IID that is required to be installed and
				maintained in accordance with sections 14-227a-11 a to 14-227a-28a, inclusive,
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The commissioner shall
				suspend or revoke a person's permission to operate a motor vehicle equipped
				with an IID, in accordance with said sections in the event that such person is
				convicted of an offense or violation of law, including a violation of section
				14-227b
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, that requires a suspension of the
				operator's license or operating privilege. After such person serves the license
				or privilege suspension, the IID restriction shall resume for the duration of
				the original IID period, and shall be extended for the length of time that such
				suspension was in effect and if applicable, for any additional time specified
				in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) For each violation of the IID
				restriction, as defined in section 14-227a-12 a of the Regulations of
				Connecticut State Agencies, the duration of the operator's IID restriction
				shall be extended by thirty (30) days. The unauthorized removal of a device or
				the failure to maintain an installed device shall also result in an additional
				extension of the IID restriction for a period equal to the time that the
				operator did not have or maintain a device in a motor vehicle prior to any
				suspension or revocation imposed under subsection (a) of this
				section.
(c) The operator shall be
				provided with written notice and an opportunity for a hearing, held in
				accordance with the provisions of Chapter 54 of the Connecticut General
				Statutes, to contest the proposed suspension or revocation of permission to
				operate with an IID or for the extension of the IID period under one or more
				provisions of sections 14-227a-11 a through 14-227a-28a, inclusive, of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(d) In addition to taking any action
				authorized by subsection (b) of this section, if the commissioner becomes aware
				of any reliable information that a person who has been permitted to operate a
				motor vehicle equipped with an IID has requested or solicited another person to
				blow into an IID or to start a motor vehicle equipped with an IID for the
				purpose of providing such person with an operable motor vehicle or that such
				person has operated any motor vehicle not equipped with a functioning IID in
				violation of subsection (a) of section
				14-227k
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, or that such person or any other person
				has tampered with, altered or bypassed the operation of an IID in order to
				operate such motor vehicle in violation of subsection (b) of section
				14-227k
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, the commissioner shall report such
				information to the appropriate law enforcement or prosecuting authority. If the
				commissioner receives reliable information that an operator has requested or
				solicited another person to provide a breath sample for the IID, the
				commissioner may require that such operator install a device with biometric
				capabilities or that is equipped with a camera.