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Connecticut Senate Bill SB00193

Connecticut 2010 Regular Session

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11 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 193
22 February Session, 2010 LCO No. 1055
33 *01055_______INS*
44 Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
55 Introduced by:
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88 General Assembly
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1010 Raised Bill No. 193
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1212 February Session, 2010
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1414 LCO No. 1055
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1616 *01055_______INS*
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1818 Referred to Committee on Insurance and Real Estate
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2020 Introduced by:
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2222 (INS)
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2424 AN ACT CONCERNING LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR BOATS.
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2626 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
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2828 Section 1. Section 15-144 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2010):
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3030 (a) Any owner desiring to obtain a vessel registration number or registration decal shall apply to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and shall file evidence of ownership by affidavit or document. Upon receipt of (1) an application in proper form, [and] (2) the numbering fee, and (3) for a motor boat, a copy of a current insurance policy or endorsement issued by a company licensed to do business in this state, verifying that the owner has general liability insurance for such motor boat, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall assign a registration number or registration decal and provide the owner with a temporary certificate of number or temporary certificate of decal. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue two registration decals and a permanent certificate, except the commissioner shall not issue any decal or certificate, whether temporary or permanent, for a motor boat if the commissioner has not verified such insurance coverage for such boat. A registration decal shall be displayed on each side of the vessel at the bow in a manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection. The certificate shall state the name of the owner, his address, a description of the vessel, its hull identification number, the expiration date of the certificate and such other information as the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may prescribe by regulations. Such certificate shall be carried aboard and shall be available for inspection upon the vessel for which it is issued whenever the owner or any person authorized by him is aboard such vessel, except that the certificate of number for a vessel which is less than twenty-six feet and which is rented for noncommercial purposes for less than twenty-four hours may be retained on shore by the owner of such vessel or his agent at the place where such vessel departs or returns. If such certificate is retained on shore, a rental agreement signed by the owner or his agent and by the person renting the vessel shall be carried aboard such vessel and shall be available for inspection. Such rental agreement shall contain the vessel number which appears on the certificate of number and the length of time for which such vessel is rented.
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3232 (b) (1) The owner shall pay a fee to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for deposit with the State Treasurer for each vessel so numbered or registered in accordance with the following schedule and subdivisions of this subsection:
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3737 T1 Overall Length Overall Length
3838 T2 at less at less
3939 T3 least than fee least than fee
4040 T4 (feet) (feet) (feet) (feet)
4141 T5 12 $ 7.50 40 41 $270.00
4242 T6 12 13 11.25 41 42 292.50
4343 T7 13 14 15.00 42 43 315.00
4444 T8 14 15 18.75 43 44 322.50
4545 T9 15 16 22.50 44 45 330.00
4646 T10 16 17 30.00 45 46 337.50
4747 T11 17 18 37.50 46 47 345.00
4848 T12 18 19 45.00 47 48 352.50
4949 T13 19 20 52.50 48 49 360.00
5050 T14 20 21 60.00 49 50 367.50
5151 T15 21 22 67.50 50 51 375.00
5252 T16 22 23 75.00 51 52 382.50
5353 T17 23 24 82.50 52 53 390.00
5454 T18 24 25 90.00 53 54 397.50
5555 T19 25 26 97.50 54 55 405.00
5656 T20 26 27 105.00 55 56 412.50
5757 T21 27 28 112.50 56 57 420.00
5858 T22 28 29 120.00 57 58 427.50
5959 T23 29 30 127.50 58 59 435.00
6060 T24 30 31 135.00 59 60 442.50
6161 T25 31 32 142.50 60 61 450.00
6262 T26 32 33 150.00 61 62 457.50
6363 T27 33 34 157.50 62 63 465.00
6464 T28 34 35 165.00 63 64 472.50
6565 T29 35 36 172.50 64 65 480.00
6666 T30 36 37 180.00 65 and over 525.00
6767 T31 37 38 202.50
6868 T32 38 39 225.00
6969 T33 39 40 247.50
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7171 T1
7272
7373 Overall Length
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7575 Overall Length
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7777 T2
7878
7979 at
8080
8181 less
8282
8383 at
8484
8585 less
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8787 T3
8888
8989 least
9090
9191 than
9292
9393 fee
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9595 least
9696
9797 than
9898
9999 fee
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101101 T4
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103103 (feet)
104104
105105 (feet)
106106
107107 (feet)
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109109 (feet)
110110
111111 T5
112112
113113 12
114114
115115 $ 7.50
116116
117117 40
118118
119119 41
120120
121121 $270.00
122122
123123 T6
124124
125125 12
126126
127127 13
128128
129129 11.25
130130
131131 41
132132
133133 42
134134
135135 292.50
136136
137137 T7
138138
139139 13
140140
141141 14
142142
143143 15.00
144144
145145 42
146146
147147 43
148148
149149 315.00
150150
151151 T8
152152
153153 14
154154
155155 15
156156
157157 18.75
158158
159159 43
160160
161161 44
162162
163163 322.50
164164
165165 T9
166166
167167 15
168168
169169 16
170170
171171 22.50
172172
173173 44
174174
175175 45
176176
177177 330.00
178178
179179 T10
180180
181181 16
182182
183183 17
184184
185185 30.00
186186
187187 45
188188
189189 46
190190
191191 337.50
192192
193193 T11
194194
195195 17
196196
197197 18
198198
199199 37.50
200200
201201 46
202202
203203 47
204204
205205 345.00
206206
207207 T12
208208
209209 18
210210
211211 19
212212
213213 45.00
214214
215215 47
216216
217217 48
218218
219219 352.50
220220
221221 T13
222222
223223 19
224224
225225 20
226226
227227 52.50
228228
229229 48
230230
231231 49
232232
233233 360.00
234234
235235 T14
236236
237237 20
238238
239239 21
240240
241241 60.00
242242
243243 49
244244
245245 50
246246
247247 367.50
248248
249249 T15
250250
251251 21
252252
253253 22
254254
255255 67.50
256256
257257 50
258258
259259 51
260260
261261 375.00
262262
263263 T16
264264
265265 22
266266
267267 23
268268
269269 75.00
270270
271271 51
272272
273273 52
274274
275275 382.50
276276
277277 T17
278278
279279 23
280280
281281 24
282282
283283 82.50
284284
285285 52
286286
287287 53
288288
289289 390.00
290290
291291 T18
292292
293293 24
294294
295295 25
296296
297297 90.00
298298
299299 53
300300
301301 54
302302
303303 397.50
304304
305305 T19
306306
307307 25
308308
309309 26
310310
311311 97.50
312312
313313 54
314314
315315 55
316316
317317 405.00
318318
319319 T20
320320
321321 26
322322
323323 27
324324
325325 105.00
326326
327327 55
328328
329329 56
330330
331331 412.50
332332
333333 T21
334334
335335 27
336336
337337 28
338338
339339 112.50
340340
341341 56
342342
343343 57
344344
345345 420.00
346346
347347 T22
348348
349349 28
350350
351351 29
352352
353353 120.00
354354
355355 57
356356
357357 58
358358
359359 427.50
360360
361361 T23
362362
363363 29
364364
365365 30
366366
367367 127.50
368368
369369 58
370370
371371 59
372372
373373 435.00
374374
375375 T24
376376
377377 30
378378
379379 31
380380
381381 135.00
382382
383383 59
384384
385385 60
386386
387387 442.50
388388
389389 T25
390390
391391 31
392392
393393 32
394394
395395 142.50
396396
397397 60
398398
399399 61
400400
401401 450.00
402402
403403 T26
404404
405405 32
406406
407407 33
408408
409409 150.00
410410
411411 61
412412
413413 62
414414
415415 457.50
416416
417417 T27
418418
419419 33
420420
421421 34
422422
423423 157.50
424424
425425 62
426426
427427 63
428428
429429 465.00
430430
431431 T28
432432
433433 34
434434
435435 35
436436
437437 165.00
438438
439439 63
440440
441441 64
442442
443443 472.50
444444
445445 T29
446446
447447 35
448448
449449 36
450450
451451 172.50
452452
453453 64
454454
455455 65
456456
457457 480.00
458458
459459 T30
460460
461461 36
462462
463463 37
464464
465465 180.00
466466
467467 65 and over
468468
469469 525.00
470470
471471 T31
472472
473473 37
474474
475475 38
476476
477477 202.50
478478
479479 T32
480480
481481 38
482482
483483 39
484484
485485 225.00
486486
487487 T33
488488
489489 39
490490
491491 40
492492
493493 247.50
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495495 For purposes of this schedule "overall length" is the horizontal distance between the foremost part of the stem and the aftermost part of the stern, excluding bowsprits, bumpkins, rudders, outboard motor brackets and similar fittings or attachments. (2) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any vessel used primarily for purposes of commercial fishing shall not exceed twenty-five dollars, provided in the tax year of the owner of such vessel ending immediately preceding the date of registration, not less than fifty per cent of the adjusted gross income of such owner as determined for purposes of the federal income tax is derived from commercial fishing, subject to proof satisfactory to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. (3) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any vessel constructed primarily of wood, the construction of which is completed not less than fifteen years prior to the date such fee is paid, shall be in an amount equal to fifty per cent of the fee otherwise payable, or if such construction is completed not less than twenty-five years prior to the date such fee is paid, such fee shall be in an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the fee otherwise payable. (4) Fees payable under this subsection shall not be required with respect to (A) any vessel owned by a flotilla of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary or owned by a nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of such a flotilla, provided no more than two vessels from any such flotilla or nonprofit corporation shall be granted such an exemption and (B) any vessel built by students in an educational institution and used for the purposes of such institution, including such research as may require the use of such vessel. (5) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any pontoon boat, exclusive of any houseboat, shall be forty dollars. (6) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any canoe with a motor or any vessel owned by a nonprofit organization shall be seven dollars and fifty cents. (7) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any vessel less than fifteen feet in length equipped with a motor the horsepower of which is less than fifteen, shall be seven dollars and fifty cents. (8) The owner of any vessel used actively, as required under this subdivision, in operational activities of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary shall not be required to pay the applicable fee in accordance with the schedule in this subsection, provided (A) if the applicable fee under the schedule for such vessel is greater than one hundred eighty dollars, the owner shall be required to pay the amount of fee in excess of one hundred eighty dollars and (B) the owner shall not be entitled to exemption from the applicable fee as allowed in this subdivision for any vessel registration year unless the application for registration of such vessel includes a statement, certified by an officer of the United States Coast Guard, that in the preceding year such vessel was used actively in not less than three separate operational activities of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.
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497497 (c) The owner shall cause the registration number or registration decal to be displayed on each side of the vessel at the bow in such manner as the Commissioner of Environmental Protection prescribes. The number shall be maintained in a legible condition and shall be clearly visible and entirely unobscured. No number other than the registration number assigned by this state or by the United States or by another state pursuant to the provisions of the federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 shall be displayed on either side of a vessel at the bow.
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499499 (d) Each certificate of number and certificate of registration issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall expire on the last day of April of the year following its issuance. At least thirty days prior to the expiration date of each certificate, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall notify the owner of such expiration and the certificate may be renewed as prescribed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles upon (1) application, [and upon] (2) payment of the fee provided in subsection (b) of this section, and (3) for a motor boat, submission to the commissioner of a copy of a current insurance policy or endorsement issued by a company licensed to do business in this state, verifying that the owner has general liability insurance for such motor boat. The registration number assigned to a vessel shall remain the same as long as the vessel is registered in this state. The commissioner shall not renew such certificate for a motor boat if the commissioner has not verified such insurance coverage for such boat.
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501501 (e) (1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may permit marine dealers, as defined in section 15-141, to assign registration numbers and issue temporary certificates of number upon the sale or transfer of a vessel. The dealer shall within ten days from the issuance of such temporary certificate submit to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles an application together with all necessary documents, information and fees for a permanent certificate of number for the vessel transfer.
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503503 (2) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may permit such marine dealers to issue temporary certificates of decal upon the sale or transfer of a documented vessel. The dealer shall within ten days from the issuance of such temporary certificate submit to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles an application together with all necessary documents, information and fees for a permanent certificate of decal with respect to such vessel.
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505505 (3) On and after March 1, 2005, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall permit marine dealers, as defined in section 15-141, to submit the applications and documents required under subdivisions (1) and (2) of this subsection by electronic means. Said commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this subdivision.
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507507 (f) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may require the owner of any vessel to submit as part of his application such information concerning waste discharges and onboard waste disposal systems as the Commissioner of Environmental Protection may prescribe by regulations. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall promptly forward to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection any such information submitted to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles as part of an application.
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509509 (g) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt such regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out his powers, duties and functions under this chapter.
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511511 (h) (1) Any person who operates or any owner who permits the operation of a vessel on the waters of this state which has not been numbered or registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable section of the general statutes shall have committed a violation and shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than two hundred dollars for the first offense and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than two hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars. (2) No person shall use any vessel registration or registration decals that have been issued to another person pursuant to sections 15-142 to 15-144, inclusive. No person shall use a vessel registration or registration decals on any vessel other than the vessel for which such registration number or registration decals have been issued. Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. (3) Any officer empowered to enforce the provisions of this chapter and any other applicable section of the general statutes who finds a vessel which is not numbered or registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and such discovery is subsequent to a violation of this chapter may make application to the court for a warrant to seize such vessel and take it into custody pending proof of payment of proper numbering or registration fees. No officer shall be liable for any act performed under the provisions of this subsection.
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516516 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
517517 Section 1 October 1, 2010 15-144
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519519 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
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521521 Section 1
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523523 October 1, 2010
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525525 15-144
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527527 Statement of Purpose:
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529529 To require general liability insurance for vessels registering with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.
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531531 [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]