Senate Bill No. 190
Public Act No. 13-237
AN ACT CONCERNING ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES AND THE CERTIFICATION OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS CARRIERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On or before July 1, 2014, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall implement the department's proposals concerning all-terrain vehicles, as outlined in the department's publication dated November, 2002 and entitled: "All-Terrain Vehicle Policy and Procedures".
Sec. 2. Section 13b-389 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013):
(a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle in the transportation of household goods for hire as a household goods carrier without first having obtained from the Commissioner of Transportation, after hearing, a certificate of public convenience and necessity to so operate. In determining whether to issue any such certificate to any applicant, the commissioner may consider the applicant's financial stability and past criminal history, and the effects such issuance may have on state highways, including, but not limited to, public safety on such highways, but shall not consider the effects of such issuance on the applicant's competitors in the state.
(b) Any person, other than a household goods carrier who has obtained such certificate, who holds himself or herself out as a household goods carrier with intent to obtain a benefit or to injure or defraud another, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.