| 16 | | - | Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall study the feasibility of establishing a lottery program based on license plate numbers and permitting the sale of license plate numbers through an auction conducted on the Department of Motor Vehicle's Internet web site. The commissioner shall identify and assess options for conducting such lottery and sales and the associated costs and benefits. Not later than January 1, 2017, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation and finance, revenue and bonding, concerning the commissioner's findings and recommendations. |
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| 28 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2015, and applicable to assessment years commencing on and after said date) (a) When the Department of Motor Vehicles issues a number plate, the title to such number plate shall vest in the person to whom such number plate was issued. Upon issuance, each number plate shall have a value of one thousand dollars and, notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-62a of the general statutes, a tax in the amount of twelve dollars per thousand shall be collected in accordance with the provisions of chapter 203 of the general statutes, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. |
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| 30 | + | (b) (1) The department, in consultation with the Connecticut Lottery Corporation, shall conduct a monthly lottery providing cash prizes to participating number plate owners. |
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| 32 | + | (2) A number plate owner who has participated for at least twelve months in the lottery established pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, may sell such owner's number plate in an auction the department shall establish on the department's Internet web site. Such auction shall allow bidding by participating number plate owners on any number plates included in the auction. For any number plate sold at such auction, (A) sales tax on the sale price shall be paid by the buyer, as provided in chapter 219 of the general statutes, and (B) the sale price shall become the value of such number plate and property tax shall be assessed and paid accordingly. |
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| 34 | + | (3) A participating number plate owner who enters a winning bid in the auction established pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection shall (A) use the number plate acquired through such auction on a vehicle registered in this state, and (B) pay all fees associated with registration and issuance of such number plate. |
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| 36 | + | (c) An owner of a number plate may opt out of the program described in this section by executing a waiver in the form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. Execution of such waiver shall (1) exempt such owner's number plate from property taxation, and (2) bar such owner from participating in either the lottery game or the auction established in subsection (b) of this section. |
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| 38 | + | Sec. 2. Subsection (d) of section 14-18 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2015): |
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| 40 | + | (d) [All number plates shall be the property of the state and no title therein shall pass to any person registering a motor vehicle under the provisions of this chapter.] The owner of any registered motor vehicle [which] that is not reregistered at the end of a registration period shall, within ten days, return the number plates thereof to the commissioner. Any person who sells a motor vehicle pursuant to section 14-150 or 49-61 shall, within ten days of such sale, return to the commissioner any number plates displayed on the vehicle or which come into such person's possession in connection with such sale. When the commissioner issues a new type of number plate for use by all persons registering motor vehicles, the obsolete number plates shall become the property of the registrant upon the expiration date. |
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