General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6500
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 5279
*05279HB06500TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 6500
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 5279
*05279HB06500TRA*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING A TWO-PART MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 14-22 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
(a) (1) A motor vehicle registration issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire in accordance with schedules established by the commissioner. If the expiration date of the registration of the motor vehicle, except the registration of a motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire, falls on any day when offices of the commissioner are closed for business, the registration shall be deemed valid for the operation of the motor vehicle until midnight of the next day on which offices of the commissioner are open for business.
(2) The commissioner shall prescribe the date and manner of renewing registrations. Not less than forty-five days prior to the expiration of any valid registration, the department shall send or transmit, in such manner as the commissioner determines, an application for renewal to the registrant. In the case of a motor vehicle registered to a leasing company licensed pursuant to section 14-15, the department may send or transmit, in such manner as the commissioner determines, an application for renewal of a leased vehicle to the lessee of such vehicle.
(3) For new or renewal registrations issued on and after January 1, 2017, no registration shall be issued until the commissioner receives adequate proof that such registrant or lessee is in compliance with the requirements of sections 14-12, 14-12b, 14-33 and 14-164c.
(4) The commissioner shall not be required to send or transmit a registrant's or lessee's application by mail if the United States Postal Service has determined that mail is undeliverable to such person at the address for such person that is in the records of the department.
(5) Except for the processing of such application at an official emissions inspection station as provided in subsection (b) of this section or by telephone as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the commissioner may require that the application be returned electronically or by mail in order to be processed and approved, with only such exceptions, on a hardship basis, as shall be established by the commissioner in regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 54.
(b) The commissioner may provide for the renewal of passenger registrations at official emissions inspection stations established pursuant to chapter 246a in accordance with schedules established by [him which] the commissioner that shall provide that expirations of registrations and emissions stickers occur on the same date. The commissioner may employ the services of the independent contractor [which] that operates the system of official emissions inspection stations to process such applications for renewal in accordance with standards and procedures established by the commissioner.
(c) The commissioner may provide for the renewal of the registration of any motor vehicle by means of a telephone request and order by the registrant. The commissioner may charge a service fee of five dollars, in addition to the fee prescribed for the renewal of the registration, for each application for renewal processed by telephone. Such service fee shall be used to cover the costs incurred in processing such applications. Any funds in excess of those necessary for the processing of such applications shall be deposited in the General Fund. Each registrant who elects to renew by telephone shall sign the certificate of registration, attesting to the information contained therein under penalty of false statement, as provided in section 53a-157b, when the certificate is issued by the commissioner. Any such certificate [which] that is not signed shall be void. The commissioner may employ the services of an independent contractor or contractors to process such applications for renewal and provide any equipment or system necessary for such purpose.
(d) If the adoption of a staggered system results in the expiration of any registration more than two years from its issuance, a prorated amount of the registration fee paid shall be charged in addition to the biennial fee.
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2015) (a) There is established an account to be known as the "registration system account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the Special Transportation Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account, and all moneys as provided in subsection (b) of this section. Moneys in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section.
(b) On and after July 1, 2015, in addition to the fees charged pursuant to subsections (a), (e), (f), (s) and (x) of section 14-49 of the general statutes, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee of one dollar and fifty cents for each such motor vehicle registration. The commissioner shall deposit such fee in the registration system account established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and shall use the moneys in such account in connection with establishing the system of registration described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of section 14-22 of the general statutes, as amended by this act.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2015 14-22
Sec. 2 July 1, 2015 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2015
14-22
Sec. 2
July 1, 2015
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To provide for a two-part motor vehicle registration system, to ensure that no registration is issued until the registrant is in compliance with laws regarding delinquent taxes, emissions, insurance and unpaid parking tickets or other fines.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. BECKER, 19th Dist.; REP. VERRENGIA, 20th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. BECKER, 19th Dist.; REP. VERRENGIA, 20th Dist.
H.B. 6500