General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5355
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1477
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Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5355
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 1477
*01477_______VA_*
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT ELIMINATING CERTAIN DRIVER'S LICENSE FEES FOR VETERANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 14-50a of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2017):
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fee charged by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for the following items or services shall be twenty dollars:
(1) Duplicate of a registration certificate.
(2) For each duplicate of a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card, thirty dollars, except that the commissioner shall waive such fee for any such duplicate issued that indicates a person's status as a veteran, as provided in subsection (e) of section 14-36h. As used in this section, "duplicate" shall include any license or identity card that is reissued prior to the expiration date of a previously issued license or identity card, and (A) is identical to the holder's most recently issued license or identity card, or (B) contains modifications to one or more items of information that appear on the holder's most recently issued license or identity card. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subdivision, one duplicate shall be issued, for a fee of five dollars, to the holder of a license or identity card who reaches the age of twenty-one years.
(3) Replacement number plate or set of number plates, except as provided in subsection (c) of section 14-253a.
(4) Replacement number plate or set of number plates bearing same number as set of replaced plates.
(5) Certified abstract of driving history record, or driving history record for applicants for commercial driver's license with passenger endorsement or transportation permit.
(6) Name of registered owner.
(7) Operator license information.
(8) Certification of any copy or record.
(9) Certified transcripts of hearing held and transcribed by the commissioner, three dollars and fifty cents per page with a minimum charge of twenty dollars.
(10) Each copy of a motor vehicle operator's completed application for a license.
(11) Each copy of a completed application for registration of a motor vehicle.
(12) Each copy of a title document provided to a municipality.
(13) Each request for information as provided in section 14-10, the amount provided in said section.
(14) Each document from a motor vehicle record, as defined in section 14-10, that is electronically maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(15) For any copy or material released from information maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles for which no fee is established by statute, an amount determined by the commissioner.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2017 14-50a(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
January 1, 2017
14-50a(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To waive the thirty-dollar fee for any individual who wishes to indicate his or her status as a veteran on a reissued motor vehicle operator's license or identity card prior to the expiration date of a previously issued license or identity card.
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