General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6059
January Session, 2017 *_____HB06059TRA___032017____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 6059
January Session, 2017
*_____HB06059TRA___032017____*
AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 14-12 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2017):
(a) No motor vehicle shall be operated or towed on any highway or parked in any parking area as defined in section 14-212, except as otherwise expressly provided, unless it is registered with the commissioner, provided any motor vehicle may be towed for repairs or necessary work if it bears the markers of a licensed and registered dealer, manufacturer or repairer and provided any motor vehicle which is validly registered in another state may, for a period of sixty days following establishment by the owner of residence in this state, be operated on any highway or parked in any parking area without first being registered with the commissioner. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, (1) a person commits an infraction if such person registers a motor vehicle he or she does not own or if such person operates, or allows the operation of, an unregistered motor vehicle on a public highway or parks, or allows the parking of, an unregistered motor vehicle in a parking area, or (2) a resident of this state who operates or parks a motor vehicle he or she owns with marker plates issued by another state shall be fined one thousand dollars. If the owner of a motor vehicle previously registered on an annual or biennial basis, the registration of which expired not more than thirty days previously, operates, [or] allows the operation of, parks or allows the parking of such a motor vehicle, such owner shall be fined the amount designated for the infraction of failure to renew a registration, but the right to retain his or her operator's license shall not be affected. No operator other than the owner shall be subject to penalty for the operation or parking of such a previously registered motor vehicle. As used in this subsection, the term "unregistered motor vehicle" includes any vehicle that is not eligible for registration by the commissioner due to the absence of necessary equipment or other characteristics of the vehicle that make it unsuitable for highway operation, unless the operation of such vehicle is expressly permitted by another provision of this chapter or chapter 248.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 14-12(a)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
14-12(a)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In the third sentence, "or" was bracketed and "or" was deleted for clarity.
TRA Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO
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Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO