Connecticut 2017 2017 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06284 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/19/2017

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 6284
January Session, 2017  LCO No. 1454
 *01454*
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. BUCKBEE, 67th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 6284 

January Session, 2017

LCO No. 1454

*01454*

Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION 

Introduced by:

REP. BUCKBEE, 67th Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE OR IDENTITY CARD INDICATING A PERSON'S STATUS AS A VETERAN.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That sections 14-36h and 14-50a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Department of Motor Vehicles from charging a veteran a thirty-dollar fee for a duplicate license when such veteran requests a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card reflecting his or her status as a veteran prior to the date on which the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies such veteran of the need to renew a previously issued motor vehicle operator's license or identity card.

Statement of Purpose: 

To allow a veteran to obtain a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card reflecting his or her status as a veteran at any time, without additional charge.