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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5762
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 5955
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E USE OF CONTRACTORS BY TH E
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 14-41 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(b) (1) An original operator's license shall expire within a period not 4
exceeding six years following the date of the operator's next birthday. 5
The fee for such license shall be seventy-two dollars. 6
(2) The commissioner may authorize [a contractor] contractors, 7
including, but not limited to, [an] automobile [club or association] 8
clubs or associations, licensed in accordance with the provisions of 9
section 14-67, [on or before July 1, 2007, or any municipality] new car 10
dealers, used car dealers, repairers or limited repairers, licensed in 11
accordance with section 14-52, or municipalities, to issue duplicate 12
licenses and identity cards pursuant to section 14-50a, renew licenses, 13
renew identity cards issued pursuant to section 1-1h and conduct 14
registration transactions at the [office] offices or facilities of such 15
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contractors or municipalities. The commissioner may authorize such 16
contractors and municipalities to charge a convenience fee, which shall 17
not exceed eight dollars, to each applicant for a license or identity card 18
renewal or duplication, or for a registration transaction.The 19
commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the 20
provisions of chapter 54, to establish qualifications, training 21
requirements, security requirements and performance standards for 22
such contractors and municipalities to issue duplicate licenses and 23
identity cards, renew licenses and identity cards and conduct 24
registration transactions. Not later than January 1, 2020, and annually 25
thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with 26
the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the 27
General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 28
transportation on the status and progress of authorizing such 29
contractors and municipalities pursuant to the provisions of this 30
subdivision.31
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 14-41(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To promote efficiencies by privatizing services currently provided by
the Department of Motor Vehicles.
[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. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.; REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.; REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.; REP. FRANCE, 42nd Dist.
REP. DAUPHINAIS, 44th Dist.; SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist.
REP. BOLINSKY, 106th Dist.
H.B. 5762