Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB07139 Compare Versions

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6	6	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7139
7	7	January Session, 2019
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11	11	Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
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20	20	AN ACT CONCERNING NU MBER PLATES.
21	21	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
22	22	Assembly convened:
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24	24	Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 14-20b of the general statutes is 1
25	25	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
26	26	October 1, 2019): 3
27	27	(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, at the request of any 4
28	28	veteran or member of the armed forces or the surviving spouse of such 5
29	29	veteran or member, shall register any motor vehicle owned or leased 6
30	30	for a period of at least one year by such person and shall issue a special 7
31	31	certificate of registration and a set of number plates for each such 8
32	32	motor vehicle, including a special certificate of registration and a set of 9
33	33	number plates for any motor vehicle used exclusively for farming 10
34	34	purposes by any veteran or member of the armed forces, or the 11
35	35	surviving spouse of such veteran or member, who is engaged in 12
36	36	agricultural production as a trade or business. The plates shall expire 13
37	37	and be renewed as provided in section 14-22. The commissioner shall 14
38	38	charge a fee for such plates, which fee shall cover the entire cost of 15
39	39	making such plates and shall be in addition to the fee for registration 16 Raised Bill No. 7139
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45	45	of such motor vehicle. As used in this subsection, "member of the 17
46	46	armed forces" has the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 and 18
47	47	"veteran" [means any person (1) honorably discharged from, or 19
48	48	released under honorable conditions from active service in, the armed 20
49	49	forces, or (2) with a qualifying condition, as defined in section 27-103, 21
50	50	who has received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable 22
51	51	from active service in the armed forces] has the same meaning as 23
52	52	provided in subsection (f) of section 14-36h, as amended by this act. 24
53	53	Sec. 2. Subsection (f) of section 14-36h of the general statutes is 25
54	54	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 26
55	55	October 1, 2019): 27
56	56	(f) As used in this section: (1) "Full legal name" means the most 28
57	57	complete version of the name that appears on a person's certificate of 29
58	58	birth, official passport or other document or documents accepted by 30
59	59	the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to verify the person's identity, 31
60	60	unless the person presents a marriage license or certificate, a certificate 32
61	61	of civil union, a divorce decree or an order of a court of competent 33
62	62	jurisdiction pertaining to a permanent change of the person's name; 34
63	63	and (2) "veteran" means (A) any person honorably discharged from, or 35
64	64	released under honorable conditions from active service in, the armed 36
65	65	forces, as defined in section 27-103, (B) any former member of the 37
66	66	armed forces who is entitled to retirement pay under 10 USC Chapter 38
67	67	1223, as amended from time to time, or, but for age, would be so 39
68	68	entitled, [or] (C) any person with a qualifying condition, as defined in 40
69	69	section 27-103, who has received a discharge other than bad conduct or 41
70	70	dishonorable from active service in the armed forces, or (D) any person 42
71	71	who has completed at least twenty years of qualifying service, as 43
72	72	described in and computed under 10 USC Chapter 1223, as amended 44
73	73	from time to time, in the National Guard or any reserve component of 45
74	74	the armed forces of the United States. 46
75	75	Sec. 3. Subsection (c) of section 14-18 of the general statutes is 47
76	76	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 48
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83	83	(c) Official number plates when displayed upon motor vehicles shall 50
84	84	be entirely unobscured and the numerals and letters thereon shall be 51
85	85	plainly legible at all times. Such number plates shall be horizontal, and 52
86	86	shall be fastened so as not to swing and, during the time when a motor 53
87	87	vehicle is required to display lights, the rear number plate shall be so 54
88	88	illuminated as to be legible at a distance of fifty feet. Nothing may be 55
89	89	affixed to a motor vehicle or to the official number plates displayed on 56
90	90	[such] a motor vehicle that obscures or impairs the visibility of any 57
91	91	information on such number plates, except for (1) a trailer hitch 58
92	92	installed on the motor vehicle in a customary manner, (2) a 59
93	93	transponder or similar device used to pay tolls attached to the motor 60
94	94	vehicle in the manner required by the issuing authority, (3) a 61
95	95	wheelchair lift or wheelchair carrier that is temporarily attached to the 62
96	96	motor vehicle in a customary manner, (4) a trailer being towed by the 63
97	97	motor vehicle, or (5) a bicycle or motorcycle rack that is temporarily 64
98	98	attached to the motor vehicle in a customary manner. Not more than 65
99	99	one number plate shall be displayed on the front or rear of any motor 66
100	100	vehicle in operation upon the public highways of the state; provided 67
101	101	any motor vehicle may, upon permission of the commissioner, display 68
102	102	more than one number plate in front or rear, subject to such conditions 69
103	103	as the commissioner prescribes. If any number plate supplied by the 70
104	104	commissioner is lost, or if the registered number thereon becomes 71
105	105	mutilated or illegible, the owner of or the person in control of the 72
106	106	motor vehicle for which such number plate was furnished shall 73
107	107	immediately place a temporary number plate bearing [said] such 74
108	108	registration number upon such motor vehicle, which temporary 75
109	109	number plate shall conform to the regular number plate and shall be 76
110	110	displayed as nearly as possible as [herein] provided in this section for 77
111	111	such regular number plate; and such owner shall, within forty-eight 78
112	112	hours after such loss or mutilation of the number plate, give notice 79
113	113	thereof to the commissioner and apply for a new number plate. The 80
114	114	commissioner may issue a permit to operate with such temporary plate 81
115	115	and shall supply new number plates upon payment of the fee therefor 82
116	116	as provided in section 14-50a. Upon receipt of such new number plates 83
117	117	and new certificate, the remaining old number plate, if any, and 84 Raised Bill No. 7139
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123	123	certificate shall be surrendered to the commissioner. 85
124	124	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
125	125	sections:
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127	127	Section 1 October 1, 2019 14-20b(a)
128	128	Sec. 2 October 1, 2019 14-36h(f)
129	129	Sec. 3 October 1, 2019 14-18(c)
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131	131	Statement of Purpose:
132	132	To (1) permit a person with at least twenty years of qualifying service
133	133	in the National Guard or any reserve component of the armed forces of
134	134	the United States to receive number plates for veterans and an
135	135	operator's license or identity card that indicates such person's status as
136	136	a veteran, and (2) provide for certain exceptions when the number
137	137	plate of a motor vehicle is obstructed.
138	138	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
139	139	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
140	140	not underlined.]
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