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General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5087
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 1395
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT EXEMPTING VET ERANS FROM THE PASSP ORT TO THE
PARKS MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 14-49b of the 2020 supplement to 1
the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2
thereof (Effective July 1, 2020): 3
(b) For each new registration or renewal of registration of any motor 4
vehicle with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this 5
chapter, the person registering such vehicle shall pay to the 6
commissioner a fee of fifteen dollars for registration for a triennial 7
period or ten dollars for registration for a biennial period for the 8
following registration types: Passenger, motorcycle, motor home, 9
combination or antique. Any person who is sixty-five years or older and 10
who obtains a one-year registration renewal under section 14-49 for 11
such registration type shall pay five dollars for the annual registration 12
period. Any person who is a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of 13
section 27-103, shall be exempt from payment of the fee required by this 14
subsection, provided such person presents to the commissioner or the 15
commissioner's authorized representative documentation indicating 16
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such person's status as a veteran. The provisions of this subsection shall 17
not apply to any motor vehicle that is not self-propelled or that is 18
exempted from payment of a registration fee. This fee shall be identified 19
as the "Passport to the Parks Fee" on any registration form provided by 20
the commissioner. Payments collected pursuant to the provisions of this 21
subsection shall be deposited in the Passport to the Parks account 22
established pursuant to section 23-15h. The fee required by this 23
subsection is in addition to any other fees prescribed by any other 24
provision of this title for the registration of a motor vehicle. No part of 25
the "Passport to the Parks Fee" shall be subject to a refund under 26
subsection (z) of section 14-49. 27
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 14-49b(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt veterans from payment of the Passport to the Parks fee.
[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. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
H.B. 5087