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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 223
February Session, 2020
LCO No. 1398
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT EXEMPTING ALL ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS FROM
FEES FOR MOTOR VEHIC LE OPERATOR'S LICENSES OR
REGISTRATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 14-50 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the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 2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
(c) The commissioner shall waive any operator's license or 4
registration fee, including any renewal fee, in the case of any person in 5
the active service of the armed forces of the United States; [who was a 6
legal resident of Connecticut at the time of his or her induction;] and for 7
one licensing period to any person (1) honorably separated from such 8
service, or (2) with a qualifying condition, as defined in section 27-103, 9
who has separated from such service other than with a bad conduct 10
characterization or dishonorably, which person applies for such 11
operator's license or registration within two years following the date of 12
separation. [and was a legal resident of Connecticut at the time of his or 13
her induction.] The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance 14 Raised Bill No. 223
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with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection. 15
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 14-50(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt active duty service members who were not residents of
Connecticut at the time of induction from fees for motor vehicle
operator's licenses or registrations.
[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.]