Substitute House Bill No. 5429
Public Act No. 21-28
AN ACT CONCERNING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, THE VISION ZERO
COUNCIL, SPEED LIMITS IN MUNICIPALITIES, FINES AND
CHARGES FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS AND THE GREENWAYS
COMMEMORATIVE ACCOUNT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 14-300 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
1, 2021):
(c) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 14-300c, at any
crosswalk marked as provided in subsection (a) of this section or any
unmarked crosswalk, provided such crosswalks are not controlled by
police officers or traffic control signals, each operator of a vehicle shall
grant the right-of-way, and slow or stop such vehicle if necessary to so
grant the right-of-way, to any pedestrian crossing the roadway within
such crosswalk. [, provided such pedestrian steps off the curb or into the
crosswalk at the entrance to a crosswalk or is within that half of the
roadway upon which such operator of a vehicle is traveling, or such
pedestrian steps off the curb or into the crosswalk at the entrance to a
crosswalk or is crossing the roadway within such crosswalk from that
half of the roadway upon which such operator is not traveling.] For the
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within such crosswalk" when the pedestrian (1) is within any portion of
the crosswalk, (2) steps to the curb at the entrance to the crosswalk and
indicates his or her intent to cross the roadway by raising his or her hand
and arm toward oncoming traffic, or (3) indicates his or her intent to
cross the roadway by moving any part of his or her body or an extension
thereof, including, but not limited to, a wheelchair, cane, walking stick,
crutch, bicycle, electric bicycle, stroller, carriage, cart or leashed or
harnessed dog, into the crosswalk at the entrance to the crosswalk. No
operator of a vehicle approaching from the rear shall overtake and pass
any vehicle, the operator of which has stopped at any crosswalk marked
as provided in subsection (a) of this section or any unmarked crosswalk
to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway. The operator of any vehicle
crossing a sidewalk shall yield the right-of-way to each pedestrian and
all other traffic upon such sidewalk.
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) (a) There is established a Vision Zero
Council to develop a state-wide policy and interagency approach to
eliminate all transportation-related fatalities and severe injuries to
pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, motorists and passengers. The
council shall consider ways to improve safety across all modes of
transportation by using data, new partnerships, safe planning and
community-based solutions to achieve the goal of zero transportation-
related fatalities.
(b) The council shall consist of the Commissioners of Transportation,
Public Health and Emergency Services and Public Protection, or their
designees, and any other commissioner of a state agency, or such
commissioner's designee, invited to participate by the Commissioners
of Transportation, Public Health and Emergency Services and Public
Protection. The Commissioner of Transportation or the commissioner's
designee shall serve as chairperson of the council and shall schedule the
first meeting of the council not later than September 1, 2021. The
Department of Transportation shall serve as administrative staff of the Substitute House Bill No. 5429
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council.
(c) The council may establish committees at any time to advise the
council in carrying out its duties.
(d) The council shall assist in the development of any public
awareness campaign undertaken by the Department of Transportation
to educate the public concerning ways to reduce transportation-related
fatalities and severe injuries to pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users,
motorists and passengers, and to increase awareness and improve
behaviors of all users of the highways of this state.
(e) On or before February 1, 2022, and annually thereafter, the council
shall submit the state-wide policy and interagency approach and any
other recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to transportation, in
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes.
Sec. 3. Subsection (d) of section 14-311 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
1, 2021):
(d) In determining the advisability of such certification, the Office of
the State Traffic Administration shall include, in its consideration,
highway safety, bicycle and pedestrian access and safety, the width and
character of the highways affected, the density of traffic thereon, the
character of such traffic and the opinion and findings of the traffic
authority of the municipality wherein the development is located. The
[Office of the State Traffic Administration] office may require
improvements to be made by the applicant to the extent that such
improvements address impacts to highway safety or bicycle and
pedestrian access and safety created by the addition of the applicant's
proposed development or activity. If the [Office of the State Traffic
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traffic signals, pavement markings, channelization, pavement widening
or other changes or traffic control devices, are required to handle traffic
safely and efficiently, one hundred per cent of the cost thereof shall be
borne by the person building, establishing or operating such open air
theater, shopping center or other development generating large
volumes of traffic, except that such cost shall not be borne by any
municipal agency. The Commissioner of Transportation may issue a
permit to said person to construct or install the changes required by the
[Office of the State Traffic Administration] office.
Sec. 4. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) For the purposes of this
section, "moving traffic" includes, but is not limited to, a motor vehicle,
bicycle, electric bicycle or electric foot scooter using a highway for the
purpose of travel and a pedestrian or a person riding a bicycle, electric
bicycle or electric foot scooter on a sidewalk, shoulder or bikeway for
the purpose of travel, and "bikeway" has the same meaning as provided
in subsection (a) of section 13a-153f of the general statutes.
(b) No person shall open the door of a motor vehicle in such a manner
as to cause physical contact with moving traffic with such door,
provided moving traffic is traveling at a reasonable rate of speed and
with due regard for the safety of all persons and property.
(c) No person shall leave the door of a motor vehicle open for a period
of time longer than necessary to load or unload passengers and in such
a manner as to cause physical contact with moving traffic with such
door.
(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall have
committed an infraction.
Sec. 5. Subsection (d) of section 51-56a of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
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(d) Each person who pays in any sum as a fine or forfeiture for any
violation of sections 14-218a, as amended by this act, 14-219, as amended
by this act, 14-222, as amended by this act, 14-223, 14-227a, 14-227m, 14-
227n, sections 14-230 to 14-240, inclusive, sections 14-241 to 14-249,
inclusive, section 14-279 for the first offense, sections 14-289b, 14-299,
14-300, as amended by this act, 14-300d, sections 14-301 to 14-303,
inclusive, section 4 of this act, or any regulation adopted under said
sections or ordinance enacted in accordance with said sections shall pay
an additional fee of [twenty] twenty-five dollars. The state shall remit to
the municipalities in which the violations occurred the amounts paid
under this subsection. Each clerk of the Superior Court or the Chief
Court Administrator, or any other official of the Superior Court
designated by the Chief Court Administrator, on or before the thirtieth
day of January, April, July and October in each year, shall certify to the
Comptroller the amount due for the previous quarter under this
subsection to each municipality served by the office of the clerk or
official.
Sec. 6. Section 14-218a of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021):
(a) (1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle upon any public
highway of the state, or road of any specially chartered municipal
association or any district organized under the provisions of chapter
105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads
and sidewalks, or on any parking area as defined in section 14-212, or
upon a private road on which a speed limit has been established in
accordance with this subsection, or upon any school property, at a rate
of speed greater than is reasonable, having regard to the width, traffic
and use of highway, road or parking area, the intersection of streets and
weather conditions.
(2) The Office of the State Traffic Administration may determine
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or parkway built or maintained by the state, and differing limits may be
established for different types of vehicles, and may erect or cause to be
erected signs indicating such speed limits. [The]
(3) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section and section 7
of this act, the traffic authority of any town, city or borough may
establish speed limits on streets, highways and bridges or in any
parking area for ten cars or more or on any private road wholly within
the municipality under its jurisdiction; provided such limit on streets,
highways, bridges and parking areas for ten cars or more shall become
effective only after application for approval thereof has been submitted
in writing to the Office of the State Traffic Administration and a
certificate of such approval has been forwarded by the office to the
traffic authority; and provided such signs giving notice of such speed
limits shall have been erected as the [Office of the State Traffic
Administration] office directs, provided the erection of such signs on
any private road shall be at the expense of the owner of such road. The
presence of such signs adjacent to or on the highway or parking area for
ten cars or more shall be prima facie evidence that they have been so
placed under the direction of and with the approval of the [Office of the
State Traffic Administration] office. Approval of such speed limits may
be revoked by the [Office of the State Traffic Administration] office at
any time if said office deems such revocation to be in the interest of
public safety and welfare, and thereupon such speed limits shall cease
to be effective and any signs that have been erected shall be removed.
(4) Any speed in excess of [such limits] a speed limit established in
accordance with this section or section 7 of this act, other than speeding
as provided for in section 14-219, as amended by this act, shall be prima
facie evidence that such speed is not reasonable, but the fact that the
speed of a vehicle is lower than such [limits] speed limit shall not relieve
the operator from the duty to decrease speed when a special hazard
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or highway conditions.
(b) The Office of the State Traffic Administration shall establish a
speed limit of sixty-five miles per hour on any multiple lane, limited
access highways that are suitable for a speed limit of sixty-five miles per
hour, taking into consideration relevant factors including design,
population of area and traffic flow.
(c) (1) The traffic authority of any town, city or borough may
establish, modify and maintain speed limits on streets, highways and
bridges or in any parking area for ten cars or more or on any private
road wholly within the municipality under its jurisdiction without
approval from the Office of the State Traffic Administration, provided:
(A) The municipality, by vote of its legislative body, or in the case of
a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, its board
of selectmen, permits the traffic authority to assume responsibility and
authority for the establishment, modification and maintenance of the
speed limits on all streets, highways and bridges and in parking areas
for ten cars or more or on any private road wholly within the
municipality under its jurisdiction. Such permission is not required if
such legislative body or board of selectmen is also the traffic authority;
(B) The traffic authority notifies the office in writing that the traffic
authority is permitted under subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and
intends to assume such responsibility and authority;
(C) The traffic authority establishes, modifies and maintains the
speed limits on all streets, highways and bridges and in parking areas
for ten cars or more or on any private road wholly within the
municipality under its jurisdiction;
(D) The traffic authority conducts an engineering study described in
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(E) The traffic authority notifies the office of each change to a speed
limit on such street, highway, bridge and parking area wholly within
the municipality under its jurisdiction so the office may maintain a state-
wide inventory of speed limits. Any speed limit approved by the office
pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall remain
in effect until modified by a traffic authority.
(2) (A) The traffic authority shall not establish or reduce a speed limit
lower than twenty-five miles per hour unless (i) the speed limit is in a
pedestrian safety zone pursuant to section 7 of this act, or (ii) the
engineering study described in subdivision (3) of this subsection finds
that a speed limit lower than twenty-five miles per hour is reasonable.
(B) The traffic authority shall not reduce a speed limit by more than
ten miles per hour without approval from the municipality, by vote of
its legislative body, or in the case of a municipality in which the
legislative body is a town meeting, its board of selectmen, if such
legislative body or board of selectmen is not also the traffic authority.
(C) If the traffic authority reduces a speed limit by more than ten
miles per hour, the traffic authority shall erect reduced speed limit
ahead signs in accordance with the standards contained in the Federal
Highway Administrations Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
for Streets and Highways, as amended from time to time.
(D) On any street or highway that runs into an adjoining
municipality, a traffic authority shall not reduce the speed limit within
one thousand feet of the boundary of the adjoining municipality by
more than ten miles per hour from the speed limit on such road in the
adjoining municipality without (i) approval of the adjoining
municipality, by vote of its legislative body, or in the case of a
municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, its board
of selectmen, and (ii) the approval required under subparagraph (B) of
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(E) If a traffic authority reduces the speed limit on any street or
highway that runs into an adjoining municipality between one
thousand feet and one mile of the boundary of the adjoining
municipality by more than ten miles per hour from the speed limit on
such road in the adjoining municipality, the traffic authority shall
provide written notice of the reduced speed limit to the adjoining
municipality.
(3) Prior to establishing or modifying a speed limit pursuant to the
provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the traffic authority shall
conduct an engineering study in accordance with the Federal Highway
Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets
and Highways, as amended from time to time, and other generally
accepted engineering principles and guidance. The study shall be
completed by a professional engineer licensed to practice in this state
and shall consider factors, including, but not limited to, pedestrian
activity, type of land use and development, parking and the record of
traffic accidents in the jurisdiction of the traffic authority.
(4) The Office of the State Traffic Administration may adopt
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to
implement the provisions of this subsection.
[(c)] (d) Any person who operates a motor vehicle at a greater rate of
speed than is reasonable, other than speeding, as provided for in section
14-219, as amended by this act, shall commit the infraction of traveling
unreasonably fast.
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2021) (a) The traffic authority of any
town, city or borough may establish a pedestrian safety zone on any
street, highway and bridge or in any parking area for ten cars or more
or on any private road wholly within the municipality under its
jurisdiction without approval from the Office of the State Traffic
Administration, provided: (1) The municipality, by vote of its legislative Substitute House Bill No. 5429
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body, or in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a
town meeting, its board of selectmen, grants general authority to the
traffic authority to establish pedestrian safety zones within the
municipality. Such general authority is not required if such legislative
body or board of selectmen is also the traffic authority; (2) the traffic
authority conducts an engineering study described in subsection (b) of
this section; (3) the posted speed limit for such zone is not less than
twenty miles per hour; (4) such zone encompasses a clearly defined
downtown district or community center frequented by pedestrians or is
adjacent to hospital property or, in the opinion of the traffic authority,
is sufficiently close to hospital property as to constitute a risk to the
public safety; and (5) the traffic authority satisfies the requirements of
subparagraphs (C) to (E), inclusive, of subdivision (2) of section 14-218a
of the general statutes, as amended by this act, if applicable.
(b) Prior to establishing a pedestrian safety zone, the traffic authority
shall conduct an engineering study in accordance with the Federal
Highway Administration's Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
for Streets and Highways, as amended from time to time, and other
generally accepted engineering principles and guidance. The study shall
be completed by a professional engineer licensed to practice in this state
and shall consider factors, including, but not limited to, pedestrian
activity, type of land use and development, parking and the record of
traffic crashes in the area under consideration to be a pedestrian safety
zone. If the study recommends the establishment of a pedestrian safety
zone, the study shall also include a speed management plan and
recommend actions to achieve lower motor vehicle speeds.
(c) In a municipality where the Office of the State Traffic
Administration approves speed limits on the streets, highways and
bridges or in any parking area for ten cars or more or on any private
road wholly within the municipality in accordance with section 14-218a
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notify the office in writing of the establishment of any pedestrian safety
zone and confirm that the requirements of this section have been
satisfied.
(d) If the Commissioner of Transportation or a traffic authority of any
town, city or borough seeks to establish a pedestrian safety zone on a
state highway that passes through a downtown or community center,
the commissioner or traffic authority shall submit a written request to
the Office of State Traffic Administration and include with such request
the engineering study and speed management plan conducted pursuant
to subsection (b) of this section. The office shall be the sole authority for
establishing a pedestrian safety zone on a state highway and shall
provide a written explanation of the reasons for denying any such
request.
(e) The Office of the State Traffic Administration may adopt
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the
general statutes, to implement the provisions of this section.
Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 14-36 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
1, 2021):
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section and section 14-40a,
no person shall operate a motor vehicle on any public highway of this
state or private road on which a speed limit has been established in
accordance with [subsection (a) of] section 14-218a, as amended by this
act, or section 7 of this act, until such person has obtained a motor
vehicle operator's license.
Sec. 9. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 14-219 of the general statutes
are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective
October 1, 2021):
(a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle (1) upon any highway, Substitute House Bill No. 5429
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road or any parking area for ten cars or more, at such a rate of speed as
to endanger the life of any occupant of such motor vehicle, but not the
life of any other person than such an occupant; (2) at a rate of speed
greater than fifty-five miles per hour upon any highway other than a
highway specified in subsection (b) of section 14-218a, as amended by
this act, for which a speed limit has been established in accordance with
the provisions of said subsection; (3) at a rate of speed greater than sixty-
five miles per hour upon any highway specified in subsection (b) of
section 14-218a, as amended by this act, for which a speed limit has been
established in accordance with the provisions of said subsection; or (4)
if such person is under eighteen years of age, upon any highway or road
for which a speed limit of less than sixty-five miles per hour has been
established in accordance with [subsection (a) of] section 14-218a, as
amended by this act, or section 7 of this act, at a rate of speed more than
twenty miles per hour above such speed limit.
(b) Any person who operates a motor vehicle (1) on a multiple lane,
limited access highway other than a highway specified in subsection (b)
of section 14-218a, as amended by this act, for which a speed limit has
been established in accordance with the provisions of said subsection at
a rate of speed greater than fifty-five miles per hour but not greater than
seventy miles per hour, (2) on a multiple lane, limited access highway
specified in subsection (b) of section 14-218a, as amended by this act, for
which a speed limit has been established in accordance with the
provisions of said subsection at a rate of speed greater than sixty-five
miles per hour but not greater than seventy miles per hour, (3) on any
other highway at a rate of speed greater than fifty-five miles per hour
but not greater than sixty miles per hour, or (4) if such person is under
eighteen years of age, upon any highway or road for which a speed limit
of less than sixty-five miles per hour has been established in accordance
with [subsection (a) of] section 14-218a, as amended by this act, or
section 7 of this act, at a rate of speed more than twenty miles per hour
above such speed limit, shall commit an infraction, provided any such Substitute House Bill No. 5429
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person operating a truck, as defined in section 14-260n, shall have
committed a violation and shall be fined not less than one hundred
dollars nor more than one hundred fifty dollars.
Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 14-222 of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
1, 2021):
(a) No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public
highway of the state, or any road of any specially chartered municipal
association or of any district organized under the provisions of chapter
105, a purpose of which is the construction and maintenance of roads
and sidewalks, or in any parking area for ten cars or more or upon any
private road on which a speed limit has been established in accordance
with the provisions of section 14-218a, as amended by this act, or section
7 of this act or upon any school property recklessly, having regard to the
width, traffic and use of such highway, road, school property or parking
area, the intersection of streets and the weather conditions. The
operation of a motor vehicle upon any such highway, road or parking
area for ten cars or more at such a rate of speed as to endanger the life
of any person other than the operator of such motor vehicle, or the
operation, downgrade, upon any highway, of any motor vehicle with a
commercial registration with the clutch or gears disengaged, or the
operation knowingly of a motor vehicle with defective mechanism, shall
constitute a violation of the provisions of this section. The operation of
a motor vehicle upon any such highway, road or parking area for ten
cars or more at a rate of speed greater than eighty-five miles per hour
shall constitute a violation of the provisions of this section.
Sec. 11. Subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 14-283 of the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective October 1, 2021):
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such vehicle, irrespective of the provisions of this chapter, (B) except as
provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, proceed past any red light
or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing down or stopping to
the extent necessary for the safe operation of such vehicle, (C) exceed
the posted speed limits or other speed limits imposed by or pursuant to
section 14-218a, as amended by this act, [or] 14-219, as amended by this
act, or section 7 of this act as long as such operator does not endanger
life or property by so doing, and (D) disregard statutes, ordinances or
regulations governing direction of movement or turning in specific
directions.
Sec. 12. Section 53a-213 of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021):
(a) A person is guilty of drinking while operating a motor vehicle
when [he] such person drinks any alcoholic liquor while operating a
motor vehicle upon a public highway of this state or upon any road of
any specially chartered municipal association or of any district
organized under the provisions of chapter 105, a purpose of which is the
construction and maintenance of roads and sidewalks, or in any parking
area for ten cars or more, or upon any private road on which a speed
limit has been established in accordance with the provisions of section
14-218a, as amended by this act, or section 7 of this act or upon any
school property. As used in this section, "alcoholic liquor" has the same
meaning as provided in section 30-1.
(b) Drinking while operating a motor vehicle is a class C
misdemeanor.
Sec. 13. Subsection (h) of section 14-296aa of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October
1, 2021):
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hundred [fifty] dollars for a first violation, three hundred seventy-five
dollars for a second violation and [five] six hundred twenty-five dollars
for a third or subsequent violation.
Sec. 14. Section 14-21i of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2021):
(a) [On and after January 1, 1998, the] The Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles shall issue greenways commemorative number plates of a
design to enhance public awareness of, [the] and provide funding for,
state and local efforts to preserve, restore and protect greenways. The
design shall be determined by agreement between the Commissioner of
Energy and Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles. No use shall be made of such plates except as official
registration marker plates.
(b) (1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall [establish, by
regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, a fee to be charged]
charge a fee of fifty dollars for a greenways commemorative number
[plates] plate, with letters and numbers selected by the commissioner,
in addition to the regular fee or fees prescribed for the registration of a
motor vehicle. [The fee shall be for such number plates with letters and
numbers selected by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may establish a higher fee for: (1) Such
number plates which contain letters in place of numbers as authorized
by section 14-49, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for plates issued
under said section; and (2) such number plates which are low number
plates, in accordance with section 14-160, in addition to the fee or fees
prescribed for plates issued under said section.] The commissioner shall
deposit fifteen dollars of such fee into an account controlled by the
Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing,
issuing, renewing and replacing such commemorative number plates,
and thirty-five dollars of such fee into the greenways commemorative
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(2) The commissioner shall charge a fee of seventy dollars for a
greenways commemorative number plate that (A) contains letters in
place of numbers as authorized by section 14-49, or (B) is a low number
plate in accordance with section 14-160, in addition to the fee or fees
prescribed for plates issued under said sections. The commissioner shall
deposit fifteen dollars of such fee into an account controlled by the
Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing,
issuing, renewing and replacing such commemorative number plates,
and fifty-five dollars of such fee into the greenways commemorative
account.
(c) No additional renewal fee shall be charged for renewal of
registration for any motor vehicle bearing greenways commemorative
number plates which contain letters in place of numbers, or low number
plates, in excess of the renewal fee for greenways commemorative
number plates with letters and numbers selected by the Commissioner
of Motor Vehicles. No transfer fee shall be charged for transfer of an
existing registration to or from a registration with greenways
commemorative number plates.
(d) There is established an account to be known as the "greenways
commemorative account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account
within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys
required by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in the account
shall be expended by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental
Protection to fund the greenways capital grant program established
pursuant to section 23-101 and the bikeway, pedestrian walkway,
recreational trail and greenway grant program described in section 23-
103.
[(d)] (e) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles [, in consultation with
the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall] may
adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to
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replacement of greenways commemorative number plates.