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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6070
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 2205
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
REP. MUSHINSKY, 85
th Dist.
AN ACT PERMITTING MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION BY
TELEPHONE FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That chapter 246 of the general statutes be amended to permit an 1
owner of a motor vehicle to renew a motor vehicle registration by 2
telephone with the Department Motor Vehicles when stopped by a 3
police officer for failure to renew such motor vehicle registration. 4
Statement of Purpose:
To permit an owner of a motor vehicle, who may not have received a
notice to renew his or her motor vehicle registration by mail from the
Department of Motor Vehicles, to renew the registration by telephone
when stopped by a police officer for failure to renew the registration and
allow such owner to avoid fines and seizure or impoundment of the
motor vehicle.