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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6545
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING UN REGISTERED MOTOR VEH ICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2021) (a) Notwithstanding any 1
provision of the general statutes or special act, municipal charter or 2
ordinance, any municipality may, by ordinance adopted by its 3
legislative body, establish a fine to be imposed against any owner of a 4
motor vehicle that is subject to property tax pursuant to subsection (g) 5
of section 12-71b of the general statutes who fails to register such motor 6
vehicle with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, provided the amount 7
of such fine shall be not more than ____ dollars. 8
(b) Any unpaid fine imposed by a municipality pursuant to the 9
provisions of an ordinance adopted under subsection (a) of this section 10
shall constitute a lien upon the real property of the owner of the motor 11
vehicle. Any such lien shall be continued, recorded and released in the 12
manner provided by the general statutes for continuing, recording and 13
releasing property tax liens. 14 Raised Bill No. 6545
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2021 New section
Statement of Purpose:
To permit any municipality to establish a fine for the failure to register
a motor vehicle with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, and provide
that any unpaid fine shall constitute a lien against the real property of
the owner of the motor vehicle.
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