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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 336
February Session, 2022
LCO No. 2358
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT EXEMPTING VETERANS FROM THE PASSPORT TO THE
PARKS MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PROGRAM FEE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 14-49b of the general statutes is repealed and the 1
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): 2
(a) For each new registration or renewal of registration of any motor 3
vehicle with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this 4
chapter, the person registering such vehicle shall pay to the 5
commissioner a fee of fifteen dollars for registration for a triennial 6
period, ten dollars for registration for a biennial period and five dollars 7
for registration for an annual period, except that any individual who is 8
sixty-five years of age or older on or after January 1, 1994, may, at the 9
discretion of such individual, pay the fee for a one-year period if such 10
individual obtains a one-year registration under subsection (a) of 11
section 14-49. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any 12
motor vehicle that is not self-propelled, that is electrically powered, or 13
that is exempted from payment of a registration fee. This fee may be 14
identified as the "federal Clean Air Act fee" on any registration form 15
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provided by the commissioner. Payments collected pursuant to the 16
provisions of this section shall be deposited as follows: (1) Fifty-seven 17
and one-half per cent of such payments collected shall be deposited into 18
the Special Transportation Fund established pursuant to section 13b-68, 19
and (2) forty-two and one-half per cent of such payments collected shall 20
be deposited into the General Fund. The fee required by this subsection 21
is in addition to any other fees prescribed by any other provision of this 22
title for the registration of a motor vehicle. No part of the federal Clean 23
Air Act fee shall be subject to a refund under subsection (z) of section 24
14-49. 25
(b) For each new registration or renewal of registration of any motor 26
vehicle with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this 27
chapter, the person registering such vehicle shall pay to the 28
commissioner a fee of fifteen dollars for registration for a triennial 29
period or ten dollars for registration for a biennial period for the 30
following registration types: Passenger, motorcycle, motor home, 31
combination or antique; [. Any] except that (1) any person who is sixty-32
five years or older and who obtains a one-year registration renewal 33
under section 14-49 for such registration type shall pay five dollars for 34
the annual registration period, and (2) any person who is a veteran, as 35
defined in section 27-103, and who presents documentation, satisfactory 36
to the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative, 37
indicating such person's status as a veteran shall be exempt from 38
payment of the fee. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to 39
any motor vehicle that is not self-propelled or that is exempted from 40
payment of a registration fee. This fee shall be identified as the "Passport 41
to the Parks Fee" on any registration form provided by the 42
commissioner. Payments collected pursuant to the provisions of this 43
subsection shall be deposited in the Passport to the Parks account 44
established pursuant to section 23-15h. The fee required by this 45
subsection is in addition to any other fees prescribed by any other 46
provision of this title for the registration of a motor vehicle. No part of 47
the "Passport to the Parks Fee" shall be subject to a refund under 48
subsection (z) of section 14-49. 49
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2022 14-49b
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt veterans from payment of the motor vehicle registration fee
associated with the Passport to the Parks program.
[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.]