Sec. 14-12g. Suspension of motor vehicle registration for violation of mandatory security requirements. Suspension of motor vehicle operator's license. Consent agreements.
Sec. 14-12g. Suspension of motor vehicle registration for violation of mandatory security requirements. Suspension of motor vehicle operator's license. Consent agreements. (a) When a private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policy
has been cancelled and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles determines that the owner
of a registered motor vehicle is in violation of the mandatory security requirements of
sections 14-12c and 38a-371, the commissioner shall issue to such owner a notice of
suspension of the registration involved, provided the commissioner may decline to issue
such notice if the registration of the motor vehicle is cancelled or if the commissioner
cannot establish that such violation occurred for a period of more than fourteen days.
(b) If a registered owner to whom notice of suspension was issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section does not contest the determination that he or she has failed to
maintain mandatory security, the commissioner may enter into a consent agreement
with the owner, provided the owner presents satisfactory evidence of mandatory security
and pays a civil penalty of two hundred dollars. The consent agreement shall provide
that the registration of the motor vehicle shall not be suspended, or that any suspension
imposed previously, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, shall be rescinded, unless
(1) the commissioner determines that on or after the effective date of the consent
agreement the owner failed to continuously maintain the required security, and (2) the
owner cannot establish to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the owner continuously maintained the required security after said effective date. Such consent agreement
shall not operate to prevent the commissioner from cancelling, suspending or revoking
a registration pursuant to any other provision of the general statutes.
(c) The commissioner may suspend the motor vehicle operator's license of any
person whose registration has been suspended in accordance with the provisions of
subsection (a) of this section, or section 14-12c and who, not later than thirty days after
the date of such suspension, has not entered into a consent agreement, in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, cancelled the registration or transferred
ownership of the motor vehicle. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the commissioner to suspend his license under this subsection shall, prior to the effective date of such
suspension, be afforded an opportunity for a hearing in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 54.
(P.A. 93-298, S. 3, 11; P.A. 95-260, S. 14, 24; P.A. 98-215, S. 1; P.A. 05-282, S. 2; P.A. 08-150, S. 42.)
History: P.A. 93-298 effective January 1, 1994; P.A. 95-260 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), inserting as
Subsec. (b) language authorizing commissioner to suspend operator's license of person whose registration has been cancelled under Subsec. (a) and who has not returned number plates and registration certificate or obtained a new registration
for or transferred ownership of vehicle and affording an opportunity for a hearing for any person aggrieved by decision to
suspend his license, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 98-215 amended Subsec. (a) to require notice to include statement re
seizure, impoundment, forfeiture and option for owner to return registration plates and certificate, and made technical
changes, inserted new Subsec. (b) re consent agreements and redesignated former Subsec. (b) as (c); P.A. 05-282 amended
Subsec. (a) by replacing "cancellation" with "suspension" and deleting provisions re notice, return of number plates and
registration to avoid suspension of operator's license and hearing re cancellation and mandatory security requirement,
amended Subsec. (b) by replacing "cancellation" with "suspension", making technical changes and increasing civil penalty
from $100 to $200, and amended Subsec. (c) by replacing references to "canceled" and "cancellation" with "suspended"
and "suspension", making technical changes, deleting provision re return of number plates and registration or obtaining
new registration and adding provision re consent agreement in accordance with Subsec. (b); P.A. 08-150 amended Subsec.
(a) to provide that commissioner may decline to issue notice of suspension if registration of motor vehicle is cancelled or
commissioner cannot establish that violation occurred for a period of more than fourteen days, effective July 1, 2008.
See Sec. 14-12h re record and list of registrations cancelled by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in connection with
the cancellation of private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance and removal of plates by law enforcement officials.
See Sec. 38a-343a re requirement that insurance companies notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of the cancellation of private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance policies.