Sec. 14-12i. Restoration fees. Reimbursement to entities returning confiscated registration number plates to the department.
Sec. 14-12i. Restoration fees. Reimbursement to entities returning confiscated
registration number plates to the department. (a) Except as provided in subsection
(c) of section 14-50b, all restoration fees imposed due to the suspension of the registration for violation of the mandatory security requirements of sections 14-12c and 38a-371 or suspension of a motor vehicle operator's license pursuant to subsection (c) of
section 14-12g or section 14-213b shall be deposited into the Special Transportation
Fund.
(b) In addition to other purposes authorized for the expenditure of moneys in the
Special Transportation Fund to administer the program established by sections 14-12c
and 14-12f to 14-12k, inclusive, 14-112, 14-213b, 38a-343 and 38a-343a, the Insurance
Commissioner, in consultation with the Office of Policy and Management and the Treasurer, may establish a plan or develop a procedure to provide for the reimbursement of
municipalities for the necessary expenses incurred in enforcing the provisions of section
14-12h regarding the confiscation and return to the Department of Motor Vehicles of
registration number plates.
(P.A. 93-298, S. 5; P.A. 95-260, S. 3, 24; P.A. 97-236, S. 2, 27; P.A. 98-215, S. 7; P.A. 99-181, S. 9; P.A. 00-99, S.
46, 154; P.A. 05-282, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 95-260 amended Subsec. (a) to substitute Automobile Insurance Enforcement Fund for account, to provide
that fund may be used by commissioner to administer provisions of sections 14-112 and 14-213b and to eliminate provisions
requiring moneys to be invested by State Treasurer in accordance with established investment practices and interest earned
by investments to be returned to account, amended Subsec. (b) to add Secs. 14-112 and 14-213b to the listing of other
statutory sections, amended Subsec. (c) to require the deposit into the fund of restoration fees imposed due to suspension
of a motor vehicle operator's license pursuant to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 14-12g, and amended Subsec. (d) to make technical
changes and to add Secs. 14-112 and 14-213b to the listing of other statutory sections, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 97-236
amended Subsec. (c) to require the deposit into the fund of restoration fees imposed due to suspension of a motor vehicle
operator's license pursuant to Sec. 14-213b, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 98-215 substituted reference to Subsec. (c) of
Sec. 14-12g for reference to Subsec. (b) of said section; P.A. 99-181 deleted former Subsecs. (a) and (b) re establishment
of the Automobile Insurance Enforcement Fund and authority of the Insurance Commissioner to assess a special fee to be
paid by private passenger motor vehicle liability insurance companies, relettered the remaining Subsecs. and replaced
references to the Automobile Insurance Enforcement Fund with references to the Special Transportation Fund; P.A. 00-99 deleted reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff in Subsec. (b), effective December 1, 2000; P.A. 05-282 amended Subsec.
(a) by adding "Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 14-50b" and changing "cancellation" to "suspension".