Sec. 14-21q. Childhood cancer awareness commemorative number plates. Fees. Regulations.
Sec. 14-21q. Childhood cancer awareness commemorative number plates.
Fees. Regulations. (a) On and after January 1, 2004, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue childhood cancer awareness commemorative number plates of a design
to enhance public awareness of state efforts to treat and cure childhood cancer. The
design shall be determined by agreement between the Commissioner of Public Health
and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. No use shall be made of such plates except
as official registration marker plates.
(b) A fee of fifty dollars shall be charged for childhood cancer awareness commemorative number plates, in addition to the regular fee or fees prescribed for the registration
of a motor vehicle. Fifteen dollars of such fee shall be deposited in an account controlled
by the Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing, issuing,
renewing and replacing such number plates and thirty-five dollars of such fee shall be
deposited in an account controlled by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for purposes of section 14-21r. Such number plates shall have letters and numbers
selected by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The commissioner may establish a
higher fee for: (1) Number plates that contain the numbers and letters from a previously
issued number plate; (2) number plates that contain letters in place of numbers as authorized by section 14-49, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for registration under
section 14-40; and (3) number plates that are low number plates issued in accordance
with section 14-160, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for registration under section
14-160. All fees established and collected pursuant to this section, except moneys designated for administrative costs of the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall be deposited
in the childhood cancer awareness account established pursuant to section 14-21r.
(c) A renewal fee of fifteen dollars shall be charged for renewal or registration of
a motor vehicle bearing childhood cancer awareness commemorative number plates, in
addition to the regular fee or fees prescribed for renewal of registration of a motor
vehicle. Five dollars of the renewal fee shall be designated for administrative costs of the
Department of Motor Vehicles. No additional renewal fee shall be charged for renewal of
registration for any motor vehicle bearing childhood cancer awareness commemorative
number plates which contain letters in place of numbers, or low number plates, in excess
of the renewal fee for childhood cancer awareness commemorative number plates with
letters and numbers selected by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. No transfer fee
shall be charged for transfer of an existing registration to or from a registration with
childhood cancer awareness commemorative number plates.
(d) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Commissioner
of Public Health, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter
54, to establish standards and procedures for the issuance, renewal and replacement of
childhood cancer awareness commemorative number plates.
(P.A. 03-265, S. 13.)