Sec. 14-36. Motor vehicle operator's license. Learner's permit. Limited license. Requirements. Driving history record check. Penalty. Regulations.
Sec. 14-36. Motor vehicle operator's license. Learner's permit. Limited license. Requirements. Driving history record check. Penalty. Regulations. (a) Motor vehicle operator's license required for operation of motor vehicle. Except as
otherwise provided by this section and section 14-40a, no person shall operate a motor
vehicle on any public highway of this state or private road on which a speed limit has
been established in accordance with subsection (a) of section 14-218a until such person
has obtained a motor vehicle operator's license.
(b) Instruction of persons eighteen years of age or older. Out-of-state license
holders. Minimum age. (1) A person eighteen years of age or older may operate a
motor vehicle without a motor vehicle operator's license if (A) such person has not had
a Connecticut motor vehicle operator's license suspended or revoked, and (B) such
person is under the instruction of, and accompanied by, a person who holds an instructor's license issued under the provisions of section 14-73 or a person twenty years of
age or older who has been licensed to operate, for at least four years preceding the
instruction, a motor vehicle of the same class as the motor vehicle being operated and
who has not had his or her motor vehicle operator's license suspended by the commissioner during the four-year period preceding the instruction. (2) A person holding a
valid out-of-state motor vehicle operator's license may operate a motor vehicle for a
period of thirty days following such person's establishment of residence in Connecticut,
if the motor vehicle is of the same class as that for which his or her out-of-state motor
vehicle operator's license was issued. (3) No person may cause or permit the operation
of a motor vehicle by a person under sixteen years of age.
(c) Learner's permit. (1) On or after January 1, 1997, a person who is sixteen or
seventeen years of age and who has not had a motor vehicle operator's license or right
to operate a motor vehicle in this state suspended or revoked may apply to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for a learner's permit. The commissioner may issue a learner's
permit to an applicant after the applicant has passed a vision screening and test as to
knowledge of the laws concerning motor vehicles and the rules of the road, has paid the
fee required by subsection (v) of section 14-49 and has filed a certificate, in such form
as the commissioner prescribes, requesting or consenting to the issuance of the learner's
permit and the motor vehicle operator's license, signed by (A) one or both parents or
foster parents of the applicant, as the commissioner requires, (B) the legal guardian of
the applicant, (C) the applicant's spouse, if the spouse is eighteen years of age or older,
or (D) if the applicant has no qualified spouse and such applicant's parent or foster
parent or legal guardian is deceased, incapable, domiciled without the state or otherwise
unavailable or unable to sign or file the certificate, the applicant's stepparent, or uncle
or aunt by blood or marriage, provided such person is eighteen years of age or older.
The commissioner may, for the more efficient administration of the commissioner's
duties, appoint any drivers' school licensed in accordance with the provisions of section
14-69 or any secondary school providing instruction in motor vehicle operation and
highway safety in accordance with section 14-36e to issue a learner's permit, subject
to such standards and requirements as the commissioner may prescribe in regulations
adopted in accordance with chapter 54. Each learner's permit shall expire on the date
the holder of the permit is issued a motor vehicle operator's license or on the date the
holder attains the age of eighteen years, whichever is earlier. (2) The learner's permit
shall entitle the holder, while such holder has the permit in his or her immediate possession, to operate a motor vehicle on the public highways, provided such holder is under
the instruction of, and accompanied by, a person who holds an instructor's license issued
under the provisions of section 14-73 or a person twenty years of age or older who has
been licensed to operate, for at least four years preceding the instruction, a motor vehicle
of the same class as the motor vehicle being operated and who has not had his or her
motor vehicle operator's license suspended by the commissioner during the four-year
period preceding the instruction. (3) Unless the holder of the permit is under the instruction of and accompanied by a person who holds an instructor's license issued under the
provisions of section 14-73, no passenger in addition to the person providing instruction
shall be transported unless such passenger is a parent or legal guardian of the holder of
the permit. (4) The holder of a learner's permit who (A) is an active member of a certified
ambulance service, as defined in section 19a-175, (B) has commenced an emergency
vehicle operator's course that conforms to the national standard curriculum developed
by the United States Department of Transportation, and (C) has had state and national
criminal history records checks conducted by the certified ambulance service or by the
municipality in which such ambulance service is provided, shall be exempt from the
provisions of subdivisions (2) and (3) of this subsection only when such holder is en route
to or from the location of the ambulance for purposes of responding to an emergency
call. (5) The commissioner may revoke any learner's permit used in violation of the
limitations imposed by subdivision (2) or (3) of this subsection.
(d) Operator's license application requirements for sixteen and seventeen-year
olds. (1) No motor vehicle operator's license shall be issued to any applicant who is
sixteen or seventeen years of age unless the applicant has held a learner's permit and
has satisfied the requirements specified in this subsection. The applicant shall (A) present
to the commissioner a certificate of the successful completion (i) in a public secondary
school, a state vocational school or a private secondary school of a full course of study
in motor vehicle operation prepared as provided in section 14-36e, (ii) of training of
similar nature provided by a licensed drivers' school approved by the commissioner,
or (iii) of home training in accordance with subdivision (2) of this subsection, including,
in each case, or by a combination of such types of training, successful completion of:
Not less than twenty clock hours of behind-the-wheel, on-the-road instruction for applicants to whom a learner's permit is issued before August 1, 2008; and not less than
forty clock hours of behind-the-wheel, on-the-road instruction for applicants to whom
a learner's permit is issued on or after August 1, 2008; (B) present to the commissioner
a certificate of the successful completion of a course of not less than eight hours relative
to safe driving practices, including a minimum of four hours on the nature and the
medical, biological and physiological effects of alcohol and drugs and their impact on
the operator of a motor vehicle, the dangers associated with the operation of a motor
vehicle after the consumption of alcohol or drugs by the operator, the problems of alcohol
and drug abuse and the penalties for alcohol and drug-related motor vehicle violations;
and (C) pass an examination which may include a comprehensive test as to knowledge
of the laws concerning motor vehicles and the rules of the road in addition to the test
required under subsection (c) of this section and shall include an on-the-road skills test
as prescribed by the commissioner. At the time of application and examination for a
motor vehicle operator's license, an applicant sixteen or seventeen years of age shall
have held a learner's permit for not less than one hundred eighty days, except that an
applicant who presents a certificate under subparagraph (A)(i) or subparagraph (A)(ii)
of this subdivision shall have held a learner's permit for not less than one hundred twenty
days and an applicant who is undergoing training and instruction by the handicapped
driver training unit in accordance with the provisions of section 14-11b shall have held
such permit for the period of time required by said unit. The Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles shall approve the content of the safe driving instruction at drivers' schools,
high schools and other secondary schools. Such hours of instruction required by this
subdivision shall be included as part of or in addition to any existing instruction programs. Any fee charged for the course required under subparagraph (B) of this subdivision shall not exceed an amount prescribed by the commissioner by regulation, adopted
in accordance with chapter 54. Any applicant sixteen or seventeen years of age who,
while a resident of another state, completed the course required in subparagraph (A) of
this subdivision, but did not complete the safe driving course required in subparagraph
(B) of this subdivision, shall complete the safe driving course, and any fee charged for
the course shall not exceed an amount prescribed by the commissioner by regulation,
adopted in accordance with chapter 54. The commissioner may waive any requirement
in this subdivision, except for that in subparagraph (C) of this subdivision, in the case of
an applicant sixteen or seventeen years of age who holds a valid motor vehicle operator's
license issued by any other state, provided the commissioner is satisfied that the applicant
has received training and instruction of a similar nature. (2) The commissioner may
accept as evidence of sufficient training under subparagraph (A) of subdivision (1) of
this subsection home training as evidenced by a written statement signed by the spouse
of a married minor applicant, or by a parent, grandparent, foster parent or legal guardian
of an applicant which states that the applicant has obtained a learner's permit and has
successfully completed a driving course taught by the person signing the statement, that
the signer has had an operator's license for at least four years preceding the date of the
statement, and that the signer has not had such license suspended by the commissioner
for at least four years preceding the date of the statement or, if the applicant has no
spouse, parent, grandparent, foster parent or guardian so qualified and available to give
the instruction, a statement signed by the applicant's stepparent, brother, sister, uncle
or aunt, by blood or marriage, provided the person signing the statement is qualified.
(3) If the commissioner requires a written test of any applicant under this section, the
test shall be given in English or Spanish at the option of the applicant, provided the
commissioner shall require that the applicant shall have sufficient understanding of
English for the interpretation of traffic control signs. (4) The Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to
implement the purposes of this subsection concerning the requirements for behind-the-wheel, on-the-road instruction and the content of safe driving instruction at drivers'
schools, high schools and other secondary schools.
(e) General requirements for obtaining motor vehicle operator's license. Proof
of identity. Demonstration of driving skills. Fitness of operators. (1) No motor vehicle operator's license shall be issued until (A) the applicant signs and files with the
commissioner an application under oath, or made subject to penalties for false statement
in accordance with section 53a-157b, and (B) the commissioner is satisfied that the
applicant is sixteen years of age or older and is a suitable person to receive the license.
(2) An applicant for a new motor vehicle operator's license shall, in the discretion of
the commissioner, file, with the application, a copy of such applicant's birth certificate
or other prima facie evidence of date of birth and evidence of identity. (3) Before granting
a license to any applicant who has not previously held a Connecticut motor vehicle
operator's license, or who has not operated a motor vehicle during the preceding two
years, the commissioner shall require the applicant to demonstrate personally to the
commissioner, a deputy or a motor vehicle inspector or an agent of the commissioner,
in such manner as the commissioner directs, that the applicant is a proper person to
operate motor vehicles of the class for which such applicant has applied, has sufficient
knowledge of the mechanism of the motor vehicles to ensure their safe operation by
him or her and has satisfactory knowledge of the laws concerning motor vehicles and
the rules of the road. If any such applicant has held a license from a state, territory or
possession of the United States where a similar examination is required, or if any such
applicant is a person honorably separated from the United States armed forces who
applies within two years following the separation and who, prior to the separation, held
a military operator's license for motor vehicles of the same class as that for which such
applicant has applied, the commissioner may waive part or all of the examination. When
the commissioner is satisfied as to the ability and competency of any applicant, the
commissioner may issue to such applicant a license, either unlimited or containing such
limitations as the commissioner deems advisable, and specifying the class of motor
vehicles which the licensee is eligible to operate. (4) If any applicant or operator license
holder has any health problem which might affect such person's ability to operate a
motor vehicle safely, the commissioner may require the applicant or license holder to
demonstrate personally or otherwise establish that, notwithstanding such problem, such
applicant or license holder is a proper person to operate a motor vehicle, and the commissioner may further require a certificate of such applicant's condition, signed by a medical
authority designated by the commissioner, which certificate shall in all cases be treated
as confidential by the commissioner. A license, containing such limitation as the commissioner deems advisable, may be issued or renewed in any case, but nothing in this
section shall be construed to prevent the commissioner from refusing a license, either
limited or unlimited, to any person or suspending a license of a person whom the commissioner determines to be incapable of safely operating a motor vehicle. Consistent with
budgetary allotments, each motor vehicle operator's license issued to or renewed by a
deaf or hearing impaired person shall, upon the request of such person, indicate such
impairment. Such person shall submit a certificate stating such impairment, in such form
as the commissioner may require and signed by a licensed health care practitioner. (5)
The issuance of a motor vehicle operator's license to any applicant who is the holder
of a license issued by another state shall be subject to the provisions of sections 14-111c
and 14-111k.
(f) Limited license. No person issued a limited license shall operate (1) a motor
vehicle in violation of the limitations imposed by such license, or (2) any motor vehicle
other than the motor vehicle for which such person's right to operate is limited.
(g) Ignition interlock device. The commissioner may place a restriction on the
motor vehicle operator's license of any person or on any special operator's permit issued
to any person in accordance with the provisions of section 14-37a that restricts the holder
of such license or permit to the operation of a motor vehicle that is equipped with an
approved ignition interlock device, as defined in section 14-227j, for such time as the
commissioner shall prescribe, if such person has been: (1) Convicted for a second time
of a violation of subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 14-227a, and has served
not less than one year of the prescribed period of suspension for such conviction, in
accordance with the provisions of subsections (g) and (i) of section 14-227a; (2) ordered
by the Superior Court not to operate any motor vehicle unless it is equipped with an
approved ignition interlock device, in accordance with the provisions of section 14-227j;
(3) granted a reversal or reduction of such person's license suspension or revocation, in
accordance with the provisions of subsection (k) of section 14-111; (4) issued a motor
vehicle operator's license upon the surrender of an operator's license issued by another
state and such previously held license contains a restriction to the operation of a motor
vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device; (5) convicted of a violation of section
53a-56b or 53a-60d; or (6) permitted by the commissioner to be issued or to retain an
operator's license subject to reporting requirements concerning such person's physical
condition, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (e) of this section and sections
14-45a to 14-46g, inclusive.
(h) Driving history record check. Before issuing a motor vehicle operator's license
in accordance with this section or section 14-44c, the commissioner shall request information from the National Driver Registry and the Commercial Driver License Information System, in accordance with the provisions of 49 CFR section 383.73. Each driving
history record shall contain a notation of the date on which such inquiry was made.
(i) Penalties. (1) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall, for
a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction and be fined not less than
seventy-five dollars or more than ninety dollars and, for any subsequent offense, shall
be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars or more than three hundred fifty dollars
or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
(2) In addition to the penalty prescribed under subdivision (1) of this subsection, any
person who violates any provision of this section who (A) has, prior to the commission of
the present violation, committed a violation of this section or subsection (a) of section
14-215, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or sentenced to perform not
more than one hundred hours of community service, or (B) has, prior to the commission
of the present violation, committed two or more violations of this section or subsection
(a) of section 14-215, or any combination thereof, shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year, ninety days of which may not be suspended or reduced in any
manner.
(j) Regulations. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations, in
accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(1949 Rev., S. 2377; 1949, S. 1295d; 1953, S. 1296d; 1957, P.A. 117; 411; 437, S. 2; 599, S. 3; September, 1957, P.A.
23, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 309, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 481, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 150; 550, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 361, S. 3; 1967, P.A.
458, S. 3; 614, S. 1; 807, S. 3; 832, S. 4; 1969, P.A. 55, S. 1; 445, S. 1; 807, S. 1, 2; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 13; P.A. 73-507;
73-605, S. 1; P.A. 74-33; 74-36, S. 1; P.A. 76-263, S. 3, 9; P.A. 77-256, S. 1, 4; P.A. 79-7; P.A. 81-172, S. 17; P.A. 82-223, S. 9; P.A. 83-452; 83-491; 83-577, S. 15; P.A. 84-429, S. 15; 84-546, S. 40, 173; P.A. 86-90, S. 1; P.A. 89-242, S. 1,
7; P.A. 90-265, S. 1, 8; P.A. 91-13, S. 1, 3; P.A. 93-341, S. 9; P.A. 95-181, S. 2; P.A. 96-244, S. 35, 63; 96-248, S. 1, 4;
P.A. 97-1, S. 1, 4; 97-236, S. 24, 27; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 73, 88; P.A. 02-70, S. 52, 66; P.A. 03-171, S. 1; 03-265, S. 20; P.A. 04-217, S. 2; 04-257, S. 22; P.A. 05-54, S. 1; 05-215, S. 3; 05-218, S. 20; P.A. 06-130, S. 2; 06-196, S.
281; P.A. 07-167, S. 20, 22; P.A. 08-32, S. 2, 3; 08-150, S. 57.)
History: 1959 act added to Subsec. (a) provision for waiver of certificate requirement for persons eighteen to twenty-one in hardship cases; 1961 act added provisions re home training certificates to Subsec. (a); 1963 acts added provisions
for 60-day operation under out-of-state license and for request by spouse of minor applicant for issuance of license to such
applicant and for signing of home training certificate by such spouse to Subsec. (a); 1965 act added references to schools
in driver training course provisions in Subsec. (a); 1967 acts clarified provisions by referring to licenses for operation of
different classes of vehicles, deleted references to certificates of behind-the-wheel training from secondary or vocational
schools, added provision re filing birth certificate copy with application for license and added Subsec. (e) re definition of
motor vehicle; 1969 acts required instructor accompanying learning driver to be at least twenty-one and to have held license
for at least 2 years, allowed certificate of request, consent or instruction to be signed by stepparent, uncle or aunt under
certain conditions, added provision re written examination in English or Spanish and allowed waiver of part or all of
licensure examination for persons holding license from territory or possession of U.S.; 1972 act amended provisions to
reflect change in age of majority from 21 to 18; P.A. 73-507 specified that behind-the-wheel instruction by drivers' training
school be "given on the roads and highways of this state"; P.A. 73-605 allowed brother or sister to sign instruction certificate
and added requirement that brother, sister, stepparent, uncle or aunt sign certificate when spouse, parent or guardian is not
available to give instruction; P.A. 74-33 added special provision for waiver of examination when applicant recently serving
in armed forces and holding military license for class of vehicles he is applying for license to drive; P.A. 74-36 allowed
foster parents to sign certificates of request, consent or instruction; P.A. 76-263 made provisions of Subsec. (b) generally
applicable to applicants who have not held Connecticut license during the preceding 4, rather than 2, years; P.A. 77-256
repealed change in applicability provision of Subsec. (b) enacted in 1976 act; P.A. 79-7 substituted "on the road" instruction
for instruction "given on the roads and highways of this state" and allowed grandparents to sign instruction certificate;
P.A. 81-172 required an operator's license for driving on a private road with established speed limit; P.A. 82-223 amended
Subsec. (d) by specifying that the commission of a first offense constituted an infraction and establishing a minimum fine
therefor of $25; P.A. 83-452 amended Subsec. (a), eliminating the 30-day limitation on the right of a student driver to
operate a motor vehicle while under instruction; P.A. 83-491 amended Subsec. (b), providing that a license issued to or
renewed by a deaf or hearing impaired person on or after October 1, 1983, shall indicate such impairment upon that person's
request; P.A. 83-577 amended Subsec. (d) by increasing the minimum fine for a first offense from $25 to $35; P.A. 84-429 relettered Subsecs., rephrased provisions, transferred provision re license recall in Subsec. (d) to Sec. 14-38(a), a
provision re classifications in Subsec. (f) to Sec. 14-36a(c) and made other technical changes; P.A. 84-546 made technical
change, overridden in part by P.A. 84-429; P.A. 86-90 amended Subsec. (d)(2) to require signer of home training certificate
to hold operator's license for a minimum of 4 years, to eliminate reference to age of such signer and to provide that such
certificate be on file for 30 days before applicant may take examination; P.A. 89-242 amended Subsec. (d)(2) to require
applicants between 16 and 18 years old to present proof of successful completion of a course relative to safe driving and
alcohol and drug education and to authorize the motor vehicle commissioner to adopt regulations concerning the content
of safe driving instruction at drivers' schools; P.A. 90-265 amended Subsec. (e) to replace reference to applicant who
"suffers from any physical defect or from any disease" with reference to applicant or operator license holder who has any
health problem, and to authorize commissioner to suspend license of person determined to be incapable of safely operating
a motor vehicle; P.A. 91-13 amended Subsec. (e) to require each part of license examination to be conducted on same day
at same location; P.A. 93-341 amended Subsec. (b)(2) to reduce from 60 to 30 the number of days during which a person
holding a valid out-of-state motor vehicle operator's license could operate a motor vehicle following establishment of
residence in Connecticut, if the motor vehicle was of the same class as that for which his out-of-state motor vehicle
operator's license was issued; P.A. 95-181 amended Subsec. (g) by increasing the minimum fine for a first offense from
$35 to $75 and the maximum fine from $50 to $90, adding a minimum fine of $250 for any subsequent offense and
increasing the maximum fine from $100 to $350 for any such offense; P.A. 96-244 amended Subsec. (d) to transfer authority
for the content of safe driving instruction at high schools and other secondary schools from the Commissioner of Education
to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-248 amended Subsec. (b) to eliminate provisions
authorizing person 16 years of age or older to operate a motor vehicle without license and requiring instructor to have full
control of motor vehicle and to authorize issuance of a learner's permit on or after January 1, 1997, to persons 16 or 17
years of age, amended Subsec. (c) to require applicant for a new motor vehicle operator's license to file evidence of identity
with application, amended Subsec. (d) to increase number of hours of behind-the-wheel, on-the-road instruction from six
to eight, to substitute "on-the-road skills test" for "examination", to increase length of time within which home training
certificate shall be on file with commissioner from 30 to 90 days and to insert references to "obtained a learner's permit"
where applicable and amended Subsec. (e) to eliminate requirement that each part of operator's license examination be
conducted on same day at same location, effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-1 restated the provisions of Subsecs. (b) to
(e), inclusive, amended Subsec. (b) to restore language allowing persons 18 years of age or older to operate motor vehicles
without an operator's license if they meet two requirements, transferred provisions re learner's permit from Subsec. (b)
to (c), amended Subsec. (d) for consistency with provisions requiring a learner's permit and to eliminate home training
certificates, amended Subsec. (g) to eliminate reference to Subsec. "(a), (b), (c), (d) or (f)" and added new Subsec. (i),
authorizing commissioner to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of this section, effective January 30, 1997;
P.A. 97-236 amended Subsec. (c)(2) to restate provision re operation on a multiple-lane limited access highway and added
exception thereto for permit holders under the instruction of a person who holds an instructor's license, effective June 24,
1997; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 amended Subsec. (c)(2) to add exemption and qualifications for ambulance service
members, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (d)(1) to increase the fee that may be charged for course
on safe driving practices from $25 to $40, effective July 1, 2002, and added Subsec. (e)(5) providing that issuance of a
motor vehicle operator's license to an applicant who holds a license from another state shall be subject to provisions of
Secs. 14-111c and 14-111k, effective January 1, 2003; P.A. 03-171 amended Subsec. (c) by deleting restrictions on holder
of learner's permit to operate motor vehicle on multiple-lane limited access highways, amended Subsec. (d) to increase
from five to eight the number of hours of safe driving instruction a 16 or 17-year-old applicant must complete before being
issued motor vehicle operator's license, to increase from two to four the number of hours of instruction re the effects of
alcohol and drugs on the operation of a motor vehicle that must be included as part of the eight hours of safe driving
instruction, to change $40 fee for safe driving instruction to fee prescribed by commissioner by regulation, and to permit
16 or 17-year-old applicant who, while resident of another state, completed all but alcohol and drug portion of safe driving
instruction to complete that portion at a fee prescribed by the commissioner by regulation, deleted former Subsec. (h) re
definition and redesignated existing Subsec. (i) as Subsec. (h), making technical changes therein, and made technical
changes in Subsecs. (a), (b), (c), (e) and (f), effective October 1, 2003, but not applicable to persons 16 or 17 years of age
who applied for a learner's permit on or before that date; P.A. 03-265 amended Subsec. (d)(1) by making identical changes
to those made by P.A. 03-171 and adding requirement that signer of statement evidencing home training not have had
license suspended by commissioner for at least 4 years preceding date of statement, effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 04-217
added new Subsec. (g) requiring information request from National Driver Registry and Commercial Driver License
Information System prior to issuance of motor vehicle operator's license, and redesignated existing Subsecs. (g) and (h)
as new Subsecs. (h) and (i), effective January 1, 2005; P.A. 04-257 made technical changes in Subsec. (g), effective June
14, 2004; P.A. 05-54 amended Subsec. (d)(1) by adding Subpara. (A)(iii) re home training in accordance with Subdiv. (2)
"or by a combination of such types of training", changing "eight" to "twenty" re clock hours of instruction and making
technical changes; P.A. 05-215 amended Subsec. (h) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and add Subdiv. (2)
re additional penalties for persons who have one or more prior violations of this section or Sec. 14-215(a); P.A. 05-218
amended Subsec. (e)(1)(A) to delete provisions re renewals need not be under oath and re application to state such information as commissioner requires and add provision re application made subject to penalties for false statement in accordance
with Sec. 53a-157b; P.A. 06-130 amended Subsec. (d)(1)(C) to limit the 120-day learner's permit period to only those
applicants who produce a certificate from a secondary or vocational school program or from a licensed drivers' school
approved by the commissioner, effective June 2, 2006; P.A. 06-196 made a technical change in Subsec. (d)(2), effective
June 7, 2006; P.A. 07-167 amended Subsec. (c) by adding new Subdivs. (3) and (4) re limitations on transportation
of passengers by learner's permit holder, redesignating existing provisions of Subdiv. (2) re exemption as Subdiv. (5),
redesignating existing Subdiv. (3) as Subdiv. (6) and making conforming changes, and amended Subsec. (h)(2)(B) by
changing penalty from term of imprisonment of 90 days which may not be suspended or reduced to term of imprisonment
of one year, 90 days of which may not be suspended or reduced; P.A. 08-32 amended Subsec. (c) to eliminate separate
three and six-month passenger restrictions by revising provisions in Subdiv. (3) and deleting former Subdiv. (4), to renumber
existing Subdivs. (5) and (6) as new Subdivs. (4) and (5) and to make conforming changes, and amended Subsec. (d) in
Subdiv. (1) to increase clock hours of behind-the-wheel, on-the-road instruction for persons issued a learner's permit on
or after August 1, 2008, from not less than 20 to not less than 40, to make test re motor vehicle laws and road rules permissive
and to clarify that such test is in addition to test required under Subsec. (c) and, in Subdiv. (4), to authorize adoption of
regulations to implement requirements for behind-the-wheel, on-the-road instruction, effective August 1, 2008; P.A. 08-150 added new Subsec. (g) re ignition interlock device (Revisor's Note: In 2009, existing Subsecs. (g), (h) and (i) were
redesignated editorially by the Revisors as Subsecs. (h), (i) and (j), respectively, to conform section with the addition of
new Subsec. (g) by P.A. 08-150.
See Sec. 14-38a re printing of instruction manual in Spanish.
See Sec. 14-40c re hearing upon denial or suspension of operator's license.
See Sec. 14-50(f) re penalty for payment of fee with check returned as uncollectible.
See Sec. 14-111(h) re licensing and registration penalty imposed on out-of-state operator violating provisions of this
section.
Provisions in automobile insurance policies as to the age of the driver construed. 88 C. 308; 108 C. 598. That a licensed
operator is under age does not ipso facto void his license. 107 C. 213. The exception as to one under instruction construed.
Id., 476. Permission to operate without license is confined to persons actually receiving instruction in order to qualify for
license. 110 C. 366. Former statute cited. 114 C. 269. Age or experience of operator is not material on issue of his negligence.
Id., 341. Lack of operator's license cannot be deemed to be proximate cause of injury. Id., 342. Mere proof that operator
was unlicensed and inexperienced is insufficient to fix liability upon owner. 116 C. 521. Fact that license has been suspended
is not proof operator lacks skill, technique or capability to operate an automobile. 146 C. 631. Cited. 154 C. 644. There is
no distinction between standards of competence and care between adults and minors for purposes of licensing. 165 C. 251.
Cited. 175 C. 112.
Cited. 16 CS 178. Proof only that an operator was unlicensed and inexperienced would not support a finding of contributory negligence. 18 CS 40. Cited. 23 CS 28.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 389.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 26 CS 184. Cited. 30 CS 233.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 441. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 521.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 174 C. 275.
Subsec. (e):
Cited. 225 C. 499.
Cited. 27 CA 495; judgment reversed, see 225 C. 499. Cited. 33 CA 727. Cited. 41 CA 866.
Cited. 5 Conn. Cir. Ct. 221.