Sec. 14-49. Fees for miscellaneous registration and other fees.
Sec. 14-49. Fees for miscellaneous registration and other fees. (a) For the registration of each passenger motor vehicle, other than an electric motor vehicle, the fee
shall be seventy-five dollars every two years, provided any individual who is sixty-five
years of age or older on or after January 1, 1981, may, at his discretion, renew the
registration of such passenger motor vehicle owned by him for either a one-year or two-year period. The fee for one year shall be thirty-eight dollars, and the fee for two years
shall be seventy-five dollars; provided the biennial fee for any motor vehicle for which
special license plates have been issued under the provisions of section 14-20 shall be
seventy-five dollars. The provisions of this subsection relative to the biennial fee charged
for the registration of each antique, rare or special interest motor vehicle for which
special license plates have been issued under section 14-20 shall not apply to an antique
fire apparatus or transit bus owned by a nonprofit organization and maintained primarily
for use in parades, exhibitions or other public events but not for purposes of general
transportation.
(b) (1) For the registration of each motorcycle, the biennial fee shall be forty dollars,
subject to the provisions of subdivision (2) of this subsection. For the registration of
each motorcycle with side car or box attached used for commercial purposes, the biennial
fee shall be fifty-six dollars. The commissioner may register a motorcycle with a side
car under one registration which shall cover the use of such motorcycle with or without
such side car. (2) Four dollars of the total fee with respect to the registration of each
motorcycle shall, when entered upon the records of the Special Transportation Fund,
be deemed to be appropriated to the Department of Transportation for purposes of continuing the program of motorcycle rider education formerly funded under the federal Highway Safety Act of 1978, 23 USC 402.
(c) For the registration of each taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service, with a
seating capacity of seven or less, the commissioner shall charge a biennial fee of two
hundred fifty dollars. When the seating capacity of such motor vehicle is more than
seven, there shall be added to the amount herein provided the sum of four dollars for
each seat so in excess.
(d) For the registration of each motor bus, except a motor bus owned and operated by
a multiple-state passenger carrier as hereinafter defined, the commissioner shall charge a
fee of forty-seven dollars and such registration shall be sufficient for all types of operation under this chapter. On and after July 1, 1992, the fee shall be fifty-three dollars.
For the registration of motor buses owned or operated by a multiple-state passenger
carrier, the commissioner shall charge registration fees based on the rate of one dollar
per hundredweight of the gross weight, such gross weight to be computed by adding
the light weight of the vehicle fully equipped for service to one hundred fifty pounds
per passenger for the rated seating capacity, plus the sum of thirty-four dollars, and on
and after July 1, 1992, one dollar and twenty-five cents plus the sum of thirty-nine dollars.
The fee in each case shall be determined on an apportionment basis commensurate with
the use of the highways of this state as herein provided. The commissioner shall require
the registration of that percentage of the motor buses of such multiple-state passenger
carrier operating into or through the state which the mileage of such motor buses actually
operated in the state bears to the total mileage of all such motor buses operated both
within and without the state. Such percentage figures shall be the mileage factor. In
computing the registration fees on the number of such motor buses which are allocated
to the state for registration purposes under the foregoing formula, the commissioner
shall first compute the amount that the registration fees would be if all such motor buses
were in fact subject to registration in the state, and then apply to such amount the mileage
factor above referred to, provided, if the foregoing formula or method of allocation
results in apportioning a lesser or greater number of motor buses or amount of registration
fees to the state than the state under all of the facts is fairly entitled to, then a formula
that will fairly apportion such registration fees to the state shall be determined and used
by the commissioner. Said mileage factor shall be computed prior to March first of each
year by using the mileage records of operations of such motor buses operating both
within and without the state for the twelve-month period, or portion thereof, ending on
August thirty-first next preceding the commencement of the registration year for which
registration is sought. If there were no operations in the state during any part of such
preceding twelve-month period, the commissioner shall proceed under the provisions
of subsection (a) of article IV of section 14-365. In apportioning the number of motor
buses to be registered in the state, as provided herein, any fractional part of a motor bus
shall be treated as a whole motor bus and shall be registered and licensed as such. Any
motor bus operated both within and without the state which is not required to be registered in the state under the provisions of this section shall nevertheless be identified as
a part of the fleet of the multiple-state passenger carrier and the commissioner shall
adopt an appropriate method of identification of such motor buses owned and operated
by such carrier. The identification of all such motor buses by the commissioner as above
required shall be considered the same as the registration of such motor buses under this
chapter. The substitution from time to time of one motor bus for another by a multiple-state passenger carrier shall not require registration thereof in the state as long as the
substitution does not increase the aggregate number of motor buses employed in the
operation of such carrier, provided all such motor buses substituted for others shall be
immediately reported to and identification issued for the same by the commissioner and,
if a registration fee is required to be paid for such substituted motor bus, the same
shall be promptly paid. As used in this subsection, the phrase "multiple-state passenger
carrier" means and includes any person, firm or corporation authorized by the Interstate
Commerce Commission or its successor agency to engage in the business of the transportation of passengers for hire by motor buses, both within and without the state.
(e) (1) For the registration of a passenger motor vehicle used in part for commercial
purposes, except any pick-up truck having a gross vehicle weight rating of less than
twelve thousand five hundred pounds, the commissioner shall charge a biennial fee of
eighty-three dollars and shall issue combination registration to such vehicle. (2) For the
registration of a school bus, the commissioner shall charge an annual fee of one hundred
dollars for a type I school bus and sixty dollars for a type II school bus. (3) For the
registration of a motor vehicle when used in part for commercial purposes and as a
passenger motor vehicle or of a motor vehicle having a seating capacity greater than
ten and not used for the conveyance of passengers for hire, the commissioner shall
charge a biennial fee for gross weight as for commercial registration, as outlined in
section 14-47, plus the sum of thirteen dollars and shall issue combination registration
to such vehicle. (4) Each vehicle registered as combination shall be issued a number
plate bearing the word "combination". No vehicle registered as combination may have
a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of twelve thousand five hundred pounds. (5) For
the registration of a pick-up truck having a gross vehicle weight rating of less than twelve
thousand five hundred pounds that is not used in part for commercial purposes, the
commissioner shall charge a biennial fee for gross weight as for commercial registration,
as provided in section 14-47, plus the sum of thirteen dollars. The commissioner may
issue passenger registration to any such vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of
eight thousand five hundred pounds or less.
(f) For the registration of each electric motor vehicle, the commissioner shall charge
a fee of fifteen dollars for each year or part thereof. On and after July 1, 1992, the fee
shall be eighteen dollars.
(g) For the registration of all motorcycles, registered under a general distinguishing
number and mark, owned or operated by, or in the custody of, a manufacturer of, dealer
in or repairer of motorcycles, there shall be charged an annual fee at the rate of thirty-one dollars for each set of number plates furnished. On and after July 1, 1992, the fee
shall be thirty-five dollars.
(h) The minimum annual fee for any commercial registration of a motor vehicle
not equipped with pneumatic tires shall be fifty dollars. On and after July 1, 1992, the
fee shall be fifty-six dollars.
(i) For the transfer of the registration of a motor vehicle previously registered, except
as provided in subsection (e) of section 14-16 and subsection (d) of section 14-253a,
there shall be charged a fee of twenty dollars.
(j) Repealed by 1972, P.A. 255, S. 6.
(k) For the registration of each motor hearse used exclusively for transportation of
the dead, the commissioner shall charge a fee of thirty-one dollars. On and after July 1,
1992, the fee shall be thirty-five dollars. The commissioner may furnish distinguishing
number plates for any motor hearse.
(l) The fee for the registration of each truck to be used between parts of an industrial
plant, as provided in section 13a-117, shall be twenty-five dollars for the first two hundred feet of the public highway, the use of which is granted by such permit, and on and
after July 1, 1992, the fee shall be twenty-eight dollars. For each additional two hundred
feet or fraction thereof, the fee shall be eleven dollars, and on and after July 1, 1992,
the fee shall be twelve dollars.
(m) (1) For the registration of a trailer used exclusively for camping or any other
recreational purpose, the commissioner shall charge a biennial fee of sixteen dollars.
On and after July 1, 1992, the fee shall be eighteen dollars. (2) For any other trailer or
semitrailer not drawn by a truck-tractor he shall charge the same fee as prescribed for
commercial registrations in section 14-47, provided the fee for a heavy duty trailer, a
crane or any other heavy construction equipment shall be three hundred six dollars for
each year; except that the registration fee for each motor vehicle classed as a tractor-crane and equipped with rubber tires shall be one-half the fee charged for the gross
weight of commercial vehicles.
(n) For each temporary registration of a motor vehicle not used for commercial
purposes, or renewal of such registration, the commissioner shall charge a fee computed
at the rate of twenty dollars for each ten-day period, or part thereof. For each temporary
registration of a motor vehicle used for commercial purposes, or renewal of such registration, the commissioner shall charge a fee computed at the rate of twenty-five dollars for
each ten-day period, or part thereof, if the motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight
rating of six thousand pounds or less. For each temporary registration of a motor vehicle
used for commercial purposes, or renewal of such registration, the commissioner shall
charge a fee computed at the rate of forty-six dollars for each ten-day period, or part
thereof, if the motor vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than six thousand
pounds.
(o) No registration fee or operator's license fee shall be charged in respect to any
motor vehicle owned by a municipality, as defined in section 7-245, any other governmental agency or a military agency and used exclusively for the conduct of official
business. No registration fee shall be charged for any motor vehicle owned by or leased
to a transit district and used exclusively to provide public transportation. No fee shall
be charged for the registration of ambulances owned by hospitals or any nonprofit civic
organization approved by the commissioner, but a fee of twenty dollars shall be charged
for the inspection of any such ambulance. No fee shall be charged for the registration
of fire department apparatus as provided by section 14-19. No registration fee shall be
charged to a disabled veteran, as defined in section 14-254, residing in this state for the
registration of three passenger, camper or passenger and commercial motor vehicles
leased or owned by such veteran in any registration year, provided such vehicles shall
not be used for hire. No registration fee shall be charged for any motor vehicle leased
to an agency of this state on or after June 4, 1982.
(p) For the registration of a service bus owned by an individual, firm or corporation,
exclusive of any nonprofit charitable, religious, educational or community service organization, and used for the transportation of persons without charge, the commissioner
shall charge a fee of two hundred dollars for vehicles having a seating capacity of sixteen
passengers or less, including the driver, and seven hundred dollars for vehicles having
a seating capacity of more than sixteen passengers. For the registration of any service
bus owned by any nonprofit charitable, religious, educational or community service
organization, the commissioner shall charge a fee of one hundred fifty dollars for vehicles having a seating capacity of sixteen passengers or less, and five hundred dollars
for vehicles having a seating capacity of more than sixteen passengers, provided such
service bus is used exclusively for the purpose of transporting persons in relation to the
purposes and activities of such organization. Each such registration shall be issued for a
biennial period in accordance with a schedule established by the commissioner. Nothing
herein contained shall affect the provisions of subsection (e) of this section.
(q) The commissioner shall collect a biennial fee of twenty-eight dollars for the
registration of each motor vehicle used exclusively for farming purposes. No such motor
vehicle may be used for the purpose of transporting goods for hire or taking the on-the-road skills test portion of the examination for a motor vehicle operator's license. No
farm registration shall be issued to any person operating a farm that has gross annual
sales of less than two thousand five hundred dollars in the calendar year preceding
registration. The commissioner may issue a farm registration for a passenger motor
vehicle under such conditions as said commissioner shall prescribe in regulations
adopted in accordance with chapter 54. No motor vehicle issued a farm registration may
be used to transport ten or more passengers on any highway unless such motor vehicle
meets the requirements for equipment and mechanical condition set forth in this chapter,
and, in the case of a vehicle used to transport more than fifteen passengers, including
the driver, the applicable requirements of the Code of Federal Regulations, as adopted
by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 14-163c. The operator of such motor vehicle used to transport ten or more passengers
shall hold a public transportation permit or endorsement issued in accordance with the
provisions of section 14-44. Any farm registration used otherwise than as provided by
this subsection shall be revoked.
(r) Repealed by P.A. 73-549, S. 2, 4.
(s) A fee of sixty-five dollars shall be charged in addition to the regular fee prescribed for the registration of a motor vehicle, including but not limited to any passenger
motor vehicle or motorcycle, in accordance with this section for a number plate or
plates for such vehicle bearing any combination of letters or numbers requested by the
registrant and which may be issued in the discretion of the commissioner, except in any
case in which the number plates bear the official call letters of an amateur radio station.
On and after July 1, 1992, the fee shall be sixty-five dollars.
(t) For the registration of each camper, the commissioner shall charge a biennial
fee of sixty-two dollars. On and after July 1, 1992, the fee shall be seventy dollars. The
commissioner shall refund one-half of the registration fee for any camper registration
when the number plate or plates and registration certificate are returned with one year
or more remaining until the expiration of such registration.
(u) Repealed by P.A. 85-81.
(v) There shall be charged for each motor vehicle learner's permit or renewal thereof
a fee of eighteen dollars. There shall be charged for each motorcycle training permit or
renewal thereof a fee of fifteen dollars.
(w) In addition to the fee established for the issuance of motor vehicle number plates
and except as provided in subsection (a) of section 14-21b and subsection (c) of section
14-253a there shall be an additional safety fee of five dollars charged at the time of
issuance of any reflectorized safety number plate or set of plates. All moneys derived
from said safety fee shall be deposited in the Special Transportation Fund. The commissioner may waive said safety fee in the case of any person who submits a police report
to the commissioner indicating that the number plate or set of number plates have been
stolen or mutilated.
(x) For the registration of each high-mileage vehicle, the commissioner shall charge
a fee of thirty-nine dollars for each year or part thereof. On and after July 1, 1992, the
fee shall be forty-four dollars.
(y) For each special use registration for a period of thirty days or less, the fee shall
be twenty dollars.
(z) The commissioner shall assess a ten-dollar late fee for renewal of a motor vehicle
registration in the event a registrant fails to renew his registration within five days after
the expiration of such registration, except that no such fee shall be assessed for the late
renewal of the registration, pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (m) of this section,
of (1) a trailer used exclusively for camping or any other recreational purpose, or (2) a
motor vehicle designed or permanently altered in such a way as to provide living quarters
for travel or camping.
(aa) The commissioner shall refund one-half of the registration fee for any motor
vehicle when the number plate or plates and registration certificate are returned on
or after July 1, 2004, with one year or more remaining until the expiration of such
registration.
(1949 Rev., S. 2388; 1953, 1955, S. 1306d; 1955, S. 1303d, 1304d, 1305d; 1957, P.A. 164; 450; 608; 668; 1959, P.A.
62, S. 1; 545, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 22, S. 1; 233, S. 8; 441; 581, S. 8; 591; February, 1965, P.A. 220; 414, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 501,
S. 2; 1969, P.A. 302, S. 2; 759, S. 6, 7, 8; 816; 1971, P.A. 526, S. 4; 529; 598; 1972, P.A. 255, S. 6; P.A. 73-454, S. 2, 5;
73-549, S. 2, 4; P.A. 75-213, S. 5, 53; P.A. 76-386; P.A. 77-538, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-81; 78-284, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-244, S. 3;
79-502; P.A. 80-71, S. 28, 30; 80-457, S. 2, 3; 80-466, S. 13, 14, 25; P.A. 81-394, S. 5; P.A. 82-333, S. 1, 2; 82-382, S. 2,
4; 82-460, S. 3, 6; P.A. 83-489, S. 4-6, 17; 83-515, S. 2; P.A. 84-254, S. 34, 62; 84-306, S. 1, 2; 84-429, S. 54; P.A. 85-81; 85-213; 85-525, S. 2, 6; 85-613, S. 146, 154; P.A. 86-157, S. 2; 86-383, S. 2, 3, 6; 86-388, S. 29, 31; P.A. 87-304, S.
1, 4; 87-329, S. 10; 87-362, S. 2, 3; 87-425; P.A. 88-194; P.A. 89-232, S. 1; P.A. 90-263, S. 14-16, 46, 74; 90-299, S. 1;
P.A. 92-156, S. 2, 7; 92-177, S. 7, 12; P.A. 93-74, S. 42, 67; 93-341, S. 17-19, 38; P.A. 94-189, S. 6, 25, 34; P.A. 95-260,
S. 18, 24; P.A. 96-167, S. 7; 96-222, S. 16, 17, 41; 96-248, S. 2, 4; P.A. 97-226, S. 3, 6; 97-309, S. 6, 23; 97-322, S. 7, 9;
P.A. 98-152, S. 1, 2; P.A. 99-118; 99-232, S. 4; P.A. 00-169, S. 4, 26; P.A. 02-70, S. 44, 51; 02-105, S. 2; June 30 Sp.
Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 21, 25, 26, 32, 33; P.A. 04-143, S. 20; 04-182, S. 4-6; 04-199, S. 8-10, 17; P.A. 05-218, S. 17; P.A.
07-167, S. 28; P.A. 08-150, S. 9.)
History: 1959 acts repealed provisions for testing of equipment by commissioner and amended Subsec. (r) to increase
certain fees; 1961 acts increased fees in Subsecs. (a) through (e), (g) through (n) and (p), (q) and (r) and added the last
clause to Subsec. (r); 1965 acts changed "hundredweight" in Subsec. (p) to "hundred pounds or fraction thereof" and added
Subsec. (t); 1967 act added Subsec. (u); 1969 acts added Subsec. (v), increased fees in Subsecs. (a) to (i), (k) to (n) and
(p) to (s) and revised provisions re mileage factor calculation in Subsec. (d); 1971 acts specified applicability of Subsec.
(m) to semitrailers "not drawn by a truck tractor", clarified fees charged in Subsec. (r) replacing reference to records of
registration or license with records "including, but not limited to, transcripts of hearings ... but excluding lists of owners
of motor vehicles and supplements to such lists" and clarified Subsec. (s) by adding phrase "including but not limited to
any passenger motor vehicle or motorcycle"; 1972 act repealed Subsec. (j); P.A. 73-454 added Subsec. (w); P.A. 73-549
repealed Subsec. (r); P.A. 75-213 increased fees in all subsections except Subsec. (w); P.A. 76-386 included other motor
vehicles used as school buses in Subsec. (e); P.A. 77-538 included provision re vehicles owned or leased by transit district
in Subsec. (o); P.A. 78-81 extended area of operation allowed for farm vehicles in Subsec. (q) from 7 to 25 miles; P.A.
78-284 added special provisions in Subsec. (p) re service buses owned by nonprofit organizations and required annual
inspection of service buses; P.A. 79-244 added Subsec. (x); P.A. 79-502 specified that registration of buses under Subsec.
(d) is "sufficient for all types of operation under this chapter"; P.A. 80-71 changed Subsec. (a) to reflect change to biennial
registration; P.A. 80-457 added exception in Subsec. (a) re registrations by persons 65 or older; P.A. 80-466 added refund
provision in Subsec. (a) and added reference to single license plate in Subsec. (s); P.A. 81-394 added Subsec. (y) which
set registration fee for high-mileage vehicles; P.A. 82-333 amended Subsec. (b) by increasing the fee from $8 to $10 and
providing that the additional $2 for each registration shall become part of the general fund, however, it shall be deemed
to be appropriated for a program of motorcycle rider education formerly supported by federal funds; P.A. 82-382 added
provision to Subsec. (o) that no registration fee shall be charged for any motor vehicle leased to an agency of the state;
P.A. 82-460 included provisions re "combination" motor vehicles in Subsec. (e), changing seating capacity of vehicles
not used as public service motor vehicles from seven to ten and made a technical correction in Subsec. (w); P.A. 83-489
amended Subsec. (g) to increase fee for each set of number plates furnished from $10 to $20, amended Subsec. (i) to
increase fee for the transfer of registration of a motor vehicle previously registered from $5 to $6 and amended Subsec.
(w) to increase safety fee from $1 to $2; P.A. 83-515 amended Subsec. (a), increasing the registration fee for antique, rare
or special interest motor vehicles from $7 to $20; P.A. 84-254 increased the motor vehicle registration fees in all Subsecs.
except (o) and (w), with the increases taking effect as of July first of 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1992, except under Subsec. (v)
as of July first of 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1993; P.A. 84-306 amended Subsec. (w), requiring that moneys from the safety
fee be deposited in the general fund rather than in special safety fund; P.A. 84-429 made technical changes for statutory
consistency; P.A. 85-81 repealed former Subsec. (u) concerning registration fees for vehicles with consular plates; P.A.
85-213 amended Subsec. (q), increasing the distance from the farm which farm vehicles may be operated on highways
from 25 to 35 miles; P.A. 85-525 amended Subsec. (a) to require biennial, instead of annual, registration of any motor
vehicle for which special plates have been issued under Sec. 14-20, amended Subsec. (b) to require biennial, instead of
annual, registration of motorcycles, amended Subsec. (e)(1) to require biennial, instead of annual, registration of a passenger
motor vehicle used in part for commercial purposes or of a passenger motor vehicle used as a school bus having a seating
capacity of seven or less, amended Subsec. (e)(3) to require biennial, instead of annual, registration of a commercial motor
vehicle used in part as a passenger motor vehicle or of a motor vehicle having a seating capacity greater than ten and not
used as a public service motor vehicle, amended Subsec. (g) to require biennial, instead of annual, registration of motorcycles
owned or operated by, or in the custody of, a manufacturer of, dealer in or repairer of motorcycles, amended Subsec. (m)(1)
to require biennial, instead of annual, registration of a trailer used exclusively for camping or any other recreational purpose,
amended Subsec. (q) to require biennial, instead of annual, registration of motor vehicles used exclusively for farming
purposes, amended Subsec. (t) to require biennial, instead of annual, registration of campers, and amended Subsec. (x) to
require biennial, instead of annual, registration of vanpool vehicles; P.A. 85-613 amended Subsec. (o) to apply to vehicles
owned by municipalities "as defined in section 7-245"; P.A. 86-157 added Subsec. (z), specifying fee for special use
registration; P.A. 86-383 amended Subsec. (e) to prohibit registration of "combination" motor vehicles weighing over
10,000 pounds and to require registration fee refunds for "combination" registrations and amended Subsec. (g) to reflect
change from imposition of biennial to annual fee; P.A. 86-388 amended Subsec. (w), substituting "number" plate for
marker plate and providing that the $2 fee be charged for issuance of a set of plates; P.A. 87-304 amended Subsec. (i) to
add an exemption from assessment of the fee for transfer of registration of a vehicle previously registered for handicapped
persons receiving a special international symbol of access number plate after transfer of their previously unexpired registrations and amended Subsec. (w) to add an exemption from assessment of the safety fee for handicapped persons receiving
a special international symbol of access number plate after transfer of their previously unexpired registrations; P.A. 87-329 maintained the fees at the levels existing on and after July 1, 1986, and decreased the fees effective July 1, 1992, to
the levels formerly existing on and after July 1, 1988, and made several technical changes; P.A. 87-362 amended Subsec.
(t) to require registration fee refunds for camper registrations and amended Subsec. (w) to include an exemption from
assessment of the safety fee; P.A. 87-425 amended Subsec. (b) by changing the amount deemed appropriated to the
department of transportation for purposes of continuing the program of motorcycle rider education from $2 of the total
fee with respect to the registration of such motorcycle to $4, and by specifying that such amount shall be entered upon the
records of the special transportation fund, rather than the general fund; P.A. 88-194 amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate the
registration fee for antique fire apparatus and transit buses owned by nonprofit organizations and used primarily for public
events; P.A. 89-232 amended Subsec. (q) to eliminate the mileage limitation on operation of motor vehicles used exclusively
for farming purposes, to prohibit the use of such vehicles for transporting goods for hire and to prohibit the issuance of
farm registrations to any person having gross annual farm sales of less than $1,000; P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (b)(1)
to substitute phrase "for commercial purposes" for "as a commercial motor vehicle" with respect to registration of motorcycle with side car or box attached, amended Subsec. (c) to substitute taxicab or motor vehicle in livery service for public
service motor vehicle other than a motor bus, amended Subsec. (e)(1) to delete phrase re registration "of a passenger motor
vehicle used as a school bus having a seating capacity of seven or less", to substitute ten for seven in Subsec. (e)(2) with
regard to seating capacity of a school bus or other vehicle used as a school bus, to provide that fees specified in Subsec.
(e)(3) apply to registration of motor vehicle used in part for commercial purposes and as a passenger motor vehicle, deleting
reference to public service motor vehicle, and to provide in Subsec. (e)(4) that motor vehicles used in part for commercial
purposes and private passenger purposes be issued a combination registration, deleting reference to passenger and commercial registration, amended Subsec. (h) to add phrase "registration of a" after "the minimum annual fee for any commercial",
amended Subsec. (m)(2) to substitute commercial registrations for commercial motor vehicles, and amended Subsec. (n)(2)
to substitute motor vehicle used to transport passengers for hire for public service motor vehicle and Subsec. (n)(3) to
substitute motor vehicle used for commercial purposes for commercial motor vehicle; P.A. 90-299 added Subsec. (aa)
concerning assessment of fees for late registration renewals; P.A. 92-156 amended Subsec. (aa) to require commissioner
to assess a $10 late fee for registration renewal if registrant fails to renew within 5 days after expiration, eliminating
schedule of graduated increases in late fees; P.A. 92-177 amended Subsecs. (a) and (e) to eliminate requirement that
commissioner refund one-half of registration fee when plates are returned with one year or more remaining until expiration,
amended Subsecs. (o) and (p) to require that a $20 fee be charged for inspection, amended Subsec. (s) to increase additional
registration fee from $47 to $65, making fee applicable to plates bearing any combination of letters or numbers requested
by registrant and issued in discretion of commissioner, to increase fee effective July 1, 1992, from $53 to $65, and to
require that a $30 fee be charged for registration renewals in addition to regular fee prescribed, deleting prohibition re
charging an additional fee except for first year of issuance, and amended Subsec. (w) to increase safety fee from $2 to $5;
P.A. 93-74 amended Subsec. (s) by eliminating fee for renewal of vanity plate, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 93-341 amended
Subsec. (c) to delete fee provisions rendered obsolete as of July 1, 1992, amended Subsec. (e) to delete fee provisions
rendered obsolete as of July 1, 1992 and to specify fees for type I and type II school buses, and amended Subsec. (p) by
eliminating the weight-based registration fees and replacing them with fees based on seating capacity and deleting provisions re annual inspection and fees, effective July 1, 1994 (Revisor's note: The phrase "added shall be" which should have
been deleted from before the words "eight dollars" at the end of Subsec. (e)(3) was deleted editorially by the Revisors to
correct a technical clerical error); P.A. 94-189 amended Subsec. (i) by changing the reference to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 14-153a to Subsec. (d) and deleted obsolete language re fee increases, and further, amended Subsec. (aa) by adding exception
re trailers used exclusively for camping or any other recreational purpose, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-260 amended
Subsec. (a) to require commissioner to refund one-half of registration fee for passenger registration when plates are returned
on or after January 1, 1995, with one year or more remaining until expiration, effective June 13, 1995; P.A. 96-167 amended
Subsec. (q) to make a technical change, to prohibit the use of motor vehicles used exclusively for farming purposes for
taking the on-the-road skills test portion of the motor vehicle operator's license examination, to prohibit the issuance of
farm registrations to any person having gross annual farm sales of less than $2,500 instead of $1,000 and to authorize
commissioner to issue farm registrations for passenger motor vehicles under such conditions as prescribed in regulations;
P.A. 96-222 amended Subsec. (d) to insert "or its successor agency" after "Interstate Commerce Commission" and amended
Subsec. (m)(2) to eliminate the commissioner's authority to charge fee for heavy duty trailer or other heavy construction
equipment for part of a year and to make a technical change, effective July 1, 1996; P.A. 96-248 amended Subsec. (v) to
increase fee for motor vehicle learner's permit or renewal from $5.50 to $6 and deleted obsolete fee schedule, effective
January 1, 1997; P.A. 97-226 amended Subsec. (w) to make a technical change and to allow commissioner to waive safety
fee for any person who submits a police report indicating that number plate has been stolen or mutilated for purpose of
obtaining the sticker attached to plate, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-309 amended Subsec. (w) to require deposit of safety
fee in Special Transportation Fund rather than General Fund, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 97-322 changed effective date
of P.A. 97-309 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-152 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical changes and
deleting a provision mandating the commissioner to refund one-half of certain registration fees and added Subsec. (bb) re
the refund of one-half of a registration fee; P.A. 99-118 amended Subsec. (o) by increasing the number of vehicles a
disabled veteran may register without fee from one owned passenger motor vehicle to three passenger motor vehicles,
campers or passenger and commercial motor vehicles leased or owned; P.A. 99-232 amended Subsec. (aa) to insert designator for Subpara. (A) and add Subpara. (B) re a motor vehicle designed or permanently altered to provide living quarters
for travel or camping (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (aa) the subparagraph designators (A) and (B) were changed editorially
by the Revisors to subdivision designators (1) and (2) for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 00-169 made
technical corrections in Subsec. (o) and amended Subsec. (q) to add provisions that motor vehicles with farm registrations
used for transporting ten or more passengers meet certain equipment and mechanical condition requirements and such
vehicles used for transporting fifteen or more passengers also meet the applicable requirements of the Code of Federal
Regulations adopted by the commissioner, and that the operator of such a vehicle hold a public transportation permit or
endorsement under Sec. 14-44, and made a technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality; P.A. 02-70 amended
Subsec. (e)(4) to revise the basis for issuing a combination registration from the vehicle's gross weight to its gross vehicle
weight rating and, effective July 1, 2002, amended Subsec. (q) to make a technical change; P.A. 02-105 made a technical
change in Subsec. (i), effective January 1, 2003; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 amended Subsec. (a) to increase fees for
registration of passenger motor vehicle other than electric motor vehicle from $70 to $75 for two years and, for persons
age 65 or older, from $35 to $38 for one year and from $70 to $75 for two years, and to increase fee for biennial registration
of vehicle with special license plates from $70 to $75, amended Subsec. (b) to increase biennial fee for registration of
motorcycle to $40 and to make a technical change, amended Subsec. (c) to increase registration fee for each taxicab or
motor vehicle in livery service, with seating capacity of seven or less, from $105 to $125, amended Subsec. (e) to increase
biennial fee for registration of passenger motor vehicle used in part for commercial purposes from $78 to $83 in Subdiv.
(1) and to increase registration fee for motor vehicle used in part for commercial purposes and as passenger vehicle, and
for motor vehicle having seating capacity of greater than ten and not used as conveyance for hire, to amount for commercial
vehicle based on weight plus $13, rather than $8, in Subdiv. (3), and amended Subsec. (v) to increase fees for learner's
permit or renewal from $6 to $18 and for motorcycle learner's permit or renewal from $5.50 to $15, effective January 1,
2004; P.A. 04-143 amended Subsec. (v) to substitute "training" permit for "learner's" permit, effective May 21, 2004;
P.A. 04-182 amended Subsec. (i) to increase fee from $11 to $20 for registration of motor vehicle previously registered,
amended Subsec. (n) by replacing former provisions with provisions to increase fee for temporary registration or renewal
of such registration of a noncommercial motor vehicle to $20 for each 10-day period, or part thereof, of a commercial
motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of 6,000 pounds or less to $25 for each 10-day period, or part thereof, and of a
commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight of more than 6,000 pounds to $46 for each 10-day period, or part
thereof, and amended Subsec. (z) to increase fee for special use registration for period of 30 days or less from $10 to $20,
effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-199 amended Subsec. (c) to change registration fee from annual in amount of $125 to
biennial in amount of $250, effective July 1, 2004, amended Subsec. (e) to except pick-up trucks and to require commissioner
to issue combination registration to passenger vehicle used in part for commercial purposes in Subdiv. (1), to require
commissioner to issue combination registration to passenger vehicle used in part for commercial purposes or to vehicle
having seating capacity greater than ten not used for conveyance of passengers for hire in Subdiv. (3), to make conforming
changes in Subdiv. (4), and to add Subdiv. (5) to establish biennial registration fee for pick-up truck and to permit issuance
of passenger registration for pick-up truck meeting specified requirements, effective June 3, 2004, and amended Subsec.
(p) to change registration fees from annual to biennial, double amount of each fee and add provision re registration schedule,
and amended Subsec. (bb) to delete former Subdivs. (1) and (2) and provide for refunding of registration fee for any motor
vehicle when number plates and registration certificate returned with one year or more remaining before expiration of
registration, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 05-218 amended Subsec. (e) by specifying applicability to pick-up truck "having
a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 12,500 pounds" in Subdivs. (1) and (5) and, in Subdiv. (4), changing weight limit
from 10,000 to 12,500 pounds; P.A. 07-167 deleted former Subsec. (x) re biennial fee for vanpool vehicle registration and
redesignated existing Subsecs. (y) to (bb) as Subsecs. (x) to (aa), effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 08-150 amended Subsec. (w)
to delete requirement that police report indicate that number plate or set of number plates have been stolen or mutilated
"for the purpose of obtaining the sticker attached to the plate denoting the expiration date of the registration".
See Sec. 14-28 re issuance of passenger motor vehicle plates for livery cars and taxicabs.
See Sec. 14-58 re dealers' and repairers' licenses.
See Sec. 14-59 re special dealers' plates.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 239 C. 1.
Cited. 37 CS 693.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 194 C. 129. Cited. 239 C. 1.