Sec. 14-67l. (Formerly Sec. 21-18). License and fees. General registration of motor vehicles. Documents to be issued to drivers of such motor vehicles. Compliance with environmental statutes and regul
Sec. 14-67l. (Formerly Sec. 21-18). License and fees. General registration of
motor vehicles. Documents to be issued to drivers of such motor vehicles. Compliance with environmental statutes and regulations. (a) Upon receiving such certificate
of approval, each applicant for a motor vehicle recycler's license shall present such
certificate to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, together with a fee of two hundred
eighty dollars for the examination of the location or proposed location of each such
motor vehicle recycler's yard or business, and shall pay a license fee of seven hundred
five dollars to said commissioner for each motor vehicle recycler's yard or business.
Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, upon receipt of such certificate of
approval, the payment of the required license fee and observance of regulations required,
a license shall be issued by the commissioner provided, however, the commissioner
may refuse to grant a license to a person, firm or corporation to engage in the business
of operating a motor vehicle recycler's yard if the applicant for such business license
or an officer or major stockholder, if the applicant is a firm or corporation, has been
convicted of a violation of any provision of laws pertaining to the business of a motor
vehicle dealer or repairer, including a motor vehicle recycler, in the courts of the United
States or of this state or any state of the United States, in accordance with the hearing
requirements provided for in section 14-67p. Any license may be renewed from year
to year upon payment of a fee of three hundred fifty dollars. Each such license shall be
renewed annually according to renewal schedules established by the commissioner so
as to effect staggered renewal of all such licenses. If the adoption of a staggered system
results in the expiration of any license more or less than one year from its issuance, the
commissioner may charge a prorated amount for such license fee. Each such licensee
shall, instead of registering each motor vehicle owned by him, make application to the
commissioner for a general distinguishing number and mark, and the commissioner
may issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing the distinguishing
number and mark assigned to such licensee and, thereupon, each motor vehicle owned
by such licensee shall be regarded as registered under such general distinguishing number and mark. No licensee may be issued more than three registrations under a general
distinguishing number and mark in a year, unless he makes application for an additional
registration to the commissioner, in such form and containing such information as he
may require to substantiate such request. The commissioner may issue to each such
licensee such additional registrations as he deems necessary. The licensee shall issue
to each person driving such motor vehicle a document indicating that such person is
validly entrusted with the vehicle, which document shall be carried in the motor vehicle.
The commissioner shall determine the form and contents of this document. For the
registration of motor vehicles under a general distinguishing number and mark, the
commissioner shall charge a fee of seventy dollars for each number plate furnished.
Such licensee shall furnish financial responsibility satisfactory to the commissioner as
defined in section 14-112. Such number plates may be used as provided for under section
14-67n.
(b) Each applicant for a recycler's license shall be required to certify that, to the
best of such applicant's knowledge and belief, all the property to be used for the operation
of the yard and business is in compliance with the provisions of all applicable provisions
of title 22a and all regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of said title. Upon receipt of such certification and completed application, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall notify the Commissioner
of Environmental Protection. The notification shall include a statement of the location
of the subject property and a legal description thereof. Within forty-five days of receipt
of such notification, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall inform the
Commissioner of Motor Vehicles if there is any reason to believe that the property that
is proposed to be licensed is not in compliance with the above referenced statutory and
regulatory requirements. If the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is informed that there
is any such reason to believe that the subject location is not in compliance with such
requirements, said commissioner may (1) refuse to issue the license, or (2) issue the
license subject to such conditions, including, but not limited to, the remediation of the
conditions causing the suspected violation or violations, as are acceptable to the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.
(1949 Rev., S. 4658; 1953, S. 2333d; 1961, P.A. 581, S. 20; 1971, P.A. 649, S. 5; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 27; P.A. 73-200,
S. 2; P.A. 81-108, S. 2; 81-372; P.A. 82-472, S. 41, 183; P.A. 83-489, S. 11, 17; P.A. 84-254, S. 44, 62; 84-391, S. 3, 8;
P.A. 96-167, S. 18; P.A. 08-150, S. 10.)
History: 1961 act increased examination and license fees from $25 to $40 each and registration fee from $5 to $7 and
changed technical language; 1971 act replaced reference to pairs of plates with reference to single plate; 1972 act increased
initial license fee from $40 to $100 and increased renewal fee from $40 to $50; P.A. 73-200 added provision re grounds
for refusal to grant license and replaced reference to Sec. 21-22 (later transferred to Sec. 14-67q) with reference to Sec.
21-19 (later transferred to Sec. 14-67n); Sec. 21-18 transferred to Sec. 14-67l in 1981; P.A. 81-108 required licensees to
issue documents to persons entrusted with motor vehicles subject to general registration; P.A. 81-372 increased the fee
for each number plate from $7 to $20; P.A. 82-472 made technical corrections; P.A. 83-489 increased fee for examination
of location of junk yard or business from $40 to $80, increased license fee for junk yard or business from $100 to $200
and increased annual license renewal fee from $50 to $100; P.A. 84-254 increased the fees, scheduling the increases to
take effect as of July first of 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1993; P.A. 84-391 limited the number of registrations under a general
distinguishing number and mark issued to junk yard or junk business licensees and provided for the staggered renewal of
such licenses and deleted provision whereby license period ended "the last day of February next following"; P.A. 96-167
substituted "motor vehicle recycler's license" for "motor vehicle junk yard" or "junk business license" and "motor vehicle
recycler's yard" for "motor vehicle junk yard"; P.A. 08-150 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended
same to add exception re Subsec. (b) with respect to issuance of license by commissioner and delete obsolete provisions
re scheduled fee increases, retaining $280 examination fee, $705 license fee, $350 license renewal fee and $70 number
plate fee, and added Subsec. (b) re certificate of compliance with environmental statutes and regulations, review of subject
property by Commissioner of Environmental Protection and authority of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to refuse to
issue license or issue license with conditions.
See Sec. 13a-123e re certificate of approval obtained from Transportation Commissioner for operation of junk yard or
scrap metal processing facility.
Annotations to former section 21-18:
Cited. 116 C. 461. Requires certificate of approval from local authorities before the issuance of licenses by the commissioner of motor vehicles. 144 C. 67. Cited. 147 C. 469.
Certificate cannot be refused under this section for reasons usually associated with zoning. 14 CS 339. Cited. 24 CS 226.