Sec. 14-254. Parking privileges of disabled veterans.
Sec. 14-254. Parking privileges of disabled veterans. "Disabled veteran", as
used in this section, means any veteran who served in time of war, as defined by section
27-103, and one or both of whose legs or arms or parts thereof have been amputated or
the use of which has been lost or who is blind, or who have traumatic brain injury, or
paraplegic or hemiplegic, such disability being certified as service-connected by the
Veterans' Administration. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, upon application of
any disabled veteran accompanied by such certificate of the Veterans' Administration,
shall issue without charge a special number plate or set of plates in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (a) of section 14-21b to be attached to a passenger motor vehicle
owned or operated by such veteran and an identification card to be used in connection
therewith. The card shall identify the veteran and the motor vehicle and shall state that
such veteran is a disabled veteran qualified to receive the card, that the card, plate or
plates shall be returned to the commissioner if the registration of the motor vehicle is
cancelled or transferred, that the card is for the exclusive use of the person to whom it
is issued, is not transferable and will be revoked if presented by any other person or if
any privilege granted under this section is abused. If not so revoked, the card shall be
renewable every four years at the time of registration of motor vehicles. No penalty
shall be imposed for the overtime parking of any motor vehicle bearing a number plate
issued under this section when it has been so parked by the disabled veteran to whom
the plate and an identification card were issued or by any person operating such vehicle
when accompanied by such veteran, provided the length of time for which such vehicle
may remain parked at any one location shall not exceed twenty-four hours. The surviving
spouse of a disabled veteran issued such special registration may retain any such registration and number plates without charge for his or her lifetime or until such time as he or
she remarries.
(1957, P.A. 164; 1959, P.A. 80, S. 1; P.A. 82-138, S. 1; P.A. 86-388, S. 28, 31; P.A. 97-236, S. 17, 27; P.A. 01-191,
S. 3.)
History: 1959 act redefined disabled veteran to include person who has lost the use of his arms or legs; P.A. 82-138
changed the renewal period for the identification card from annually to every four years; P.A. 86-388 substituted "number"
plate for identification plate and included reference to issuance of a set of plates in accordance with provisions of Sec. 14-21b(a); P.A. 97-236 added provision to permit the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to retain the special registration
without charge for lifetime or until remarriage, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 01-191 redefined "disabled veteran" to include
a veteran having traumatic brain injury and made a technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality.