§ 14-168a — Sale of assembled wreckers or other motor vehicles by used car dealers.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any section of the general statutes, a used car dealer licensed in accordance with the provisions of section 14-52 who enters into a contract with a manufacturer of equipment or parts used in the assembly of a wrecker, including a flatbed wrecker, as defined in section 14-1, or used in the assembly of a special purpose body to a cab and chassis, including a body for a refuse compactor, transit mixer, dump truck, tank truck or other vehicle designed for the transportation of bulk materials or to which machinery is attached, and who purchases from a new car dealer licensed in accordance with the provisions of section 14-52 any new chassis, cab or other portion of an incomplete motor vehicle for such purpose, may sell or offer for sale such wrecker or other motor vehicle as a new motor vehicle provided all parts of any such wrecker or other motor vehicle are new. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow any such used car dealer to act as a licensed manufacturer of a motor vehicle.

Legislative History

(P.A. 85-322; P.A. 99-268, S. 30; P.A. 00-169, S. 22; P.A. 04-199, S. 13; 04-217, S. 27.) History: P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (a) by expanding the list of vehicles a used car dealer may sell as new motor vehicles; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section; P.A. 04-199, effective July 1, 2004, and P.A. 04-217, effective January 1, 2005, both amended Subsec. (a) to eliminate reference to Sec. 14-1(65).