§ 14-67l — (Formerly Sec. 21-18). License, fees and surety bond. General registration of motor vehicles. Documents to be issued to drivers of such motor vehicles. Compliance with environmental statutes and regulations.

Connecticut § 14-67l

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 14: Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
• Ch. 246: Motor Vehicles

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(a) Upon receiving such certificate of approval pursuant to section 14-67i, each applicant for an issuance of a motor vehicle recycler's license shall (1) submit such certificate of approval to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, (2) pay a fee of two hundred eighty dollars to the commissioner for the examination of the location or proposed location of each such motor vehicle recycler's yard or business, (3) pay a license fee of seven hundred five dollars to the commissioner for each motor vehicle recycler's yard or business, and (4) submit a surety bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars. (b) Any surety bond submitted pursuant to subsection (a) or (d) of this section shall be conditioned upon the applicant or licensee complying with the provisions of any state or federal law or regulation relating to the business of operating a motor vehicle recycler's yard and provided as indemnity for any loss sustained by any aggrieved customer by reason of any acts of the licensee constituting grounds for suspension or revocation of the license or such licensee going out of business. Each surety bond shall be executed in the name of the state of Connecticut for the benefit of any aggrieved customer, but the penalty of the bond shall not be invoked except upon order of the commissioner after a hearing held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. The commissioner shall assess an administrative fee of two hundred dollars against any licensee for failing to provide proof of bond renewal or replacement on or before the date of the expiration of the existing bond. (c) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section, upon receipt of such certificate of approval, the payment of the required fees, the submission of such surety bond and observance of regulations required, the commissioner may issue a license, provided 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 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 . (d) Any license may be renewed on a biennial basis upon payment of a fee of seven hundred dollars and submission of a surety bond in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars. Each such licensee shall, instead of registering each motor vehicle owned by the licensee, apply 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 the licensee applies for an additional registration to the commissioner, in such form and containing such information as the commissioner may require to substantiate such request. The commissioner may issue to each such licensee such additional registrations as the commissioner 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 such document. For the registration of each motor vehicle under a general distinguishing number and mark, the commissioner shall charge a fee at the rate of seventy dollars per year. Such licensee shall furnish proof of financial responsibility satisfactory to the commissioner, as described in section 14-112 . Such number plates may be used as provided for under section 14-67n . (e) 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 Energy and 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 Energy and 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 Energy and 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 Energy and Environmental Protection. See Sec. 13a-123e re certificate of approval obtained from Transportation Commissioner for operation of junk yard or scrap metal processing facility.

Legislative History

(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; P.A. 09-187, S. 18; P.A. 10-110, S. 43; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 24-20, S. 6.) 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. 14-67 l 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; P.A. 09-187 amended Subsec. (a) to replace provisions re annual license renewal and $350 renewal fee with provisions re biennial license renewal and $700 renewal fee, effective July 1, 2009; P.A. 10-110 amended Subsec. (a) to replace motor vehicle registration fee of $70 for each number plate furnished with registration fee at rate of $70 per year and to make technical changes, effective June 5, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 24-20 amended Subsec. (a) to add Subdiv. designators (1) to (3) and add Subdiv. (4) re $25,000 surety bond, added new Subsec. (b) re surety bond, redesignated existing provision re issuance of license as Subsec. (c), redesignated existing provision re renewal, registration of vehicle under distinguishing number and mark and proof of financial responsibility as Subsec. (d), redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (e) and made technical and conforming changes. Annotations to former section 21-18: Cited. 116 C. 461. Requires certificate of approval from local authorities before the issuance of licenses by Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. 144 C. 67. Cited. 147 C. 469. Certificate cannot be refused under section for reasons usually associated with zoning. 14 CS 339. Cited. 24 CS 226.