§ 38a-682 — (Formerly Sec. 38-201t). Rate credit for driver training courses.

Connecticut § 38a-682

• Jurisdiction: Connecticut
• Title 38a: Insurance
• Ch. 701: Personal and Commercial Risk Insurance Rating Practices

Text

If any insurance company licensed to do business in this state allows a rate credit or deviation in motor vehicle insurance premium charges for persons successfully completing a full course of study of motor vehicle operation in a public secondary school, a technical education and career school or a private secondary school, as approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in accordance with the provisions of section 14-36e, or training of a similar nature provided by a licensed drivers' school approved by said commissioner, including, in each case, successful completion of the required number of hours of classroom instruction and behind-the-wheel, on-the-road instruction, then such insurance company shall give equal credit or deviation to all such persons.

Legislative History

(1969, P.A. 214; P.A. 99-232, S. 3; P.A. 12-116, S. 87; P.A. 17-237, S. 111.) History: Sec. 38-201t transferred to Sec. 38a-682 in 1991; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference to “Motor Vehicle Department” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Department of Motor Vehicles” for consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 99-232 substituted requirement that if any insurance company allows a rate credit or deviation for completion of a full course of study of motor vehicle operation in enumerated types of schools or similar training, as approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, then such insurance company shall give equal credit or deviation to all such persons, for prior requirement that any insurance company which allows a rate credit or deviation for persons successfully completing a secondary or vocational school driver education program shall give equal credit or deviation for persons successfully completing a course offered by a full-time commercially operated driving school licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles which course consists of at least 30 classroom hours of instruction and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel instruction; pursuant to P.A. 12-116, “vocational school” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “technical high school”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-237 replaced “state technical high school” with “technical education and career school”, effective July 1, 2017.