Title 14 — Title 14: Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline

Sec. 14-67. Qualifications of licensee; bond; fees. Solicitation of service contracts. (a) No person, firm, association or corporation operating as an automobile club or automobile association shall perform, or offer to perform, in this state for a stipulated fee covering a certa…

Sec. 14-67a. Application for license. Requirements. Renewal. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of manufacturing motor vehicles for sale in this state without having been issued a manufacturer's license, which license shall expire biennially on the la…

Sec. 14-67b. Manufacturer's obligations re warranty. Each manufacturer licensed under the provisions of sections 14-67a to 14-67d, inclusive, shall be deemed by virtue of applying for such license to have assumed any and all obligations made under the terms of any written warrant…

Sec. 14-67c. Suspension or revocation of manufacturer's license. Civil penalty. At the commissioner's discretion, he may convene a hearing and, after notice and such hearing, may suspend or revoke the license of any manufacturer or may impose a civil penalty of not more than thre…

Sec. 14-67d. Manufacturer's registrations. Fees. Financial responsibility. The commissioner may issue to each manufacturer licensed under the provisions of sections 14-67a to 14-67d, inclusive, registrations with the same distinguishing number. Each such registration shall expire…

Secs. 14-67e and 14-67f. Reserved for future use. (H)* MOTOR VEHICLE RECYCLERS *See Sec. 13a-123c et seq. re control of junkyard and scrap metal processing facilities. Annotations to former chapter 406: Regulation of motor vehicle junk yards is within police power. 116 C. 466. Pu…

Sec. 14-67g. (Formerly Sec. 21-15). Definitions. “Motor vehicle recycler's business” or “motor vehicle recycler's yard” shall include any business and any place of storage or deposit, whether in connection with another business or not, which has stored or deposited two or more un…

Sec. 14-67h. “Major component parts” defined. As used in this part, sections 14-103a, 14-149, 14-152 and 14-184, subsection (b) of section 14-196 and section 38a-356, “major component parts” has the same meaning as provided in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 14-149a.…

Sec. 14-67i. (Formerly Sec. 21-16). Certificate of approval of location required. Exemption. (a) No person, firm or corporation shall establish, operate or maintain a motor vehicle recycler's yard or motor vehicle recycler's business unless a certificate of approval of the locati…

Sec. 14-67j. Intermediate processors. Permit and license required. License required to transport vehicles or parts processed by intermediate processors. Records of vehicles or parts received, dismantled or sold. Inspection. Regulations. Section 14-67j is repealed, effective July …

Sec. 14-67k. (Formerly Sec. 21-17). Hearing on application. Fee. Section 14-67k is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (1949 Rev., S. 4656; 1957, P.A. 438, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 415, S. 2; 1969, P.A. 179; P.A. 81-347, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-184, S. 10.)

Sec. 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. (a) Upon receiving such certificate of approval pursuant to…

Sec. 14-67m. (Formerly Sec. 21-18a). Record of vehicles, major component parts or catalytic converters received, dismantled or sold. Inspection of records, vehicles, parts and premises. Receipt of certificate of title. Penalty. (a) Each motor vehicle recycler licensee shall maint…

Sec. 14-67n. (Formerly Sec. 21-19). Use of general registration restricted. Number plates for motor vehicles being towed. Fees. (a) No motor vehicle recycler licensee shall rent or allow or cause to be rented, or operate or allow or cause to be operated for hire, or use or allow …

Sec. 14-67o. (Formerly Sec. 21-20). Revocation of license upon sale or transfer of business. Any license issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under the provisions of this subpart (H) shall be revoked by, and surrendered to, said commissioner upon the sale, transfer or con…

Sec. 14-67p. (Formerly Sec. 21-21). Suspension or revocation for violation. Any license issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under the provisions of this subpart (H) shall be suspended by, and surrendered to, said commissioner, when, after notice and hearing, it is determ…

Sec. 14-67q. (Formerly Sec. 21-22). Commissioner may impose conditions concerning establishment and maintenance of yards. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his representative shall examine the location or proposed location of each motor vehicle recycler's yard or business and…

Sec. 14-67r. (Formerly Sec. 21-22a). Fencing. Each new location of a motor vehicle recycler's yard shall be completely surrounded with a solid fence at least eight feet high with a suitable gate which shall be closed and locked except during the working hours of such yard. All un…

Sec. 14-67s. (Formerly Sec. 21-23). Ordinances creating restricted districts. For the purpose of promoting the health, safety and general welfare of municipalities and governmental subdivisions in the state; for the purpose of conserving the value of buildings and encouraging the…

Sec. 14-67t. (Formerly Sec. 21-24). Publication of ordinances. Any ordinance, order, rule or regulation creating a restricted district or districts within which any motor vehicle recycler's yard or business shall not be located or established under the provisions of this subpart …

Sec. 14-67u. (Formerly Sec. 21-25). Appeal. Any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by the action of any local officials, zoning commission or board, taken pursuant to the provisions of this subpart (H), may, within thirty days from the date of the action complained of and upon…

Sec. 14-67v. (Formerly Sec. 21-26). Penalty. Injunction to restrain violation. Any person, or any officer or agent of any firm or corporation, who establishes, operates or maintains a motor vehicle recycler's yard or motor vehicle recycler's business in any location within a rest…

Sec. 14-67w. (Formerly Sec. 21-26a). Scrap metal processors exempted. Receipt of motor vehicles. Required information. Inspection of premises and records. Retention of records. Regulations. (a) Except as herein provided, the provisions of this subpart (H) shall not apply to any s…

Sec. 14-68. Definitions. Terms used in this part shall be construed in accordance with section 14-1 and as follows: (a) “Drivers' school” means the business of giving instruction, for compensation, in the driving of private passenger motor vehicles and does not include training o…

Sec. 14-69. License to conduct a drivers' school. Penalty. (a) No person shall engage in the business of conducting a drivers' school without being licensed by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. An application for a license shall be in writing and shall contain such information …

Sec. 14-7. Deputy commissioners. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, as provided in section 4-8, appoint not more than three deputy commissioners of motor vehicles, who shall, under the direction of the commissioner, assist in the administration of the business of the departm…

Sec. 14-70. Grounds for denial of application. The commissioner may deny the application of any person for a license if he determines that: (a) Such applicant has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with his application; (b) such applicant, …

Sec. 14-71. Schedule of rates to be filed. The applicant for a license to operate a drivers' school shall file with the commissioner a schedule of rates charged for services involved in the instruction of drivers. If such rates are changed, he shall file an amended schedule. (195…

Sec. 14-72. Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew school license. The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any school license if: (a) The licensee has made a material false statement or concealed a material fact in connection with the application for a license…

Sec. 14-73. Instructor's license. Master instructor's license. Regulations. (a)(1) No person shall be employed by a drivers' school to give instruction in driving a motor vehicle unless such person is licensed to act as an instructor or master instructor by the commissioner. (2) …

Sec. 14-74. Suspension, revocation or refusal to renew instructor's license or master instructor's license. The commissioner may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew any instructor's license or master instructor's license if: (1) The licensee has made a material false statement or …

Sec. 14-75. Revocation or suspension of license after renewal. Notwithstanding the renewal of a school or instructor's license, the commissioner may revoke or suspend such license for any violation of this part occurring during any prior license period. (1957, P.A. 507, S. 8.)

Sec. 14-76. Hearing for reinstatement or renewal. Appeal. Any person whose license to conduct a drivers' school or any person whose license to give instruction in such schools has been suspended or revoked or the renewal thereof refused may request a hearing for reinstatement or …

Sec. 14-77. Records of licensee. Each licensee shall keep such records as the commissioner requires. The records of the licensee shall be open to the inspection of the commissioner at all times during reasonable business hours. (1957, P.A. 507, S. 10.)

Sec. 14-78. Regulations for conduct of drivers' schools and instructor license requirements. Limited license. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, regarding the conduct of drivers' schools and instructor license requirements. Su…

Sec. 14-79. Penalty. Suspension, revocation or withdrawal of instructor's license or master instructor's license if imminent threat to public safety or welfare exists. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, after notice a…

Sec. 14-8. Police authority of commissioner and inspectors. (a) The commissioner, each deputy commissioner and any salaried inspector of motor vehicles designated by the commissioner, when engaged in the discharge of the duties of his office, shall have, in any part of the state,…

Sec. 14-80. Mechanical equipment. (a) Each motor vehicle and the devices on such vehicle shall be operated, equipped, constructed and adjusted to prevent unnecessary or unusual noise. (b) Each motor vehicle operated by an internal combustion engine shall be equipped, except as he…

Sec. 14-80a. Maximum noise levels. Regulations. (a) No person shall operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles, nor shall the owner of any vehicle allow the vehicle to be operated, at any time or under any condition of grade, surface, speed, load, acceleration, deceleration or …

Sec. 14-80b. Ball joints and tie rod ends. Prohibition on certain installations and attachments to. (a) No person shall install or attach to the ball joints or tie rod ends of a motor vehicle any type of bushing, spring, shim or device which results in concealing the degree of pl…

Secs. 14-80c to 14-80g. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 14-80h. Brake equipment of motor vehicles. Compression brake device to be equipped with muffler. Penalties. (a) Each motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped, when operated on a highway, with at least two braking systems one of which shall be a service brake…

Sec. 14-80i. Brake equipment and handlebars of motorcycles. (a) Each motorcycle or motorcycle and sidecar shall be equipped with at least one brake adequate to stop it within a proper distance as defined under the provisions of section 14-80h. Any motorcycle designated as a 1974 …

Sec. 14-81. Brake equipment of trailers. (a) Each trailer or semitrailer having a gross vehicle weight rating of three thousand pounds or more shall, when operated on any public highway, be equipped with a braking system operating on all wheels. The braking system shall be adequa…

Sec. 14-81a. Hydraulic brake fluid. The term “hydraulic brake fluid” as used in this section means the liquid medium through which force is transmitted to the brakes in the hydraulic brake system of a vehicle. No person shall distribute, have for sale, offer for sale, sell or ser…

Sec. 14-81b. Restrictions on used brake drums and brake discs. The term “brake drum”, as used in this section, means the individual cupped metal drums to which motor vehicle wheels are each attached and against whose interior surface, brake shoe pressure is applied to effect stop…

Sec. 14-82. Free-wheeling devices. Section 14-82 is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1949 Rev., S. 2473; P.A. 99-268, S. 45.)

Secs. 14-83 to 14-96. Head and rear lights; spotlights; color of lights; reflectors; turn signals; minimum standards; single-beam, multibeam and alternate road-lighting equipment; number of driving lamps; flashing lights; emergency lighting equipment; etc. Sections 14-83 to 14-96…

Sec. 14-9. Oath of office. The commissioner and each deputy commissioner shall take the oath provided by law for public officers. (1949 Rev., S. 2358; June, 1955, S. 1283d; P.A. 88-245, S. 5, 7.) History: P.A. 88-245 made a technical change. See Sec. 1-25 re forms of oaths. Cited…

Sec. 14-96a. Lighted lamps and illuminating devices required, when. (a) Every vehicle upon a highway within this state shall display such lighted lamps and illuminating devices as may be required under the provisions of sections 14-96a to 14-96aa, inclusive, (1) at any time from …