General Assembly Raised Bill No. 223
February Session, 2020 LCO No. 1398
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT EXEMPTING ALL ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS FROM
FEES FOR MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSES OR
REGISTRATIONS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 14-50 of the 2020 supplement to
2 the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
3 thereof (Effective July 1, 2020):
4 (c) The commissioner shall waive any operator's license or
5 registration fee, including any renewal fee, in the case of any person in
6 the active service of the armed forces of the United States; [who was a
7 legal resident of Connecticut at the time of his or her induction;] and for
8 one licensing period to any person (1) honorably separated from such
9 service, or (2) with a qualifying condition, as defined in section 27-103,
10 who has separated from such service other than with a bad conduct
11 characterization or dishonorably, which person applies for such
12 operator's license or registration within two years following the date of
13 separation. [and was a legal resident of Connecticut at the time of his or
14 her induction.] The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance
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15 with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this subsection.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 14-50(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt active duty service members who were not residents of
Connecticut at the time of induction from fees for motor vehicle
operator's licenses or registrations.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]
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