General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5087
February Session, 2020 LCO No. 1395
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
(VA)
AN ACT EXEMPTING VETERANS FROM THE PASSPORT TO THE
PARKS MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
1 Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 14-49b 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2 the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu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 (b) For each new registration or renewal of registration of any motor
5 vehicle with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this
6 chapter, the person registering such vehicle shall pay to the
7 commissioner a fee of fifteen dollars for registration for a triennial
8 period or ten dollars for registration for a biennial period for the
9 following registration types: Passenger, motorcycle, motor home,
10 combination or antique. Any person who is sixty-five years or older and
11 who obtains a one-year registration renewal under section 14-49 for
12 such registration type shall pay five dollars for the annual registration
13 period. Any person who is a veteran, as defined in subsection (a) of
14 section 27-103, shall be exempt from payment of the fee required by this
15 subsection, provided such person presents to the commissioner or the
16 commissioner's authorized representative documentation indicating
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17 such person's status as a veteran. The provisions of this subsection shall
18 not apply to any motor vehicle that is not self-propelled or that is
19 exempted from payment of a registration fee. This fee shall be identified
20 as the "Passport to the Parks Fee" on any registration form provided by
21 the commissioner. Payments collected pursuant to the provisions of this
22 subsection shall be deposited in the Passport to the Parks account
23 established pursuant to section 23-15h. The fee required by this
24 subsection is in addition to any other fees prescribed by any other
25 provision of this title for the registration of a motor vehicle. No part of
26 the "Passport to the Parks Fee" shall be subject to a refund under
27 subsection (z) of section 14-49.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 14-49b(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To exempt veterans from payment of the Passport to the Parks fee.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist.; REP. KOKORUDA, 101st Dist.
REP. ZUPKUS, 89th Dist.
H.B. 5087
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