Connecticut § 14-21i - Greenways commemorative number plates. Fees. Greenways commemorative account. Regulations.

§ 14-21i. Greenways commemorative number plates. Fees. Greenways commemorative account. Regulations.

Sec. 14-21i. Greenways commemorative number plates. Fees. Greenways commemorative account. Regulations. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue greenways commemorative number plates of a design to enhance public awareness of, and provide funding for, state and local efforts to preserve, restore and protect greenways. The design shall be determined by agreement between the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. No use shall be made of such plates except as official registration marker plates.

(b) (1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee of fifty dollars for a greenways commemorative number plate, with letters and numbers selected by the commissioner, in addition to the regular fee or fees prescribed for the registration of a motor vehicle. The commissioner shall deposit fifteen dollars of such fee into an account controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and replacing such commemorative number plates, and thirty-five dollars of such fee into the greenways commemorative account established pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.

(2) The commissioner shall charge a fee of seventy dollars for a greenways commemorative number plate that (A) contains letters in place of numbers as authorized by section 14-49, or (B) is a low number plate in accordance with section 14-160, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for plates issued under said sections. The commissioner shall deposit fifteen dollars of such fee into an account controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and replacing such commemorative number plates, and fifty-five dollars of such fee into the greenways commemorative account.

(c) No additional renewal fee shall be charged for renewal of registration for any motor vehicle bearing greenways commemorative number plates which contain letters in place of numbers, or low number plates, in excess of the renewal fee for greenways commemorative number plates with letters and numbers selected by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. No transfer fee shall be charged for transfer of an existing registration to or from a registration with greenways commemorative number plates.

(d) There is established an account to be known as the “greenways commemorative account” which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in the account shall be expended by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to fund the greenways capital grant program established pursuant to section 23-101 and the bikeway, pedestrian walkway, recreational trail and greenway grant program described in section 23-103.

(e) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish standards and procedures for the issuance, renewal and replacement of greenways commemorative number plates.

(P.A. 97-236, S. 18, 27; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 478; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 21-28, S. 14.)

History: P.A. 97-236 effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (d) to delete provision re fees established and collected pursuant to section shall be deposited in greenways account of Conservation Fund; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsecs. (a) and (d), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 21-28 amended Subsec. (a) to delete “On and after January 1, 1998, the”, add “and provide funding for,” and make conforming changes, amended Subsec. (b) to designate existing provisions as Subdiv. (1) and amend same to add provisions re $50 fee and depositing such fees, delete provisions re adoption of regulations and authorization for commissioner to establish higher fee and make technical changes, and add Subdiv. (2) re $70 fee and depositing such fees, added new Subsec. (d) re greenways commemorative account and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e) and amend same to delete provision re consultation with Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and replace “shall” with “may”.