Connecticut § 14-111n - Reports of comparable convictions. Suspension of operator's license.

§ 14-111n. Reports of comparable convictions. Suspension of operator's license.

Sec. 14-111n. Reports of comparable convictions. Suspension of operator's license. (a) If the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles receives a report from any member jurisdiction of the conviction in such jurisdiction of any person licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this state, for acts or conduct of the nature described in subsection (b) of this section, the commissioner shall suspend the operator's license of such person for the period of time required for a conviction of the equivalent offense under the provisions of the general statutes, as listed in subsection (b) of this section, for the same acts or conduct occurring in this state.

(b) For the purpose of the action required to be taken by the commissioner in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the conviction in another member jurisdiction for an offense involving the following acts or conduct shall be treated as a conviction under the following subdivisions:

(1) Manslaughter or assault with a motor vehicle or negligent homicide with a motor vehicle shall be deemed a conviction of a violation of section 53a-56b, 53a-60d or 14-222a;

(2) Operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or any combination thereof, shall be deemed a conviction of a violation of subsection (a) of section 14-227a;

(3) Leaving the scene of an accident or failure to stop and render aid in the event of an accident or collision resulting in the death or personal injury of another shall be deemed a conviction of a violation of either subsection (a) or (b) of section 14-224, depending on the acts or conduct reported and the circumstances as determined by the commissioner; or

(4) Unsafe, dangerous or reckless operation of a motor vehicle shall be deemed a conviction of a violation of section 14-222.

(c) If the commissioner is notified by a member jurisdiction that a person who is the holder of a motor vehicle operator's license issued in this state has been convicted of a felony, in the commission of which a motor vehicle was used, the commissioner shall, if such person's acts or conduct would constitute an offense classified as a felony under section 53a-25, suspend such person's operator's license for such period of time as may be determined by the commissioner.

(d) If the commissioner is notified by a member jurisdiction that a person who is the holder of a motor vehicle operator's license has been convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, in accordance with subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, the commissioner may consider the conviction as a second or subsequent violation of section 14-227a if such person has been convicted previously of a violation of section 14-227a or has been convicted previously of a substantially similar offense in a member jurisdiction, as shown by such person's driver control record, within the past ten years, and the commissioner may impose the suspension and require the person to install and maintain an ignition interlock device on each motor vehicle owned or operated by such person for the period of time required for a second or subsequent offense by the provisions of subsections (g) and (h) of section 14-227a. It shall not be a defense to a suspension imposed pursuant to this subsection, or subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of this section, that the blood alcohol concentration of the person convicted in a member jurisdiction, or the blood alcohol concentration required for conviction of a per se offense in the member jurisdiction in which the person was convicted, is less than the blood alcohol concentration required for conviction of a per se offense in this state.

(P.A. 02-70 S. 40; P.A. 14-228, S. 4.)

History: P.A. 02-70 effective January 1, 2003; P.A. 14-228 amended Subsec. (d) to add provision re installation and maintenance of ignition interlock device for second or subsequent violation of Sec. 14-227a and to add reference to Subsec. (g) of Sec. 14-227a, effective July 1, 2015.

See Sec. 14-227o re discount for ignition interlock device services.