Connecticut § 14-48b - Registration fee of semitrailer drawn by truck-tractor.
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§ 14-48b. Registration fee of semitrailer drawn by truck-tractor.
Sec. 14-48b. Registration fee of semitrailer drawn by truck-tractor. Except as provided in section 14-24, for the registration of each semitrailer drawn by a truck-tractor the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee of forty dollars. The commissioner may issue for one or more years, not to exceed five years, a registration for semitrailers. The fee for such registration shall be computed at the same annual rate as that established by this section.
(1967, P.A. 308, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 526, S. 3; P.A. 75-213, S. 14, 53; P.A. 78-22; P.A. 84-254, S. 33, 62; P.A. 87-329, S. 9; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 31.)
History: 1971 act added exception re Sec. 14-24 and specified applicability to semitrailers “drawn by a truck tractor”, effective, if legislation similar to this section and Sec. 14-48a is adopted by Mass., N.Y., and R.I., 120 days following adoption by last adopting state; P.A. 75-213 raised fee from $15 to $20; P.A. 78-22 authorized issuance of registration for semitrailers for one or more years; P.A. 84-254 increased the fee from $20 to $40 as of July 1, 1992; P.A. 87-329 maintained the fee at the level existing on and after July 1, 1986, and decreased the fee effective July 1, 1992, to the level formerly existing on and after July 1, 1988; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 increased registration fee for each semitrailer drawn by truck-tractor to $40, effective January 1, 2004.
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