Bill Text: CT HB05055 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: An Act Decreasing Wait Times At The Department Of Motor Vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-30 - File Number 272 [HB05055 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-HB05055-Comm_Sub.html

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General Assembly		Substitute Bill No. 5055
February Session, 2016		*_____HB05055TRA___031516____*

AN ACT DECREASING WAIT TIMES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 14-41 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) An original operator's license shall expire within a period not exceeding six years following the date of the operator's next birthday. The fee for such license shall be seventy-two dollars. [The] Pursuant to the powers and authority under section 14-3, the commissioner may [authorize] enter into one or more agreements with independent contractors, including, but not limited to, an automobile club or association, licensed in accordance with the provisions of section 14-67 on or before July 1, 2007, authorizing such contractors to issue duplicate licenses and identity cards pursuant to section 14-50a, renew licenses, renew identity cards issued pursuant to section 1-1h and conduct registration transactions at its office facilities. The commissioner may authorize such [automobile clubs or associations] contractors to charge a convenience fee, which shall not exceed [three] five dollars, to each applicant for a license or identity card renewal or duplication, or for a registration transaction.

Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For the purposes of this section, "certificate of title", "commissioner", "department", "owner" and "vessel" have the same meanings as provided in section 15-202 of the general statutes.

(b) Notwithstanding sections 15-203 to 15-232, inclusive, of the general statutes, and except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a certificate of title shall not be required for a vessel and the commissioner shall not accept an application for a certificate of title or create a certificate of title for the period commencing on the effective date of this section and ending December 31, 2018.

(c) A certificate of title for a vessel issued by the commissioner pursuant to an application for a certificate of title filed during the period commencing January 1, 2016, and ending on the date prior to the effective date of this section may be used to transfer the ownership of the vessel and, in such instance, the commissioner shall issue a certificate of title to the transferee provided the transferee delivers an application for the certificate of title to the department.

Sec. 3. Subsection (b) of section 15-206 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):

(b) An application for a certificate of title is not required and shall not be accepted, and no certificate of title shall be issued, for:

(1) A documented vessel;

(2) A foreign-documented vessel;

(3) A barge;

(4) An amphibious vehicle for which a certificate of title is issued pursuant to chapter 247 or a similar statute of another state;

(5) A vessel, other than a motorboat, as defined in section 15-141, less than nineteen and one-half feet in length;

(6) A vessel propelled solely by paddle or oar;

(7) A vessel that operates only on a permanently fixed, manufactured course and the movement of which is restricted to or guided by means of a mechanical device to which the watercraft is attached or by which the watercraft is controlled;

(8) A vessel owned by the United States, a foreign government or a state, or a political subdivision thereof, which is used in the performance of governmental functions;

(9) A vessel used solely as a lifeboat on another watercraft;

(10) A vessel before delivery if the vessel is under construction or completed pursuant to contract;

(11) A vessel held by a dealer for sale or lease;

(12) A stationary floating structure that:

(A) Does not have and is not designed to have a mode of propulsion of its own;

(B) Is dependent for utilities upon a continuous utility hookup to a source originating on shore; and

(C) Has no sewage facilities or has a permanent, continuous hookup to a shoreside sewage system;

(13) A vessel designated by the manufacturer as having a model year of [2016] 2018 or earlier, and any vessel manufactured or assembled prior to January 1, [2017] 2019, for which the manufacturer or assembler has not designated a model year; or

(14) A vessel for which a certificate of title has been issued by another state when this state has become the state of principal use for the vessel if one or more of the exceptions enumerated in this subsection apply to such vessel.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	14-41(b)
Sec. 2	from passage	New section
Sec. 3	from passage	15-206(b)

TRA

Joint Favorable Subst.