Bill Text: CT HB05255 | 2013 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Prohibiting The Collection Of An Additional Fee For A Motor Vehicle Operator's License Or Identity Card Indicating A Person's Status As A Veteran.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-11 - Referred to Joint Committee on Veterans' Affairs [HB05255 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2013-HB05255-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 5255
January Session, 2013		LCO No. 630
Referred to Committee on VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Introduced by:
REP. CARPINO, 32nd Dist.

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COLLECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATOR'S LICENSE OR IDENTITY CARD INDICATING A PERSON'S STATUS AS A VETERAN.

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

That sections 14-36h and 14-50a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Department of Motor Vehicles from charging a veteran a thirty-dollar fee for a duplicate license when such veteran requests a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card reflecting his or her status as a veteran prior to the date on which the Department of Motor Vehicles notifies such veteran of the need to renew a previously issued motor vehicle operator's license or identity card.

Statement of Purpose:

To allow a veteran to obtain a motor vehicle operator's license or identity card reflecting his or her status as a veteran at any time, without additional charge.