Sec. 14-163d. Owners of certain motor vehicles in intrastate or interstate commerce to provide evidence of security requirements and to file a motor carrier identification report. Suspension of motor
Sec. 14-163d. Owners of certain motor vehicles in intrastate or interstate commerce to provide evidence of security requirements and to file a motor carrier
identification report. Suspension of motor vehicle registration. Amount of insurance or other security for certain motor carriers and motor vehicle owners. (a) At
least once every six months, each owner of a motor vehicle described in subsection (a)
of section 14-163c shall file with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles evidence that
the owner has in effect the security requirements imposed by law for each such motor
vehicle. The evidence shall be filed in such form as the commissioner prescribes in
accordance with a schedule established by the commissioner. At least once every two
years, the evidence of security shall be accompanied by a motor carrier identification
report that meets the requirements of 49 CFR 390.19, as amended from time to time.
The report shall be in such form as the commissioner prescribes.
(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may establish a system to verify, by means
of electronic communication, that an owner of a motor vehicle described in subsection
(a) of section 14-163c has the security requirements imposed by law. If the commissioner
uses such system to make an inquiry to any insurance company that is licensed to issue
automobile liability insurance in this state, or to any data source maintained by the
United States Department of Transportation pursuant to the provisions of Title 49, Part
387 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended, the commissioner may accept the
results of such inquiry in lieu of a filing by the owner pursuant to subsection (a) of this
section, for the period for which such filing is required.
(c) In addition to other penalties provided by law, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, after notice and opportunity for hearing in accordance with chapter 54, shall suspend the registration of each motor vehicle registered in the name of any owner who
fails to file a motor carrier identification report or to provide satisfactory evidence of
the security requirements imposed by law.
(d) Each filing made in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this
section by each for-hire motor carrier or private motor carrier of property or passengers,
and each owner of any motor vehicle that transports hazardous materials, as described
in subsection (a) of section 14-163c, shall provide satisfactory evidence of insurance
coverage or other security in amounts not less than are required by the provisions of
Title 49, Part 387 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as amended. Such requirement
concerning the amount of security that must be evidenced to the commissioner may be
made applicable by the commissioner to the initial registration of any such motor vehicle,
including the registration of any motor vehicle under the International Registration Plan,
in accordance with the provisions of section 14-34a.
(Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3, S. 4; P.A. 07-167, S. 11; P.A. 08-150, S. 19.)
History: Oct. 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 05-3 effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 07-167 added Subsec. (c) re evidence of amount
of insurance coverage or other security; P.A. 08-150 added new Subsec. (b) re establishment and use of system to verify
by electronic means that owner of motor vehicle has security requirements imposed by law and redesignated existing
Subsecs. (b) and (c) as Subsecs. (c) and (d), respectively.