Sec. 14-69. License to conduct school. Financial responsibility.
Sec. 14-69. License to conduct school. Financial responsibility. No person shall
engage in the business of conducting a drivers' school without being licensed therefor
by the commissioner. Application therefor shall be in writing and shall contain such
information as the commissioner requires. Each applicant shall be fingerprinted before
such application is approved. If the application is approved, the applicant shall be granted
a license upon the payment of a fee of three hundred fifty dollars and a deposit with the
commissioner of cash or a bond of a surety company authorized to do business in this
state, conditioned on the faithful performance by the applicant of any contract to furnish
instruction, in either case in such amount as the commissioner may require, such cash
or bond to be held by the commissioner to satisfy any execution issued against such
school in a cause arising out of failure of such school to perform such contract. For each
additional place of business of such school, the commissioner shall charge a fee of
eighty-eight dollars. No license shall be required in the case of any board of education,
or any public, private or parochial school, which conducts a course in driver education
established in accordance with sections 14-36e and 14-36f. A license so issued shall be
valid during the calendar year. The annual fee for renewal shall be the same amount
and the same deposit of security shall be required. The commissioner shall issue a license
certificate or certificates to each licensee, one of which shall be displayed in each place
of business of the licensee. In case of the loss, mutilation or destruction of a certificate,
the commissioner shall issue a duplicate upon proof of the facts and the payment of a
fee of twenty dollars.
(1957, P.A. 507, S. 2; 1967, P.A. 406; 531, S. 2; 778; 1971, P.A. 95; P.A. 84-254, S. 45, 62; P.A. 03-265, S. 10; P.A.
04-143, S. 21; 04-182, S. 9.)
History: 1967 acts provided for charge of $25 for each additional place of business, excluded from license requirements
persons or schools providing instruction in operation of vehicles other than passenger vehicles and under the jurisdiction
of the state board of education pursuant to Sec. 10-8, and added provision re cash or bond security; 1971 act raised cost
of duplicate certificate from $1 to $2; P.A. 84-254 increased the fees, scheduling the increases to take effect as of July first
of 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1993; P.A. 03-265 deleted provisions re fees applicable before July 1, 1993, and replaced provisions
re waiver of license for board of education or school conducting driver education course approved by the State Board of
Education or person or school under jurisdiction of said board with provisions re waiver of license for board of education
or school conducting driver education course "established in accordance with sections 14-36e and 14-36f"; P.A. 04-143
provided that fee for license to conduct a drivers' school is $350 and fee for replacement license is $7, effective May 21,
2004; P.A. 04-182 increased fee for duplicate certificate to $20, effective July 1, 2004.
See Secs. 14-36e and 14-36f re driver education programs in secondary schools.
See Sec. 14-292 re identifying markers for vehicles operated by student drivers.