2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 9-19h. Availability of admissions information and materials at certain state agencies and libraries. Application for admission through Department of Motor Vehicles.
Sec. 9-19h. Availability of admissions information and materials at certain
state agencies and libraries. Application for admission through Department of
Motor Vehicles. (a) The Department of Social Services, the Labor Department and the
Department of Motor Vehicles shall make voter registration information and materials
available to the public. Such information and materials shall be placed in public areas
of the offices of such departments. The State Library and the libraries of the state's
public institutions of higher education shall also make such information and materials
available to users of the libraries. The Secretary of the State shall provide such departments, such libraries and any libraries open to the public with suitable nonpartisan literature, materials and voter registration application forms authorized under sections 9-23g
and 9-23h. The secretary shall also provide to the Department of Social Services, the
Labor Department and the Department of Motor Vehicles any furniture needed to display
such literature, materials and forms.
(P.A. 88-347, S. 1, 4; P.A. 92-238; P.A. 93-262, S. 32, 87; 93-384, S. 27; P.A. 94-121, S. 14, 33; P.A. 99-268, S. 39, 46; P.A. 00-169, S. 22; P.A. 01-26, S. 6; P.A. 02-83, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 88-347, S. 1 effective April 1, 1989; P.A. 92-238 designated existing section as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) requiring commissioner to include application for admission of an elector with each operator's license and license renewal application and identity card application; P.A. 93-262 replaced references to department on aging and department of income maintenance with references to department of social services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 93-384 substantially revised application form requirements and procedure under Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-121 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring application form to contain statement instead of elector's oath, changing penalty of false statement to penalty of perjury, deleting requirement that applicant submit satisfactory identification to commissioner, requiring commissioner to indicate date of receipt on application, to "forthwith transmit", instead of "promptly forward", application to registrars, and to so transmit application within five days if accepted within five days before last day for registration to vote in a regular election, amending Subsec. references to Sec. 9-23g and inserting provision re consistency with National Voter Registration Act of 1993, effective January 1, 1995; P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (b) by repealing requirement that form include request for applicant to furnish Social Security number and extending prohibition on disclosure of Social Security numbers on forms to the public or to any governmental agency, effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section; P.A. 01-26 made technical changes and eliminated an obsolete reporting requirement in Subsec. (b); P.A. 02-83 amended Subsec. (b) to make a technical change and require Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to accept completed applications for admission submitted by mail and to provide applicants with application receipts, effective January 1, 2003.
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