2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 14-275c. Regulations re school buses and motor vehicles used to transport special education students. Operators age seventy or older. Penalties.

      Sec. 14-275c. Regulations re school buses and motor vehicles used to transport special education students. Operators age seventy or older. Penalties. (a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, make, alter or repeal regulations governing the inspection, registration, operation and maintenance of school buses and the licensing of the operators of such vehicles. Such regulations shall incorporate the requirements of 49 CFR 383.123 regarding the qualifications of each applicant for an endorsement to operate a school bus, issued in accordance with the provisions of section 14-44.

      (b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, governing (1) the inspection, registration, operation and maintenance of motor vehicles used by any carrier to transport children requiring special education, and (2) the licensing of operators of such vehicles. A person who has attained the age of seventy shall be allowed to hold a license endorsement for the purpose of operating a motor vehicle to transport children requiring special education provided he meets the minimum physical requirements set by the commissioner and agrees to submit to a physical examination at least twice a year or when requested to do so by the superintendent of the school system in which he intends to operate such vehicle.

      (c) Any person who violates any provision of any regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall, for a first offense, be deemed to have committed an infraction, and for each subsequent offense shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars.

      (P.A. 74-119; P.A. 80-237, S. 1; P.A. 83-340, S. 3, 4; P.A. 90-112, S. 10, 14; 90-263, S. 28, 74; P.A. 93-341, S. 26, 38; P.A. 00-169, S. 10; P.A. 04-217, S. 18.)

      History: P.A. 80-237 extended regulation power to cover vehicles used to transport children requiring special education and the operators of such vehicles; P.A. 83-340 divided section into Subsecs. and added a provision allowing a person age seventy or older to operate a motor vehicle to transport children requiring special education provided he meets physical requirements set by the commissioner and agrees to take a physical examination at least twice a year; P.A. 90-112 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute "carrier" for "local or regional board of education" in Subdiv. (1); P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (b) to substitute public passenger transportation permit for public service operator's license; P.A. 93-341 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to public passenger transportation permit with reference to license endorsement, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 00-169 added Subsec. (c) re penalties; P.A. 04-217 amended Subsec. (a) to require regulations to include requirements of federal law re qualifications of applicants for endorsement to operate school bus issued in accordance with Sec. 14-44, effective January 1, 2005.