2011 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246 Motor Vehicles
Sec. 14-160. Reservation of license numbers. Fee for low numbers.

      Sec. 14-160. Reservation of license numbers. Fee for low numbers. The commissioner is authorized to reserve only the registration marker plate numbers of motor vehicles from the number one to the number ten thousand, inclusive, for passenger vehicles and from the number one to the number five hundred, inclusive, for dealers' plates. Said numbers may be issued at the discretion of the commissioner. A fee of sixty-five dollars shall be charged for the first registration period with respect to the issuance of any such plate or plates, in addition to the regular fee prescribed for registration.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2483; P.A. 83-489, S. 16, 17; P.A. 84-254, S. 49, 62; P.A. 87-329, S. 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13, S. 12, 21; P.A. 92-177, S. 4, 12; P.A. 93-74, S. 43, 67.)

      History: P.A. 83-489 required that, on and after July 1, 1983, a $30 fee shall be charged for the first year for the issuance of a license number not exceeding the number one thousand, for use on a passenger motor vehicle, in addition to the registration fee required pursuant to Sec. 14-49(a); P.A. 84-254 periodically increased the fee from $30 to $60 as of July 1, 1992; P.A. 87-329 maintained the fee at the level existing on and after July 1, 1986, and decreased the fee effective July 1, 1992, to the level formerly existing on and after July 1, 1988; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13 raised the upper limit of "low number" plates from 5,000 to 10,000, increased the fee for "low number" plates from $47 to $65 in addition to regular registration fee, and made numerous technical changes; P.A. 92-177 imposed fee of $30 for each renewal of registration in addition to regular fee prescribed; P.A. 93-74 amended section by eliminating fee for renewal of low-number plate, effective July 1, 1994.