2011 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246 Motor Vehicles
Sec. 14-21v. Support for nursing profession commemorative number plates. Fees. Nursing account.

      Sec. 14-21v. Support for nursing profession commemorative number plates. Fees. Nursing account. (a) On and after January 1, 2009, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue commemorative number plates of a design to express support for the nursing profession, raise awareness of the nursing shortage and provide scholarships for nursing education and training. Such design shall be determined by the Connecticut Nurses Foundation, with the approval of the commissioner. No use shall be made of such plates, except as official registration marker plates.

      (b) A fee of sixty dollars shall be charged for such number plates, in addition to the regular fee or fees prescribed for the registration of a motor vehicle. Fifteen dollars of such fee shall be deposited in an account controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and replacing such number plates, and forty-five dollars of such fee shall be deposited in the account established under subsection (c) of this section. No additional fee shall be charged in connection with the renewal of such number plates. No transfer fee shall be charged for the transfer of an existing registration to or from a registration with commemorative nursing number plates. Such number plates shall have letters and numbers selected by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may establish a higher fee for number plates: (1) Which contain the numbers and letters from a previously issued number plate; (2) which contain letters in place of numbers as authorized by section 14-49, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for registration under said section; and (3) which are low number plates issued in accordance with section 14-160, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for registration under said section. All fees established and collected pursuant to this section, except the amount deposited in the account controlled by the department, shall be deposited in the "Nursing" commemorative account established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish standards and procedures for the issuance, renewal and replacement of commemorative nursing number plates.

      (c) There is established the "Nursing" commemorative account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in the account shall be used by the Connecticut Nurses Foundation to provide scholarships for nursing education and training. The foundation may receive private donations to the account and any such donations shall be deposited in the account.

      (d) The funds in the account shall be distributed quarterly by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to the Connecticut Nurses Foundation.

      (P.A. 08-150, S. 25; P.A. 09-187, S. 25.)

      History: P.A. 09-187 added Subsec. (d) requiring quarterly distribution of funds in account, effective July 8, 2009.