2011 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246 Motor Vehicles
Sec. 14-24. Heavy duty trailers. Heavy construction equipment. Gross weight of tractor-trailer units.

      Sec. 14-24. Heavy duty trailers. Heavy construction equipment. Gross weight of tractor-trailer units. The commissioner may, if in his opinion it is equitable, grant a special registration and furnish a special set of number plates or markers, limited or unlimited as he deems advisable, for the operation of heavy duty trailers for the transportation of heavy construction equipment, of cranes or other heavy construction equipment upon the streets and highways of this state from the railroad station or the storage yard to the construction job, or from one construction job to another. Each movement of such trailer, when loaded, crane or other heavy construction equipment shall require a limited or unlimited written permit from the Commissioner of Transportation, unless it is operating with an oversize-overweight account code number, and a confirmation number furnished by said commissioner. The Commissioner of Transportation shall issue for each such vehicle operating with such an account code number a document which identifies the vehicle and states the date of issue and date of expiration. The original document, as furnished by the Commissioner of Transportation, shall be carried in the vehicle. The markers or number plates furnished by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall be displayed in a prominent place on the vehicle. Such registration may be revoked or suspended at the discretion of the commissioner. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the commissioner from issuing temporary registrations for vehicles of this class. The commissioner may, upon receipt of a certified copy of a permit granted under the provisions of section 13a-117, grant to the person named in the permit a special registration and furnish a special set of number plates or markers, limited or unlimited, as specified in the permit, which permit shall be a part of such registration. The registered gross weight of any tractor-trailer unit, where the trailer is registered as a heavy duty trailer, shall be the light weight of the tractor plus the gross weight of the heavy duty trailer.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2369; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 137; 1971, P.A. 355, S. 3; P.A. 73-98; P.A. 95-325, S. 4, 16.)

      History: 1969 act replaced highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; 1971 act added provision for determining "registered gross weight" of tractor-trailer units; P.A. 73-98 deleted requirement that copy of permit be filed with motor vehicles commissioner; P.A. 95-325 deleted provision re temporary markers and required a written permit for movement of a trailer unless it is operating with an oversize-overweight account code number and a confirmation number furnished by commissioner and issuance of a document which identifies vehicle and states dates of issue and expiration for each vehicle operating with such an account code number, and that the original document to be carried in vehicle, and that markers or number plates be displayed in a prominent place on vehicle.