2011 Connecticut Code
Title 14 Motor Vehicles. Use of the Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246 Motor Vehicles
Sec. 14-35a. Restrictions on owner of motor vehicle with suspended registration. Motor carrier prohibited from operating motor vehicle with suspended or revoked registration.

      Sec. 14-35a. Restrictions on owner of motor vehicle with suspended registration. Motor carrier prohibited from operating motor vehicle with suspended or revoked registration. (a) In any case where the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is authorized or required by any section of this title to suspend the registration of a motor vehicle, the commissioner may, for the period that is specified for such suspension, suspend the privilege of the owner to transfer such suspended registration, to register any other motor vehicle or, in the case of a nonresident, to operate any motor vehicle on the highways of this state.

      (b) No motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR Section 390.5, as amended, shall operate any motor vehicle on the highways of this state, or knowingly permit such operation of any motor vehicle, the registration of which has been suspended or revoked by the commissioner, or by any federal agency acting pursuant to any provision of federal law.

      (c) Any motor carrier who violates the provisions of subsection (b) of this section shall, for a first offense, be fined not less than five hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both, and, for any subsequent offense, be fined not less than one thousand dollars or more than two thousand dollars, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

      (P.A. 04-217, S. 21; P.A. 09-187, S. 23.)

      History: P.A. 04-217 effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 09-187 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsecs. (b) and (c) re motor carriers.