2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 14 - Motor Vehicles. Use of The Highway By Vehicles. Gasoline
Chapter 246 - Motor Vehicles
Section 14-35a - Restrictions on owner of motor vehicle with suspended registration. Prohibitions on operation of motor vehicle by motor carrier. Penalties.

(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 from time to time, 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) No motor carrier, as defined in 49 CFR Section 390.5, as amended from time to time, shall operate or cause to be operated any motor vehicle on the highways of this state if: (1) The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an order pursuant to 49 CFR Part 385 or 386, as amended from time to time, that prohibits such motor carrier from operating; or (2) such motor carrier is operating without operating authority or beyond the scope of such authority pursuant to 49 CFR Section 392.9a, as amended from time to time.

(d) Any motor carrier who violates the provisions of subsection (b) or (c) 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 three months, 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; P.A. 11-213, S. 11; P.A. 12-80, S. 161.)

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; P.A. 11-213 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), added new Subsec. (c) prohibiting motor carrier operation in violation of federal law and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d) and amended same to add reference to new Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (d) to replace maximum term of imprisonment for first offense of “ninety days” with “three months” and make technical changes.