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1981 vol. 2 678 (1981)

handle is hein.ssl/ssct0085 and id is 1 raw text is: PUBLIC ACTS Senate Bill No. 47 PUBLIC ACT NO. 81-394 AN ACT CONCERNING HIGH-MILEAGE VEHICLES. Section 1. Section 14-1 of the general statutes is amended by adding subdivision (66) as follows: (NEW) (66) High-mileage vehicle means a motor vehicle having the following characteristics: (1) Not less than three wheels in contact with the ground; (2) a seat on which the driver sits which is completely enclosed; (3) a single or two cylinder, gasoline, diesel or electric powered engine; and (4) efficient fuel consumption. Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 14-12b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: (a) No motor vehicle registration shall be issued or renewed on or after January 1, 1980, by the commissioner of motor vehicles for any private passenger motor vehicle, as defined in subsection (g) of section 38-319, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 6 OF THIS ACT, unless the owner thereof has presented a current no-fault automobile insurance identification card or a copy of such current card to the commissioner and signed and filed with the commissioner a statement, under penalty of false statement, as provided under section 53a-157, on a form approved by the commissioner, that the owner thereof has provided and will continuously maintain throughout the registration period the minimum security required by section 38-327 for payment of basic reparations benefits and the liabilities covered under residual liability insurance required by chapter 690. Sec. 3. Section 14-14 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: The commissioner shall not register any motor vehicle owned by any person under sixteen years of age and shall not register any motor vehicle owned by any person between sixteen and eighteen years of age unless such person files proof of financial responsibility in accordance with the provisions of section 14-112, together with a certificate signed by the spouse, being eighteen years of age, of a married minor applicant, or by either or both of the parents, as the commissioner may require, or the legal guardian of such person, approving or requesting the registration of such vehicle, except that no proof of financial responsibility shall be required for the registration of a private passenger motor vehicle, as defined in subsection (g) of section 38-319, AS AMENDED BY SECTION 6 OF THIS ACT, owned by any such person. Sec. 4. Subsection (a) of section 14-34 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof: (a) A passenger motor vehicle, HIGH-MILEAGE VEHICLE, public service motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, motor vehicle used exclusively for farming purposes, trailer or semitrailer owned by a nonresident and registered for the current year in the state or district of which the owner is a resident may be operated upon the highways of this state without registration under this chapter to the extent, as to period of operation and otherwise, that the state or district of registration grants substantially similar privileges in the case of such vehicles owned by residents of this state and registered under its laws. The commissioner shall determine whether privileges granted by such states or districts are substantially similar to those granted by this state, which determination shall be final, and may enter into reciprocal agreements with the commissioner of 'motor vehicles or other like authority of any other state in accordance with which such vehicles may be operated in this state and such other state. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the transportation of property, either for hire or otherwise, in P.A. 81-394

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