Section 14-227b-12 - Suspension of operator's license or nonresident operating privilege. Notice of right to hearing(a) Upon receipt of the report required by section 14-227b-10 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the commissioner shall send to the person who was arrested, by bulk certified mail, a written suspension notice. Such notice shall include: (1) the length of the suspension, as specified in subsection (i) of section 14-227b of the Connecticut General Statutes; (2) the effective date of the suspension; and (3) the length of time that such person is required to maintain an ignition interlock device, as specified in subsection (i) of section 14-227b of the Connecticut General Statutes.(b) The suspension notice shall also notify such person that he or she is entitled to a hearing as a matter of right before a hearing officer prior to the effective date of the suspension, and that the person or such person's attorney may schedule such hearing by telephoning the Administrative Per Se Unit at (860) 263-5204. The suspension notice shall also inform the person clearly and in a conspicuous manner that the person or such person's attorney shall request such hearing and the department shall receive such hearing request within seven (7) days of the date of mailing of the suspension notice, and if not so requested, the person's Connecticut operator's license or privilege shall be suspended automatically on the effective date for the period of time prescribed in subsection (i) of section 14-227b of the Connecticut General Statutes and shall remain suspended thereafter until such person has installed an ignition interlock device in accordance with subsection (i) of section 14-227b of the Connecticut General Statutes and sections 14-227a-11 a through 14-227a-28a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The final date for requesting the hearing shall appear on the suspension notice in a conspicuous place and shall be so labeled.(c) In computing the seven (7) days in subsection (b) of this section, calendar days shall be used unless the seventh day falls on a day when the department is not open to the public, in which case the seventh day shall be the next following full business day of the department.(d) It shall be presumed that the person received the suspension notice if it was mailed by bulk certified mail as provided in subsection (a) of this section.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 14-227b-12
Effective January 1, 1990; Amended September 3, 1997; Amended July 11, 2006; Amended September 7, 2016)