Section 14-78-22 - Application(a) An application for a license to conduct a commercial driving school shall be in writing, and provide information required by the commissioner, on a form or in a format as determined by the commissioner.(b) The applicant shall sign the application under penalty of false statement in accordance with the provisions of sections 14-110 and 53a-157b of the Connecticut General Statutes.(c) Each applicant, and all partners, officers, directors and principals, in addition to any person whose name appears on the application, upon initial application shall be fingerprinted and be subject to a state and national records check and a check of the state child abuse registry pursuant to section 17a-101k of the Connecticut General Statutes. If there is a criminal record or listing on the state child abuse and neglect registry, the commissioner shall make a determination whether to issue a license using the standards set out in section 14-44 of the Connecticut General Statutes and the regulations adopted pursuant to said section.(d) The applicant shall pay the fee required by section 14-69 of the Connecticut General Statutes.(e) For each place of business, as referenced in section 14-78-23 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the applicant shall make a cash deposit or provide a surety bond to the commissioner, in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00). However, no applicant shall be required to provide a cash deposit or surety bond in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per driving school license. The commercial driving school shall execute such bond in the name of the State of Connecticut. On order of the commissioner, and after a hearing held before said commissioner, the bond may be invoked pursuant to section 14-69 of the Connecticut General Statutes in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Lapse or cancellation of any surety bond may result in suspension, revocation or refusal to renew the driving school license in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the Connecticut General Statutes.(f) The applicant shall certify and submit evidence as required by the commissioner that every place of business conforms to the requirements of section 14-78-23 of the Regulations of Connecticut States Agencies.(g) The applicant shall submit with the application a proposed driver education program curriculum.(h) The applicant shall file with the application a schedule of maximum rates charged for services provided in the instruction of drivers.(i) An applicant which is a corporation or other business entity shall provide proof of its status as maintained by the Connecticut Secretary of the State and list any trade names under which the business is conducted.Conn. Agencies Regs. § 14-78-22
Effective February 24, 1997; Amended October 4, 2010; Amended October 1, 2012