Section 14-67l - (Formerly Sec. 21-18). License and fees. General registration of motor vehicles. Documents to be issued to drivers of such motor vehicles. Compliance with environmental statutes and regulations(a) Upon receiving such certificate of approval, each applicant for a motor vehicle recycler's license shall present such certificate to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, together with a fee of two hundred eighty dollars for the examination of the location or proposed location of each such motor vehicle recycler's yard or business, and shall pay a license fee of seven hundred five dollars to said commissioner for each motor vehicle recycler's yard or business. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, upon receipt of such certificate of approval, the payment of the required license fee and observance of regulations required, a license shall be issued by the commissioner provided, however, the commissioner may refuse to grant a license to a person, firm or corporation to engage in the business of operating a motor vehicle recycler's yard if the applicant for such business license or an officer or major stockholder, if the applicant is a firm or corporation, has been convicted of a violation of any provision of laws pertaining to the business of a motor vehicle dealer or repairer, including a motor vehicle recycler, in the courts of the United States or of this state or any state of the United States, in accordance with the hearing requirements provided for in section 14-67p. Any license may be renewed on a biennial basis upon payment of a fee of seven hundred dollars. Each such licensee shall, instead of registering each motor vehicle owned by him, make application to the commissioner for a general distinguishing number and mark, and the commissioner may issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing the distinguishing number and mark assigned to such licensee and, thereupon, each motor vehicle owned by such licensee shall be regarded as registered under such general distinguishing number and mark. No licensee may be issued more than three registrations under a general distinguishing number and mark in a year, unless he makes application for an additional registration to the commissioner, in such form and containing such information as he may require to substantiate such request. The commissioner may issue to each such licensee such additional registrations as he deems necessary. The licensee shall issue to each person driving such motor vehicle a document indicating that such person is validly entrusted with the vehicle, which document shall be carried in the motor vehicle. The commissioner shall determine the form and contents of this document. For the registration of each motor vehicle under a general distinguishing number and mark, the commissioner shall charge a fee at the rate of seventy dollars per year. Such licensee shall furnish financial responsibility satisfactory to the commissioner as defined in section 14-112. Such number plates may be used as provided for under section 14-67n.(b) Each applicant for a recycler's license shall be required to certify that, to the best of such applicant's knowledge and belief, all the property to be used for the operation of the yard and business is in compliance with the provisions of all applicable provisions of title 22a and all regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of said title. Upon receipt of such certification and completed application, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall notify the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The notification shall include a statement of the location of the subject property and a legal description thereof. Within forty-five days of receipt of such notification, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall inform the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles if there is any reason to believe that the property that is proposed to be licensed is not in compliance with the above referenced statutory and regulatory requirements. If the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles is informed that there is any such reason to believe that the subject location is not in compliance with such requirements, said commissioner may (1) refuse to issue the license, or (2) issue the license subject to such conditions, including, but not limited to, the remediation of the conditions causing the suspected violation or violations, as are acceptable to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-67l
(1949 Rev., S. 4658; 1953, S. 2333d; 1961, P.A. 581, S. 20; 1971, P.A. 649, S. 5; 1972, P.A. 223, S. 27; P.A. 73-200, S. 2; P.A. 81-108, S. 2; 81-372; P.A. 82-472, S. 41, 183; P.A. 83-489, S. 11, 17; P.A. 84-254, S. 44, 62; 84-391, S. 3, 8; P.A. 96-167, S. 18; P.A. 08-150, S. 10; P.A. 09-187, S. 18; P.A. 10-110, S. 43; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
Amended by P.A. 10-0110, S. 43 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 6/7/2010.Amended by P.A. 09-0187, S. 18 of the the 2009 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2009. Annotations to former section 21-18: Cited. 116 C. 461. Requires certificate of approval from local authorities before the issuance of licenses by Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. 144 Conn. 67. Cited. 147 Conn. 469. Certificate cannot be refused under section for reasons usually associated with zoning. 14 CS 339. Cited. 24 Conn.Supp. 226.
See Sec. 13a-123e re certificate of approval obtained from Transportation Commissioner for operation of junk yard or scrap metal processing facility.