Sec. 14-156. Receipts of Department of Motor Vehicles to be credited to Special Transportation Fund. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-156. Receipts of Department of Motor Vehicles to be credited to Special Transportation Fund. All receipts of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and of his department shall be paid promptly to the State Treasurer in accordance with section 13b-61.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2481; 1953, S. 1373d; 1957, P.A. 300, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 379, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 605, S. 24; 1967, P.A. 16, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 140; June, 1969, S.A. 2, S. 6; 1972, S.A. 53, S. 12; P.A. 73-675, S. 1, 44; P.A. 74-342, S. 40, 43; P.A. 75-568, S. 41, 45.)

      History: 1959 act removed reference to obsolete section; 1961 act substituted words "highway fund" for "receipts" of the motor vehicle department, added provision continuing state highway fund and removed requirement that commissioner of finance and control authorize appropriations; 1967 act substituted "expenditures" for "expenses"; 1969 act replaced highway department with bureau of highways of the department of transportation and highway commissioner with commissioner of transportation; June, 1969 act provided that sum equal to 85% of state police department expenditures be transferred annually from highway fund to general fund, notwithstanding provisions of this section; 1972 act increased sum to be transferred to 90%; P.A. 73-675 detailed moneys included in transportation fund which replaced highway fund and moneys to be included in general fund; P.A. 74-342 replaced previous provisions; P.A. 75-568 made technical correction.

      Public money not to be devoted to matters of purely local concern. 109 C. 342. Cited. 124 C. 34.