Sec. 14-34. Reciprocity of registration. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-34. Reciprocity of registration. (a) A motor vehicle 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 motor 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 motor vehicles may be operated in this state and such other state. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit, amend, repeal or affect any of the powers and jurisdiction of the Department of Transportation or the provisions of sections 14-39, 13b-410a and 13b-410b.

      (b) The commissioner shall adopt such regulations in accordance with chapter 54 as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2376; 1971, P.A. 612, S. 2; P.A. 75-486, S. 40, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-63; 80-482, S. 33, 348; P.A. 81-394, S. 4; P.A. 85-148, S. 1; P.A. 90-263, S. 6, 74; P.A. 93-307, S. 24, 34.)

      History: 1971 act added Subsec. (b) re regulation of public service motor vehicles and included reference to public service motor vehicles in previous provisions, now Subsec. (a); P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-63 included motor vehicles used exclusively for farming purposes in Subsec. (a) and substituted "commissioner of motor vehicles" for "motor vehicle commissioner"; P.A. 80-482 gave division of public utility control department status and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 81-394 included "high-mileage vehicle" in the reciprocity of registration provisions; P.A. 85-148 deleted language in Subsec. (b) forbidding construction of section to allow public service motor vehicles registered elsewhere to conduct intrastate business and amended Subsec. (a) to specifically allow such vehicles to be used in intrastate commerce; P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to passenger motor vehicle, high-mileage vehicle, public service motor vehicle, commercial motor vehicle, motor vehicle used exclusively for farming purposes, trailer and semitrailer, and amended Subsec. (b) to delete all references to public service motor vehicles and provision concerning the jurisdiction of the department of public utility control and to require that regulations be adopted in accordance with chapter 54; P.A. 93-307 amended Subsec. (a) by substituting reference to Secs. 13b-410a and 13b-410b for reference to Sec. 13b-405 which was repealed by the same act, effective June 29, 1993.