Sec. 14-254. Parking privileges of disabled veterans. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 14-254. Parking privileges of disabled veterans. "Disabled veteran", as used in this section, means any veteran who served in time of war, as defined by section 27-103, and one or both of whose legs or arms or parts thereof have been amputated or the use of which has been lost or who is blind, or who have traumatic brain injury, or paraplegic or hemiplegic, such disability being certified as service-connected by the Veterans' Administration. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, upon application of any disabled veteran accompanied by such certificate of the Veterans' Administration, shall issue without charge a special number plate or set of plates in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of section 14-21b to be attached to a passenger motor vehicle owned or operated by such veteran and an identification card to be used in connection therewith. The card shall identify the veteran and the motor vehicle and shall state that such veteran is a disabled veteran qualified to receive the card, that the card, plate or plates shall be returned to the commissioner if the registration of the motor vehicle is cancelled or transferred, that the card is for the exclusive use of the person to whom it is issued, is not transferable and will be revoked if presented by any other person or if any privilege granted under this section is abused. If not so revoked, the card shall be renewable every four years at the time of registration of motor vehicles. No penalty shall be imposed for the overtime parking of any motor vehicle bearing a number plate issued under this section when it has been so parked by the disabled veteran to whom the plate and an identification card were issued or by any person operating such vehicle when accompanied by such veteran, provided the length of time for which such vehicle may remain parked at any one location shall not exceed twenty-four hours. The surviving spouse of a disabled veteran issued such special registration may retain any such registration and number plates without charge for his or her lifetime or until such time as he or she remarries.

      (1957, P.A. 164; 1959, P.A. 80, S. 1; P.A. 82-138, S. 1; P.A. 86-388, S. 28, 31; P.A. 97-236, S. 17, 27; P.A. 01-191, S. 3.)

      History: 1959 act redefined disabled veteran to include person who has lost the use of his arms or legs; P.A. 82-138 changed the renewal period for the identification card from annually to every four years; P.A. 86-388 substituted "number" plate for identification plate and included reference to issuance of a set of plates in accordance with provisions of Sec. 14-21b(a); P.A. 97-236 added provision to permit the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to retain the special registration without charge for lifetime or until remarriage, effective June 24, 1997; P.A. 01-191 redefined "disabled veteran" to include a veteran having traumatic brain injury and made a technical change for the purpose of gender neutrality.