Sec. 22a-201c. Greenhouse gas reduction fee. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22a-201c. Greenhouse gas reduction fee. (a) On and after January 1, 2007, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall charge a fee of five dollars, in addition to any other fees required for registration, for each new motor vehicle. Said fee may be identified as the "greenhouse gas reduction fee" on any registration form, or combined with the fee specified by subdivision (3) of subsection (k) of section 14-164c. All receipts from the payment of such fee shall be deposited into the federal Clean Air Act account established pursuant to section 14-49b.

      (b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may draw upon not more than sixty per cent of the funds deposited into said account pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to implement the requirements of section 22a-174, sections 22a-200a to 22a-200d, inclusive, and sections 22a-201a and 22a-201b, and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may draw upon not more than forty per cent of the funds deposited into said account pursuant to subsection (a) of this section to implement the requirements of sections 22a-201a and 22a-201b.

      (P.A. 06-161, S. 6; P.A. 08-98, S. 6; 08-124, S. 20.)

      History: P.A. 08-98 amended Subsec. (b) to add references to Secs. 22a-174 and 22a-200a to 22a-200d re use of funds; P.A. 08-124 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 2, 2008.