(a) The provisions of sections 14-51 to 14-65, inclusive, shall not apply to dealers in trailers in the following classes: (1) Trailers having a gross weight of three thousand pounds or less, and (2) trailers sold as an accessory to and for the transportation of (A) any snowmobile, (B) any all-terrain vehicle, (C) any boat, or (D) any other powered or self-propelled recreational vehicle not required to be registered under this chapter but which is subject to the provisions of section 14-380.

      (b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, for the more efficient performance of said commissioner’s duties, may allow a marine dealer, as defined in section 15-141, registered with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, to: (1) Sell any trailers required to be registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (2) issue temporary registrations; and (3) submit applications for permanent registrations, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 14-12, and sections 14-61 and 14-61a.