(a) Before issuing a commercial driver’s license, the commissioner shall obtain driving record information concerning each applicant through the Commercial Driver License Information System, the National Driver Registry and from each state in which the applicant has been licensed during the preceding ten years.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-44g

  • Commissioner: includes the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and any assistant to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles who is designated and authorized by, and who is acting for, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles under a designation. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
  • Driver: means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a commercial motor vehicle, or who is required to hold a commercial driver's license. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
  • Operator: means any person who operates a motor vehicle or who steers or directs the course of a motor vehicle being towed by another motor vehicle and includes a driver. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
  • Person: includes any individual, corporation, limited liability company, association, copartnership, company, firm, business trust or other aggregation of individuals but does not include the state or any political subdivision thereof, unless the context clearly states or requires. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
  • State: means any state of the United States and the District of Columbia unless the context indicates a more specific reference to the state of Connecticut. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1

(b) Within ten business days after issuing a commercial driver’s license, the commissioner shall notify the Commercial Driver License Information System of such fact, and shall provide all information necessary for the identification of the license holder.

(c) A commercial driver’s license issued pursuant to § 14-44e shall expire as provided in § 14-44h.

(d) Each person applying for the renewal of a commercial driver’s license shall complete a renewal application form providing an update and, if necessary, corrections to the information required on the original application, pursuant to § 14-44c. If an applicant for renewal wishes to retain a hazardous materials endorsement, he or she must pass the written test for such endorsement, and must meet the requirements of subsection (d) of § 14-44e. Upon renewal of a commercial driver’s license, and at such other times as required in 49 C.F.R. § 383.71, the holder of a commercial driver’s license shall make the applicable certification, as required by 49 C.F.R. § 383.71(b), regarding the type of commerce in which such holder is engaged. The commissioner shall refuse to renew the commercial driver’s license of any holder who fails to make such certification, and shall downgrade the commercial driver’s license to a Class D operator‘s license not later than sixty days after the failure of such holder to so certify.

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