Connecticut General Statutes 12-487 – Registration of vehicles for purposes of the motor carrier road tax. Use of dyed diesel fuel
(a) Each motor carrier operating or causing to be operated on any highway in this state any qualified motor vehicle, as defined in § 12-478, solely and exclusively in intrastate commerce shall register each such vehicle with the Commissioner of Revenue Services, for a fee of ten dollars per vehicle, which registration shall be renewable annually. On the registration of any such vehicle, said commissioner shall provide identification markers for such vehicle to be affixed to the lower rear portion of the exterior side of the vehicle’s doors. Such marker shall remain the property of the state and may be recalled for any violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations promulgated hereunder.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 12-487
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Motor carrier: means every person, firm or corporation which operates or causes to be operated on any highway in this state any qualified motor vehicle. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-478
- person: means any individual, partnership, company, limited liability company, public or private corporation, society, association, trustee, executor, administrator or other fiduciary or custodian. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-1
- Qualified motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is used, designed or maintained for transportation of persons or property and that (A) has two axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight exceeding twenty-six thousand pounds. See Connecticut General Statutes 12-478
(b) (1) Each motor carrier operating or causing to be operated on any highway in this state any qualified motor vehicle, as defined in § 12-478, in interstate commerce shall, if such carrier’s base jurisdiction is this state, for purposes of any agreement entered into by the commissioner under subsection (c) of § 12-486, register each such vehicle with the Commissioner of Revenue Services, for a fee of ten dollars per vehicle, which registration shall be renewable annually. On the registration of any such vehicle, the commissioner shall provide identification markers for such vehicle to be affixed as required by such agreement. Such marker shall remain the property of the state and may be recalled for any violation of the provisions of this chapter or of the regulations adopted thereunder.
(2) Each motor carrier operating or causing to be operated on any highway in this state any qualified motor vehicle, as defined in § 12-478, in interstate commerce shall, if such carrier’s base jurisdiction is other than this state, for purposes of any agreement entered into by the commissioner under subsection (c) of § 12-486, affix, in the manner required by such agreement, identification markers to such vehicle.
(c) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any such vehicle in this state unless such vehicle bears the identification markers required by this section, provided the commissioner by letter or telegram may authorize the operation, for a period not to exceed ten days as to any one motor carrier, of a vehicle or vehicles without such identification marker when the enforcement of this section would cause undue delay and hardship in the operation of such vehicle or vehicles and when the enforcement of this chapter will not be adversely affected. Any person operating or causing to be operated in this state any qualified motor vehicle, as defined in § 12-478, to which the identification markers required by this section or any regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 are not properly affixed shall have committed an infraction, the fine for which shall be ninety dollars. Any person who is alleged to have committed such an infraction shall follow the procedures set forth in § 51-164n or § 51-164o, as applicable.
(d) (1) For purposes of this subsection, “dyed diesel fuel” means diesel fuel that has been dyed in compliance with, or in intended compliance with, regulations adopted under Section 4082 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time; “highway” has the same meaning as provided in § 14-1; and “motor vehicle” has the same meaning as provided in § 14-1, but does not include any passenger motor vehicle, as defined in § 14-1, or any passenger and commercial motor vehicle, as defined in § 14-1.
(2) Any person operating or causing to be operated on any highway any motor vehicle that contains dyed diesel fuel in the fuel supply tank of the propulsion engine of such vehicle, unless permitted to do so under a federal law or regulation relating to the use of dyed diesel fuel on the public highways, shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
(3) Any person who, upon request by an authorized official of the Department of Revenue Services or another state agency, refuses to allow an inspection of the fuel supply tank of the propulsion engine of a motor vehicle shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.
(4) Any person who is alleged to have violated a provision of this subsection shall follow the procedures set forth in § 51-164n or § 51-164o, as applicable.