(a) On and after the date on which the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation establishes the unified carrier registration system in accordance with 49 USC 13908, as amended, no foreign or domestic motor carrier, motor private carrier, leasing company, broker or freight forwarder, as defined in Title 49 of the United States Code, shall operate any motor vehicle on the highways of this state without first registering under said unified carrier registration system and paying all fees required for such registration.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 13b-410a

  • Motor private carrier: means any person other than a household goods carrier or a motor contract carrier who operates his own vehicle or vehicles not for hire and who engages in the transportation of his own property in the furtherance of any private commercial enterprise, and such motor private carrier shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 13b-387
  • Motor vehicle: means any rubber-tired vehicle propelled or drawn by any power other than muscular, not running upon rails or tracks, used upon any highway for the transportation of property. See Connecticut General Statutes 13b-387

(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall continue to require each haul-for-hire motor carrier to make an annual payment, in an amount not to exceed ten dollars, per owned and operated vehicle for filings made with the Department of Motor Vehicles required by the single state registration system, established in accordance with 49 USC 14504, as amended, until the occurrence of the transition termination date, as defined in 49 USC 13902(f), as amended.

(c) The commissioner is authorized to participate in the unified carrier registration plan and agreement, established in accordance with 49 USC 14504a, as amended, and to file on behalf of the state the plan required by the provisions of 49 USC 14504a(e).