Connecticut General Statutes 14-111l – Driver control record. Record of convictions and administrative actions
(a) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall maintain a driver control record for each person who has been issued a motor vehicle operator‘s license, until such time as the commissioner is notified by another member jurisdiction that such person has surrendered such license and has been issued a license by such other jurisdiction.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-111l
- 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
- 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
- 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 vehicle: means any vehicle propelled or drawn by any nonmuscular power, except aircraft, motor boats, road rollers, baggage trucks used about railroad stations or other mass transit facilities, electric battery-operated wheel chairs when operated by persons with physical disabilities at speeds not exceeding fifteen miles per hour, golf carts operated on highways solely for the purpose of crossing from one part of the golf course to another, golf-cart-type vehicles operated on roads or highways on the grounds of state institutions by state employees, agricultural tractors, farm implements, such vehicles as run only on rails or tracks, self-propelled snow plows, snow blowers and lawn mowers, when used for the purposes for which they were designed and operated at speeds not exceeding four miles per hour, whether or not the operator rides on or walks behind such equipment, motor-driven cycles, as defined in §. 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
- Vehicle: includes any device suitable for the conveyance, drawing or other transportation of persons or property, whether operated on wheels, runners, a cushion of air or by any other means. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
(b) Upon notification of issuance of a license by another member jurisdiction, in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall transfer the driver control record to the driver licensing authority of such new jurisdiction of record within thirty days.
(c) Each driver control record shall contain the information prescribed by the commissioner, in accordance with the terms of the driver license agreement and as set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(d) The commissioner shall maintain a record as to all convictions and administrative actions for motor vehicle and traffic violations committed in this state, and for any cases of failure to comply, as reported to the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of sections 14-140 and 14-141, by any person who has not been issued a motor vehicle operator’s license by the commissioner or by the licensing authority of any other member jurisdiction, or whose license has expired or been cancelled. The commissioner shall transmit such record to such licensing authority of another jurisdiction, upon notification of the issuance of a license to such person.