(a) Each motor vehicle operator‘s license issued by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in accordance with § 14-36 and each identity card issued by said commissioner in accordance with § 1-1h shall contain the following: (1) The person‘s full legal name; (2) the person’s date of birth; (3) the person’s gender; (4) the person’s height and eye color; (5) the person’s assigned operator’s license or identity card number; (6) the person’s address of principal residence in this state; (7) the person’s signature; (8) the person’s photograph or digital image; and (9) if applicable, the person’s status as a veteran, as provided in subsections (e) and (f) of this section.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-36h

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • 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
  • 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
  • United States: means the fifty states and the District of Columbia. 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) If any person does not reside in any state, territory or possession of the United States because such person is on active military duty with the United States Armed Forces, and such person’s home state of record is Connecticut, as reflected in the records of the United States Department of Defense, United States Department of Homeland Security or any federal department under which the United States Coast Guard operates, such person may obtain a Connecticut operator’s license or identity card, provided such person: (1) Does not have an operator’s license or identity card issued by another state, territory or possession of the United States, or surrenders any such license or identity card; (2) has a current APO or FPO mailing address; (3) designates such person’s home address as 60 State Street, Wethersfield, CT 06161; and (4) meets all other requirements for obtaining an operator’s license or identity card in this state.

(c) The commissioner shall provide that each such license or identity card document contains physical security features designed to prevent tampering, counterfeiting or duplication of the document.

(d) Each such document shall also contain one or more machine-readable technology feature or component, including, but not limited to, a bar code or magnetic strip.

(e) Any person who is a veteran may submit a request to the Department of Veterans Affairs to have his or her status as a veteran contained on his or her motor vehicle operator’s license or identity card. Said department shall, not later than thirty days after receipt of such request, verify whether such person is a veteran and, if so, notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of such request and verification. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall indicate such person’s status as a veteran on any motor vehicle operator’s license or identity card issued to such person upon original issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle operator’s license or identity card or upon issuance of a duplicate motor vehicle operator’s license or identity card.

(f) (1) Any person who was a member of the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units, which units served in the United States secret war in the Kingdom of Laos during the Vietnam War, may submit a request to the Department of Veterans Affairs to be listed as a veteran, based on such service, on his or her motor vehicle operator’s license or identity card. Said department shall, not later than thirty days after receipt of such request and the documents required under subdivision (2) of this subsection, verify whether such person was such a member and, if so, notify the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of such request and verification. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall indicate such person’s status as a veteran on any motor vehicle operator’s license or identity card issued to such person upon original issuance or renewal of a motor vehicle operator’s license or identity card or upon issuance of a duplicate motor vehicle operator’s license or identity card.

(2) Any such person who was a member of the Hmong Laotian special guerilla units shall submit to the Department of Veterans Affairs, in addition to the request under subdivision (1) of this subsection, (A) an affidavit stating (i) when such person served, (ii) where such person served, (iii) the unit in which such person served, and (iv) the capacity in which such person served; (B) any available corroborating witness affidavits; (C) any available official documentation of service; and (D) any other documents supporting such person’s affidavit.

(g) As used in this section: (1) “Full legal name” means the most complete version of the name that appears on a person’s certificate of birth, official passport or other document or documents accepted by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to verify the person’s identity, unless the person presents a marriage license or certificate, a certificate of civil union, a divorce decree or an order of a court of competent jurisdiction pertaining to a permanent change of the person’s name; and (2) “veteran” has the same meaning as provided in § 27-103, or any former member of the armed forces who is entitled to retirement pay under 10 USC chapter 1223, as amended from time to time, or, but for age, would be so entitled.

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