Connecticut SB 413: AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF EXOTIC OR WILD ANIMALS IN TRAVELING ANIMAL ACTS.

Bill Text

Substitute Senate Bill No. 413

Public Act No. 26-24

AN ACT REVISING VARIOUS MOTOR VEHICLE STATUTES,
IMPLEMENTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND CONCERNING YOUTH INSTRUCTION
PERMITS, AUTOMOBILE DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS AND
THE TOWING AND STORAGE OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of section 14-253a of the
2026 supplement to the general statutes are repealed and the following
is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2026):
(b) (1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall accept applications
and renewal applications for removable windshield placards from [(1)]
(A) any person who is blind, as defined in section 1-1f; [(2)] (B) any
person with disabilities; [(3)] (C) any parent or guardian of any person
who is blind or any person with disabilities, if such person is under
eighteen years of age at the time of application; [(4)] (D) any parent or
guardian of any person who is blind or any person with disabilities, if
such person is unable to request or complete an application; and [(5)] (E)
any organization which meets criteria established by the commissioner
and which certifies to the commissioner's satisfaction that the vehicle for
which a placard is requested is primarily used to transport persons who
are blind or persons with disabilities.

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(2) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, on and after
October 1, 2011, the commissioner shall not accept applications for
special license plates, but shall accept renewal applications for such
plates that were issued prior to October 1, 2011.
(3) No person shall be issued a placard in accordance with this section
unless such person is the holder of a valid motor vehicle operator's
license, or identification card issued in accordance with the provisions
of section 1-1h, as amended by this act. The commissioner may adopt
regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the
issuance of placards to persons who, by reason of hardship, do not hold
or cannot obtain an operator's license or identification card. The
commissioner shall maintain a record of each placard issued to any such
person.
(4) Such applications and renewal applications shall be on a form
prescribed by the commissioner. The application and renewal
application shall include:
(A) (i) Certification by a licensed physician, a licensed physician
assistant, an advanced practice registered nurse licensed in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 378, or a member of the driver training
unit for persons with disabilities established pursuant to section 14-11b,
that the applicant meets the definition of a person with a disability
which limits or impairs the ability to walk, as defined in 23 CFR 1235.2,
as amended from time to time; [or (B)] (ii) certification by a psychiatrist
who is employed by, or under contract with, the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs that the applicant [(i)] (I) is a veteran, as
defined in subsection (a) of section 27-103, who has post-traumatic stress
disorder certified as service-connected by the United States Department
of Veterans Affairs, and [(ii)] (II) meets the definition of a person with a
disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk, as defined in 23
CFR 1235.2, as amended from time to time; [. In] or (iii) in the case of
persons who are blind, [the application or renewal application shall

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include] certification of legal blindness [made] by the Department of
Aging and Disability Services, an ophthalmologist or an optometrist;
(B) (i) A list of each criterion that qualifies an applicant as a person
with a disability which limits or impairs the ability to walk, and (ii)
instruction to the certifying health care professional to select the
applicable criterion and initial each selected criterion to indicate that
such selected criterion forms the basis for the certification; and
(C) A quick response code or comparable electronic identifier that
will enable the certifying health care professional or any person using
such code or identifier to access educational materials developed by the
Accessible Parking Advisory Council, established under section 14-
253c, as amended by this act, concerning the requirements to obtain a
removable windshield placard.
(5) Any certification issued by a health care professional pursuant to
this section shall be based upon such person's professional opinion after
having completed a medically reasonable assessment of the applicant's
medical history and current medical condition made in the course of a
bona fide health care professional-patient relationship. Any person who
makes a certification required by this subsection shall sign the
application or renewal application under penalty of false statement
pursuant to section 53a-