Bill Text: CT HB06387 | 2011 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Vessel Registration Fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-11 - File Number 788 [HB06387 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2011-HB06387-Comm_Sub.html
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January Session, 2011 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING VESSEL REGISTRATION FEES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 15-144 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(b) (1) The owner shall pay a fee to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for deposit with the State Treasurer for each vessel so numbered or registered in accordance with the following schedule and subdivisions of this subsection:
T1 |
Overall Length |
Overall Length | ||||||
T2 |
at least |
less than |
fee |
at least |
less than |
fee | ||
T3 |
(feet) |
(feet) |
(feet) |
(feet) |
||||
T4 |
12 |
$ 7.50 |
40 |
41 |
$270.00 | |||
T5 |
12 |
13 |
11.25 |
41 |
42 |
292.50 | ||
T6 |
13 |
14 |
15.00 |
42 |
43 |
315.00 | ||
T7 |
14 |
15 |
18.75 |
43 |
44 |
322.50 | ||
T8 |
15 |
16 |
22.50 |
44 |
45 |
330.00 | ||
T9 |
16 |
17 |
30.00 |
45 |
46 |
337.50 | ||
T10 |
17 |
18 |
37.50 |
46 |
47 |
345.00 | ||
T11 |
18 |
19 |
45.00 |
47 |
48 |
352.50 | ||
T12 |
19 |
20 |
52.50 |
48 |
49 |
360.00 | ||
T13 |
20 |
21 |
60.00 |
49 |
50 |
367.50 | ||
T14 |
21 |
22 |
67.50 |
50 |
51 |
375.00 | ||
T15 |
22 |
23 |
75.00 |
51 |
52 |
382.50 | ||
T16 |
23 |
24 |
82.50 |
52 |
53 |
390.00 | ||
T17 |
24 |
25 |
90.00 |
53 |
54 |
397.50 | ||
T18 |
25 |
26 |
97.50 |
54 |
55 |
405.00 | ||
T19 |
26 |
27 |
105.00 |
55 |
56 |
412.50 | ||
T20 |
27 |
28 |
112.50 |
56 |
57 |
420.00 | ||
T21 |
28 |
29 |
120.00 |
57 |
58 |
427.50 | ||
T22 |
29 |
30 |
127.50 |
58 |
59 |
435.00 | ||
T23 |
30 |
31 |
135.00 |
59 |
60 |
442.50 | ||
T24 |
31 |
32 |
142.50 |
60 |
61 |
450.00 | ||
T25 |
32 |
33 |
150.00 |
61 |
62 |
457.50 | ||
T26 |
33 |
34 |
157.50 |
62 |
63 |
465.00 | ||
T27 |
34 |
35 |
165.00 |
63 |
64 |
472.50 | ||
T28 |
35 |
36 |
172.50 |
64 |
65 |
480.00 | ||
T29 |
36 |
37 |
180.00 |
65 and over |
525.00 | |||
T30 |
37 |
38 |
202.50 |
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T31 |
38 |
39 |
225.00 |
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T32 |
39 |
40 |
247.50 |
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For purposes of this schedule "overall length" is the horizontal distance between the foremost part of the stem and the aftermost part of the stern, excluding bowsprits, bumpkins, rudders, outboard motor brackets and similar fittings or attachments. (2) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any vessel used primarily for purposes of commercial fishing shall not exceed twenty-five dollars, provided in the tax year of the owner of such vessel ending immediately preceding the date of registration, not less than fifty per cent of the adjusted gross income of such owner as determined for purposes of the federal income tax is derived from commercial fishing, subject to proof satisfactory to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. (3) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any vessel constructed primarily of wood, the construction of which is completed not less than fifteen years prior to the date such fee is paid, shall be in an amount equal to fifty per cent of the fee otherwise payable, or if such construction is completed not less than twenty-five years prior to the date such fee is paid, such fee shall be in an amount equal to twenty-five per cent of the fee otherwise payable. (4) Fees payable under this subsection shall not be required with respect to (A) any vessel owned by a flotilla of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary or owned by a nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of such a flotilla, provided no more than two vessels from any such flotilla or nonprofit corporation shall be granted such an exemption and (B) any vessel built by students in an educational institution and used for the purposes of such institution, including such research as may require the use of such vessel. (5) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any pontoon boat, exclusive of any houseboat, shall be forty dollars. (6) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any canoe with a motor or any vessel owned by a nonprofit organization shall be seven dollars and fifty cents. (7) The fee payable under this subsection with respect to any vessel less than fifteen feet in length equipped with a motor the horsepower of which is less than fifteen, shall be seven dollars and fifty cents. (8) The owner of any vessel used actively, as required under this subdivision, in operational activities of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary shall not be required to pay the applicable fee in accordance with the schedule in this subsection, provided (A) if the applicable fee under the schedule for such vessel is greater than one hundred eighty dollars, the owner shall be required to pay the amount of fee in excess of one hundred eighty dollars and (B) the owner shall not be entitled to exemption from the applicable fee as allowed in this subdivision for any vessel registration year unless the application for registration of such vessel includes a statement, certified by an officer of the United States Coast Guard, that in the preceding year such vessel was used actively in not less than three separate operational activities of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. (9) Beginning October 1, 2011, and annually thereafter, all revenue received by the state for the twelve-month period from November first to October thirty-first, inclusive, in fees for the numbering and registration of vessels under this section shall be deposited with the Treasurer who shall deposit such revenue in the General Fund.
Sec. 2. Sections 15-155, 15-155d and 15-155e of the general statutes are repealed. (Effective July 1, 2011)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2011 |
15-144(b) |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2011 |
Repealer section |
FIN |
Joint Favorable Subst. |