Connecticut General Statutes 14-111j – Findings and declarations re driver license agreement
This state and the other party states to the driver license agreement find and declare that:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 14-111j
- Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
- 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
- Highway: includes any state or other public highway, road, street, avenue, alley, driveway, parkway, place or dedicated roadway for bus rapid transit service, under the control of the state or any political subdivision of the state, dedicated, appropriated or opened to public travel or other use. 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 section 14-286, special mobile equipment, as defined in section 14-165, mini-motorcycles, as defined in section 14-289j, electric bicycles, electric foot scooters and any other vehicle not suitable for operation on a highway. See Connecticut General Statutes 14-1
- Owner: means any person holding title to a motor vehicle, or having the legal right to register the same, including purchasers under conditional bills of sale. 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
(1) Each driver shall have one driver’s license issued by a jurisdiction, that is recognized by all member jurisdictions, and shall have one driver control record;
(2) All efforts shall be made to strengthen cooperation among member jurisdictions so that all drivers are required to answer charges of violation of motor vehicle and traffic laws, and to comply with the procedures for the disposition of such charges, regardless of the jurisdiction where any such violation occurs;
(3) Reciprocal recognition of driver’s licenses and of motor vehicle and traffic violations related to highway safety shall be facilitated, for the benefit of all member jurisdictions;
(4) Compliance by each driver with all provisions of law pertaining to the safe operation of a motor vehicle shall be required as a condition to the issuance and to the retention of a driver’s license;
(5) Conviction of a driver or owner for any motor vehicle and traffic violation related to highway safety in any jurisdiction shall be treated as if the violation had occurred in the jurisdiction of record, for the purpose of maintaining the driver control record and of imposing administrative sanctions, as authorized by law;
(6) All drivers shall be allowed to proceed on their way and shall not be required to appear in person before a court or other tribunal, regardless of their jurisdiction of record, after having been issued a citation for certain motor vehicle and traffic violations;
(7) All efforts shall be made to achieve greater uniformity among all member jurisdictions concerning identification and verification requirements for the issuance of a driver’s license or identification card;
(8) All efforts shall be made to achieve greater uniformity among all member jurisdictions regarding the exchange of information on drivers, licenses, and driver control records, including convictions of violations and license withdrawal actions;
(9) All member jurisdictions wish to adhere to all applicable laws that protect the privacy of personal information that is contained in driver licensing records, and that is used in exchange of such records; and
(10) All member jurisdictions shall act in the best interests of highway safety and in a spirit of mutual cooperation to attain and monitor compliance with the driver license agreement and to resolve any dispute that may arise, at the administrative agency level of authority and decision-making.