Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 243 - Infrastructure Program
Section 13b-59. - Definitions.

As used in title 13a or in this title, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning or intent, all terms which are defined in section 4-69 shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in said section. As used in sections 13b-59 and 13b-61, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning or intent:

(a) All terms which are defined in section 13b-2 shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in said section;
(b) “Expressway revenues” means all tolls, rates, rents, fees, charges and other income derived from the operation of any expressway referred to in part III(C) of chapter 240;
(c) “Highway tolls” means all tolls, fees, rentals and other charges, except expressway revenues, for transit over or use of any highway, bridge or ferry, including all receipts from fees, coupons or tickets provided for under section 13a-155;
(d) “License, permit and fee revenues” means (1) all fees and other charges required by, or levied pursuant to sections 12-487, 13b-80 and 13b-97, subsection (b) of section 14-12, sections 14-16a, 14-21c, 14-44h and 14-44i, subsection (v) of section 14-49, subsections (b) and (f) of section 14-50, subdivisions (7) to (9), inclusive, of subsection (a) of section 14-50a, sections 14-52, 14-58, 14-67l and 14-69, subsection (e) of section 14-73, sections 14-96q and 14-103a, subsection (a) of section 14-164a, subsection (a) of section 14-192, subsection (d) of section 14-270, sections 14-319 and 14-320 and sections 13b-410a to 13b-410c, inclusive; (2) all aeronautics, waterways, and other fees and charges required by, or levied pursuant to sections 13a-80 and 13a-80a, subsection (b) of section 13b-42 and subsections (c) and (d) of section 15-13; and (3) all motor vehicle related fines, penalties or other charges as defined in subsection (g) of this section;
(e) “Motor fuel taxes” means any tax now or hereafter imposed by authority of the state with respect to or measured by the sale or use, as a fuel in internal combustion engines or for the propulsion of motor vehicles, of products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline or any other substances prepared, advertised for sale or sold for use as a fuel in internal combustion engines or for the propulsion of motor vehicles, including the taxes provided for by chapter 221 or chapter 222;
(f) “Motor vehicle receipts” means all fees and other charges required by or levied pursuant to subsection (c) of section 14-12, section 14-15, subsection (a) of section 14-25a, section 14-28, subsection (b) of section 14-35, subsection (a) of section 14-41, sections 14-41a, 14-47 and 14-48b, subsection (a) of section 14-49, subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 14-49, except as provided under subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of said section, subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (k), (l), (m), (n), (o), (p), (q), (s), (t), (x) and (y) of section 14-49, section 14-49a, subsection (a) of section 14-50, subdivisions (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (10) of subsection (a) of section 14-50a, sections 14-59, 14-61 and 14-65, subsection (c) of section 14-66, subsection (e) of section 14-67, sections 14-67a, 14-67d, 14-160 and 14-381, and subsection (c) of section 14-382;
(g) “Motor vehicle related fines, penalties or other charges” means all fines, penalties or other charges required by, or levied pursuant to subsection (a) of section 14-12, except for subdivision (2) of said subsection (a), sections 14-13, 14-16, 14-17, 14-18, 14-26, 14-27 and 14-29, subsection (d) of section 14-35 and sections 14-36, 14-39, 14-43, 14-45, 14-64, 14-80, 14-81, 14-97, 14-98, 14-99, 14-101, 14-102, 14-103, 14-104, 14-105, 14-106, 14-110, 14-111, 14-112, 14-137a, 14-140, 14-145, 14-146, 14-147, 14-148, 14-149, 14-150, 14-151, 14-152, 14-161, subsection (f) of section 14-164i, 14-196, 14-197, 14-198, 14-213, 14-214, 14-215, 14-216, 14-217, 14-218a, 14-219, 14-220, 14-221, 14-222, 14-223, 14-224, 14-225, 14-226, 14-228, 14-230, 14-231, 14-232, 14-233, 14-234, 14-235, 14-236, 14-237, 14-238, 14-239, 14-240, 14-241, 14-242, 14-243, 14-244, 14-245, 14-246a, 14-247, 14-249, 14-250, 14-257, 14-260, 14-261, 14-262, 14-264, 14-267a, 14-269, subsection (g) of section 14-270, sections 14-271, 14-273, 14-274, 14-275, 14-276, 14-277, 14-280, 14-281, 14-282, 14-283, 14-285, 14-286, 14-295, 14-296, 14-300, 14-314, 14-329, 14-331, 14-342, 14-386, 14-386a, 14-387, 15-7, 15-8, 15-9, 15-25 and 15-33;
(h) “Motor vehicle taxes” means any fees, excises or licenses or other taxes imposed by authority of the state relating to registration, operation or use of motor vehicles including all receipts of the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles or his department, but not including in any case tolls, fees, rentals and charges for transit over or use of any expressway, highway, bridge or ferry or revenue received by the state in fees for the numbering of motorboats;
(i) “Treasurer” means the State Treasurer and includes each successor in office or authority; and
(j) “Special Transportation Fund” means the Special Transportation Fund created under section 13b-68.
(P.A. 74-342, S. 2, 43; P.A. 75-568, S. 36, 45; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-30, S. 2, 8; P.A. 84-254, S. 1, 62; P.A. 85-413, S. 1, 8; P.A. 86-403, S. 122, 132; P.A. 87-589, S. 4, 87; P.A. 90-143, S. 1; 90-263, S. 72, 74; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13, S. 1, 21; P.A. 92-177, S. 10, 12; P.A. 93-307, S. 15, 34; P.A. 97-62, S. 7; P.A. 98-182, S. 8, 22; P.A. 99-215, S. 3; 99-268, S. 7, 32, 46; 99-287, S. 5, 9; P.A. 00-169, S. 22; P.A. 02-70, S. 73; P.A. 03-115, S. 57; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3, S. 38; P.A. 05-218, S. 31; P.A. 06-196, S. 93; P.A. 11-6, S. 115; 11-213, S. 2, 3; 11-255, S. 5; P.A. 14-130, S. 30; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 166; P.A. 18-164, S. 5; P.A. 19-165, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 75-568 deleted definitions for “debt service charges” and “mass transportation”, deleted “sections 13b-58 to 13b-65, inclusive” and substituted “title 13a or in title 13b” following “as used in”, and added “as used in sections 13b-59 to 13b-62, inclusive, and 13b-65, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning or intent” before Subsec. (a); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-30 added Subsec. (i) defining “special transportation fund”; P.A. 84-254 relettered the subsections and added Subsecs. (d), (f) and (g), defining, respectively, “license, permit and fee revenues”, “motor vehicle receipts” and “motor vehicle related fines, penalties or other charges” and deleted former Subsec. (g) which defined “transportation fund”; P.A. 85-413 made technical change in Subsec. (d), substituting reference to Sec. 15-13(b) and (c) for reference to Sec. 15-14; P.A. 86-403 amended Subsec. (d) to refer to definition in Subsec. (g) and deleted references to Secs. 14-251 and 14-252 in Subsec. (g), effective June 11, 1986, and applicable to all moneys received or collected by the state on or after July 1, 1985; P.A. 87-589 made technical change; P.A. 90-143 amended Subsec. (g) to delete reference to Sec. 14-108; P.A. 90-263 amended Subsec. (d) to include in “license, permit and fee revenues” reference to fees levied pursuant to Secs. 14-44h and 14-44i; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-13 amended Subsec. (f) to include references to Sec. 14-12(c), 14-49(o) and (aa), 14-50a(a)(14), 14-61, 14-65 and 14-164a(b) and amended Subsec. (g) to include reference to Sec. 14-137a; P.A. 92-177 amended Subsec. (d) to include in “license, permit and fee revenues” reference to fees levied pursuant to Sec. 14-270(d) and amended Subsec. (g) to include in “motor vehicle related fines, penalties or other charges” reference to penalties levied pursuant to Sec. 14-270(f) and to delete reference to Sec. 14-265; (Revisor's note: In 1993 obsolete references in Subsec. (g) to repealed Secs. 14-125 and 14-133 were deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 93-307 amended definition of “license, permit and fee revenues” to delete references to Sec. 13b-404 and Sec. 13b-405 which were repealed by the same act, substituting reference to Secs. 13b-410a to 13b-410c, inclusive, effective June 29, 1993; P.A. 97-62 deleted Subsec. (i) defining “1954 declaration” and relettered existing Subsecs. (j) and (k) as (i) and (j), respectively; P.A. 98-182 amended Subsec. (g) by deleting Sec. 14-164a, pertaining to fines collected for violations of participation or conduct in motor vehicle racing, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 99-215 amended Subsec. (g) by changing reference to Sec. 14-270(f) to Sec. 14-270(g); P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (g) by deleting reference to Sec. 14-82, and, effective July 1, 1999, by adding reference to Sec. 14-164i(f); P.A. 99-287 amended Subsec. (g) by adding reference to Sec. 14-12s, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section; P.A. 02-70 amended Subsec. (d) to delete reference to repealed Sec. 14-53, effective July 1, 2002; P.A. 03-115 amended Subsec. (i) to make a technical change; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-3 amended Subsec. (f) to delete reference to Sec. 14-164a(b), effective August 20, 2003; P.A. 05-218 amended Subsec. (f) by deleting reference to Sec. 14-383, effective July 1, 2005; P.A. 06-196 made technical changes in Subsec. (f), effective June 7, 2006; P.A. 11-6 amended Subsec. (g) to exclude the fine in Sec. 14-12(a)(2) from definition, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-213 made technical changes in Subsecs. (d) and (f), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-255 amended Subsec. (g) to delete reference to Sec. 14-279, effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (g), a reference to repealed Sec. 15-16 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 14-130 amended Subsec. (g) by deleting reference to Sec. 14-12s, effective June 6, 2014; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (d) to replace reference to Subsecs. (b) and (c) of Sec. 15-13 with reference to Subsecs. (c) and (d) of Sec. 15-13 and to make a technical change, effective June 30, 2015; P.A. 18-164 amended Subsec. (f) to delete reference to Sec. 14-44(b), Sec. 14-49(u) and (aa), Sec. 14-50(g) and Sec. 14-67a(f), to add reference to Sec. 14-49(z), to replace reference to Sec. 14-382(b) with reference to Sec. 14-382(c) and to make conforming changes, effective July 1, 2018; P.A. 19-165 amended Subsec. (f) to replace reference to Sec. 14-41(b) with reference to Sec. 14-41(a) and delete reference to Sec. 14-49(z), effective January 1, 2020.
See Sec. 13b-70 re surcharges on motor vehicle related fines, penalties and other charges as defined in Subsec. (g) of this section.

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