(a) The Centralized Infractions Bureau of the Superior Court and each court having jurisdiction of each case involving a violation of any general statute relating to motor vehicles shall, in accordance with the provisions of section 14-141, continue to report to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles the name, operator's license number, jurisdiction that issued the operator's license and such other information as may be available concerning each nonresident owner or operator of a motor vehicle who has been convicted of a violation of any statute relating to motor vehicles, or has failed to appear for any scheduled court appearance, or has failed to submit a plea of not guilty by the answer date, or has not paid the full amount of any fine or additional fee required by law.

(b) Except as provided in subsection (a) of section 14-140, any person who has been charged by any law enforcement officer of this state with a violation of any provision of any general statute relating to motor vehicles may be released upon such person's own recognizance, without posting collateral or bond.

(c) Upon receipt of each report made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section concerning a nonresident owner or operator of a motor vehicle, the commissioner shall notify the jurisdiction of record, in accordance with the procedures of the driver license agreement. Each notification of a conviction shall be made within thirty days of receipt by the commissioner. No such notification shall be made pursuant to this subsection more than six months later than the date of disposition by the court.

(d) Upon receipt of a notice of failure to comply with a citation issued by any member jurisdiction, or administrative action taken by such jurisdiction concerning any person who is licensed to operate a motor vehicle in this state or who is the owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state, the commissioner shall proceed to suspend such person's operator's license and, if authorized or required by any provision of the general statutes, the registration of any motor vehicle owned by such person, or the privilege to register any motor vehicle, until such time as the commissioner is duly notified, in the manner provided by the procedures of the driver license agreement, that such person has complied with the terms of such citation.

(e) The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall apply only to citations issued for motor vehicle traffic or safety violations identified in the code of the driver license agreement, as set forth in regulations adopted by the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.

(P.A. 02-70, S. 39.)

History: P.A. 02-70 effective January 1, 2003.