(a) Before issuing a commercial driver's license, the commissioner shall obtain driving record information concerning each applicant through the Commercial Driver License Information System, the National Driver Registry and from each state in which the applicant has been licensed during the preceding ten years.

(b) Within ten business days after issuing a commercial driver's license, the commissioner shall notify the Commercial Driver License Information System of such fact, and shall provide all information necessary for the identification of the license holder.

(c) A commercial driver's license issued pursuant to section 14-44e shall expire as provided in section 14-44h.

(d) Each person applying for the renewal of a commercial driver's license shall complete a renewal application form providing an update and, if necessary, corrections to the information required on the original application, pursuant to section 14-44c. If an applicant for renewal wishes to retain a hazardous materials endorsement, he or she must pass the written test for such endorsement, and must meet the requirements of subsection (d) of section 14-44e. Upon renewal of a commercial driver's license, and at such other times as required in 49 CFR 383.71, the holder of a commercial driver's license shall make the applicable certification, as required by 49 CFR 383.71(b), regarding the type of commerce in which such holder is engaged. The commissioner shall refuse to renew the commercial driver's license of any holder who fails to make such certification, and shall downgrade the commercial driver's license to a Class D operator's license not later than sixty days after the failure of such holder to so certify.

(P.A. 90-263, S. 37, 74; P.A. 04-217, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 204.)

History: P.A. 90-263, S. 37 effective July 1, 1991; P.A. 04-217 amended Subsec. (a) to change time period for which driving record information is obtained from 5 to 10 years and amended Subsec. (d) to require renewal applicant seeking hazardous materials endorsement to meet requirements of Sec. 14-44e(d), effective January 1, 2005; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 amended Subsec. (d) to add provisions re federal certification re type of commerce engaged in and penalty for failure to so certify, and to make a technical change, effective June 30, 2015.