(a) The provisions of sections 14-51 to 14-65, inclusive, shall not apply to dealers in trailers in the following classes: (1) Trailers having a gross weight of three thousand pounds or less, and (2) trailers sold as an accessory to and for the transportation of (A) any snowmobile, (B) any all-terrain vehicle, (C) any boat, or (D) any other powered or self-propelled recreational vehicle not required to be registered under this chapter but which is subject to the provisions of section 14-380.

(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, for the more efficient performance of said commissioner's duties, may allow a marine dealer, as defined in section 15-141, registered with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, to: (1) Sell any trailers required to be registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; (2) issue temporary registrations; and (3) submit applications for permanent registrations, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 14-12, and sections 14-61 and 14-61a.

(1963, P.A. 238; 1971, P.A. 630; P.A. 84-429, S. 58; P.A. 08-150, S. 21; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: 1971 act extended applicability to trailers other than boat trailers; P.A. 84-429 made technical change for statutory consistency; P.A. 08-150 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to replace existing Subsec. designators with Subdiv. designators and existing Subdiv. designators with Subpara. designators and added Subsec. (b) re authority of commissioner to allow marine dealers registered with Commissioner of Environmental Protection to perform certain transactions; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.