The commissioner may issue to each manufacturer licensed under the provisions of sections 14-67a to 14-67d, inclusive, registrations with the same distinguishing number. Each such registration shall expire biennially on the last day of June. For the issuance of each such registration and for the biennial renewal thereof there shall be charged a fee of one hundred forty dollars; except that the fee for a commercial registration shall be the fee charged for the maximum gross weight of the motor vehicle on which such number or mark is used and except as otherwise provided by subsection (g) of section 14-49. Registration certificates issued under the provisions of this section shall not be required to be carried upon such motor vehicles when on the public highways as required under subsection (a) of section 14-13. The manufacturer shall furnish financial responsibility satisfactory to the commissioner, in accordance with section 14-112, provided such financial responsibility shall not be required from a manufacturer if the commissioner finds that such manufacturer is of sufficient financial responsibility to meet such legal liability.

(1972, P.A. 255, S. 5; P.A. 83-428; P.A. 84-254, S. 43, 62; 84-429, S. 59; P.A. 87-329, S. 17; P.A. 90-263, S. 62, 74; P.A. 11-6, S. 142.)

History: P.A. 83-428 increased the registration fee for manufacturer's vehicles from $8 to $20 and included a separate fee provision for commercial motor vehicles; P.A. 84-254 periodically increased the fee from $20 to $40 as of July 1, 1992; P.A. 84-429 made technical changes for statutory consistency; P.A. 87-329 maintained the fee at the level existing on and after July 1, 1986, and decreased the fee effective July 1, 1992, to the level formerly existing on and after July 1, 1988; P.A. 90-263 substituted commercial registration for commercial motor vehicles in the exception; P.A. 11-6 changed registration from annual with $35 fee to biennial with $140 fee, changed fee for commercial registration from half the fee for maximum gross weight to amount equal to such fee, and added requirement for manufacturer to furnish financial responsibility, effective July 1, 2011.