Senate Bill 1073 was replaced with Senate Bill 1081.
SB 1081 (File 356, as amended by Senate “A,” “B,” “C” and “D”)*
AN ACT CONCERNING THE FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
Summary: 30 & 31 — COMPOSITE MOTOR VEHICLES
The bill requires, for purposes of registration and mandatory mechanical inspections required by law,
that the model year of a composite motor vehicle be determined as the model year that the body of the vehicle most closely resembles. The law defines a “composite motor vehicle” as one composed or assembled from several parts of other motor vehicles, or the identification and body contours of which are so altered that the vehicle no longer bears the characteristics of any specific make of motor vehicle. Any vehicle not assembled by a DMV-licensed manufacturer is considered a composite motor vehicle.
The bill authorizes the commissioner to require inspection of any other motor vehicle than has not been made by a DMV-licensed motor vehicle manufacturer.
EFFECTIVE DATE: October 1, 2009
Passed on 6-2-09 by Senate and House, forwarded to Governor for approval
Unknown until DMV issues regulations:
* Specific model year assigned to the Cobra ?
* If, and then how, currently registered Composites will have the Model Year changed from year first registered in CT to the " model year that the body of the vehicle most closely resembles "
Progress to date, key in 1081
http://www.cga.ct.gov/