Sec. 1-1e. Savings clause. Nothing in sections 1-1d, 3-94b to 3-94e, inclusive, 7-6, 7-51, 7-53, 7-54, 7-172, 9-12, 10a-207, 14-14, 14-36, 14-40a, 14-41, 14-44, 14-61,
14-73, 14-214, 14-276, 17a-1, 17a-152, 17b-75, 17b-81, 17b-223, 17b-745, 18-73, 18-87, 19a-512, 20-10, 20-130, 20-146, 20-188, 20-213, 20-217, 20-236, 20-250, 20-252,
20-270, 20-291, 20-316, 20-361, 20-590, 20-592, 26-38, 29-156a, 30-1, 30-45, 30-86a,
31-222, 38a-482, 38a-609, 38a-633, 38a-786, 45a-263, 45a-502, 45a-504, 45a-606, 45a-754, 46b-129, 46b-215, 52-572, 53-304, 53-330, 53a-70 or 53a-87 shall impair or affect
any act done, offense committed or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or an obligation,
liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to October 1, 1972, and the
same may be enjoyed, asserted and enforced, as fully and to the same extent and in the
same manner as they might under the laws existing prior to said date, and all matters
civil or criminal pending on said date or instituted thereafter for any act done, offense
committed, right accruing, accrued or acquired, or obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to said date may be continued or instituted under and
in accordance with the provisions of the law in force at the time of the commission of
such act done, offense committed, right accruing, accrued or acquired, or obligation,
liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred.
(1972, P.A. 127, S. 83; P.A. 81-472, S. 113, 159; P.A. 85-613, S. 1, 154; P.A. 87-421, S. 8, 13; P.A. 90-154, S. 20;
P.A. 92-212, S. 19; P.A. 93-181, S. 2, 4; P.A. 95-264, S. 45; P.A. 99-102, S. 51; P.A. 01-163, S. 1; P.A. 02-89, S. 1; P.A.
04-257, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 81-472 deleted reference to Sec. 30-88; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes, deleting references to Secs.
7-147l, 31-20, 46-5g and 53a-77; P.A. 87-421 deleted reference to Sec. 17-295a which was repealed by the same act; P.A.
90-154 deleted reference to Sec. 3-91 and added reference to Secs. 3-94b to 3-94e, inclusive; P.A. 92-212 deleted reference
to repealed Sec. 20-283; (Revisor's note: In 1993 obsolete references to repealed Secs. 20-282 and 53a-74 were deleted
editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 93-181 deleted reference to Sec. 14-38 which was repealed by the same act, effective
June 23, 1993; P.A. 95-264 added reference to Sec. 20-592 (Revisor's note: References to Secs. 45a-546, 45a-549, 45a-552 and 45a-555, repealed by P.A. 95-117, were deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 99-102 repealed Sec. 20-17 and
authorized deletion of reference to said section in this section; P.A. 01-163 deleted reference to Sec. 7-56 which was
repealed by the same act; P.A. 02-89 deleted reference to Sec. 27-140g which was repealed by the same public act; P.A.
04-257 made technical changes, effective June 14, 2004.
Court ordered support for a minor child terminates when child reaches eighteen. 168 C. 144. Cited. 177 C. 47, 51, 52.
Sec. 1-1f. "Blind", "physically disabled", defined. For purposes of sections 3-10e, 4a-60, subdivision (12) of section 38a-816 and sections 46a-58, 46a-60, 46a-64,
46a-70 to 46a-73, inclusive, 46a-75, 46a-76 and 52-175a:
(a) An individual is blind if his central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the
better eye with correcting lenses, or if his visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is
accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the
visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees;
(b) An individual is physically disabled if he has any chronic physical handicap,
infirmity or impairment, whether congenital or resulting from bodily injury, organic
processes or changes or from illness, including, but not limited to, epilepsy, deafness
or hearing impairment or reliance on a wheelchair or other remedial appliance or device.
(P.A. 73-279, S. 1; P.A. 74-346; P.A. 75-346; P.A. 79-631, S. 41, 111; P.A. 80-259, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 74-346 added Subsec. (b) defining "physically disabled"; P.A. 75-346 clarified definition of "physically
disabled"; P.A. 79-631 deleted reference to Sec. 53-34a, substituting Sec. 53-34 (later transferred to Sec. 46a-58); P.A.
80-259 added reference to Subdiv. (12) of Sec. 38-61.
See Secs. 4a-60, 10-294a, 29-271, 46a-41, 46a-44, 46a-52, 46a-58, 46a-60, 46a-64, 46a-66, 46a-70, 46a-71, 46a-72,
46a-73, 46a-75, 46a-76, 52-175a, 53a-59a, 53a-60b, 53a-60c, 53a-61a.
Sec. 1-1g. "Mental retardation", defined. (a) For the purposes of sections 4a-60,
17a-274, 17a-281, 38a-816, 45a-669 to 45a-684, inclusive, 46a-51, 53a-59a, 53a-60b,
53a-60c and 53a-61a, mental retardation means a significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period.
(b) As used in subsection (a), "general intellectual functioning" means the results
obtained by assessment with one or more of the individually administered general intelligence tests developed for that purpose and standardized on a significantly adequate
population and administered by a person or persons formally trained in test administration; "significantly subaverage" means an intelligence quotient more than two standard
deviations below the mean for the test; "adaptive behavior" means the effectiveness or
degree with which an individual meets the standards of personal independence and social
responsibility expected for the individual's age and cultural group; and "developmental
period" means the period of time between birth and the eighteenth birthday.
(P.A. 78-148, S. 1; P.A. 80-259, S. 3; P.A. 82-51, S. 1; P.A. 83-587, S. 1, 96; P.A. 99-122, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 80-259 added reference to Subdiv. (12) of Sec. 38-61; P.A. 82-51 clarified terms used in the statutory
definition in new Subsec. (b) and updated list of applicable sections in prior provisions, now Subsec. (a); P.A. 83-587
made a technical amendment; P.A. 99-122 amended Subsec. (a) to make definition applicable to Secs. 53a-59a, 53a-60b,
53a-60c and 53a-61a; (Revisor's note: In 2005, a reference to Sec. "45a-668" was changed editorially by the Revisors to
Sec. "45a-669" since Sec. 45a-668 was repealed by P.A. 04-54).
Sec. 1-1h. Identity cards. (a) Any person who does not possess a valid motor
vehicle operator's license may apply to the Department of Motor Vehicles for an identity
card. The application for an identity card shall be accompanied by the birth certificate
of the applicant or a certificate of identification of the applicant issued and authorized
for such use by the Department of Correction. Such application shall include: (1) The
applicant's name; (2) the applicant's address; (3) whether the address is permanent or
temporary; (4) the applicant's birthdate; (5) notice to the applicant that false statements
on such application are punishable under section 53a-157b; and (6) such other pertinent
information as the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles deems necessary. A fee of fifteen
dollars shall be paid to the department upon issuance to the applicant of an identity card
which contains a picture of the applicant and specifies the applicant's height, sex and
eye color. The applicant shall sign the application in the presence of an official of the
department. The commissioner may waive the fifteen-dollar fee for any applicant who
has voluntarily surrendered such applicant's motor vehicle operator's license or whose
license has been refused by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (4) of subsection
(e) of section 14-36.
(b) An identity card shall expire within a period not exceeding four years from the
date of issuance of such card. Each such card shall indicate its date of expiration. Any
person who holds an identity card may renew such card in such manner as the commissioner shall prescribe upon payment of a fee of fifteen dollars.
(c) A distinctive identity card shall be issued to any applicant less than twenty-one
years of age. The identity card shall contain a statement that it is issued subject to the
same verification of the applicant's identity as required for the issuance of a motor
vehicle operator's license. The card may thereafter be exhibited to establish the age and
identity of the person to whom it was issued.
(d) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, in consultation with the Liquor Control
Commission, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to
carry out the purposes of this section and section 30-86.
(e) Any person who misrepresents his age or practices any other deceit in the procurement of an identity card, or uses or exhibits an identity card belonging to any other
person, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days
or both.
(P.A. 84-478, S. 1, 5; P.A. 85-613, S. 2, 154; P.A. 87-479, S. 1, 3; P.A. 91-215, S. 3; P.A. 95-260, S. 1; P.A. 99-181,
S. 36; 99-268, S. 9; P.A. 00-169, S. 22; P.A. 01-63; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4, S. 27.)
History: P.A. 84-478, S. 1, effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 85-613 made technical changes; P.A. 87-479 permitted persons
who are sixteen to twenty years of age, inclusive, to apply for an identity card and required the issuance of a distinctive
identity card to applicants under twenty-one; P.A. 91-215 deleted requirement that photographs submitted along with
applications for identity cards be validated by the office of vital statistics of the town where the applicant resides, increased
the fee for such application from four to ten dollars, required that such cards specify the holder's height, sex and eye color
and required that such card contain a statement re verification of holders' identity; P.A. 95-260 divided section into Subsecs.,
permitted any person who does not have a valid operator's license, regardless of age, to apply for an identity card, eliminated
requirement that application be accompanied by a photograph of applicant, made technical changes in Subsec. (a) and
inserted as Subsec. (b) a requirement that identity card expire not later than four years from its date of issuance and that
each card indicate its expiration date and provisions re renewal of card; (Revisor's note: In 1997 references throughout
the general statutes to "Motor Vehicle(s) Commissioner" and "Motor Vehicle(s) Department" were replaced editorially
by the Revisors with "Commissioner of Motor Vehicles" or "Department of Motor Vehicles", as the case may be, for
consistency with customary statutory usage); P.A. 99-181 amended Subsec. (a) by allowing an application for an identity
card to be accompanied by a certificate of identification issued by the Department of Correction and by making technical
changes re gender neutrality; P.A. 99-268 amended Subsec. (a) by adding a provision allowing for the commissioner to
waive the ten-dollar fee for an applicant who has voluntarily surrendered such operator's license or whose license has been
refused pursuant to Subdiv. (4) of Subsec. (e) of Sec. 14-36, making a technical change and making changes re gender
neutrality; P.A. 00-169 revised effective date of P.A. 99-268 but without affecting this section; P.A. 01-63 amended Subsec.
(a) to provide that a certificate of identification issued by the Department of Correction may be used to obtain an identity
card if it is "authorized for such use" by said department; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-4 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to
increase fee for issuance and renewal of identity card to fifteen dollars, effective January 1, 2005.
See Sec. 1-1i re use of fees collected from issuance of identity cards.
Sec. 1-1i. Use of fees collected from issuance of identity cards. The fees payable
to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles upon the issuance of certain identity cards in
accordance with section 1-1h shall be deposited to the credit of the General Fund and
in the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1985, such fees, in an amount not exceeding
a total of sixty thousand dollars, shall be deemed to be appropriated for use by said
commissioner for purposes of implementing the program in said section 1-1h.
(P.A. 85-413, S. 7, 8.)
Sec. 1-1j. Methods of payment of license fees. Each state agency, as defined in
section 4-166, shall accept payment in cash or by check, draft or money order for any
license issued by such agency pursuant to the provisions of the general statutes. Except
as otherwise provided by the general statutes, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management may authorize any state agency (1) to allow an applicant for a license to
pay the license fee by means of a credit card, charge card or debit card, and (2) to charge
such applicant a service fee for any such payment made by credit card, charge card or
debit card. Such service fee shall be (A) related to the cost of service, (B) uniform for
all credit cards, charge cards and debit cards accepted, and (C) applied only when allowed
by the operating rules and regulations of the credit card, charge card or debit card issuer
or processor involved or when authorized in writing by such issuer or processor. Payments by credit card, charge card or debit card shall be made at such times and under
such conditions as the secretary may prescribe in regulations adopted in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 54. Payment of a license fee by credit card, charge card
or debit card shall constitute full payment of such fee, regardless of any discount applied
by a credit card company.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 86, 117; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1, S. 2, 51.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-1 added provisions concerning payment of license fees with a credit card, charge card
or debit card, effective July 1, 1999.
Sec. 1-1k. "Victim of crime", "crime victim", defined. Except as otherwise provided by the general statutes, "victim of crime" or "crime victim" means an individual
who suffers direct or threatened physical, emotional or financial harm as a result of a
crime and includes immediate family members of a minor, incompetent individual or
homicide victim and a person designated by a homicide victim in accordance with section 1-56r.
(P.A. 97-257, S. 6, 13; P.A. 02-105, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 97-257 effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 02-105 added a person designated by a homicide victim to definition.
Sec. 1-1l. Holocaust victims' settlement payments excluded from income for
purposes of needs-based programs. Any Holocaust victims' settlement payment, as
defined in subdivision (35) of section 12-701, to a Holocaust victim, as defined in subdivision (36) of section 12-701, shall be excluded from any calculation of income for
purposes of determining the eligibility for, or the benefit level of, such individual in
any needs-based program under the general statutes or determining the ability of such
individual to repay benefits to the state as a legally liable relative of a recipient of
assistance under such program.
(P.A. 00-82, S. 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 00-82 effective May 26, 2000, and applicable to applications for state assistance pending on or after
said date.
Sec. 1-2. Legal notices. Each provision of the general statutes, the special acts or
the charter of any town, city or borough which requires the insertion of an advertisement
of a legal notice in a daily newspaper shall be construed to permit such advertisement
to be inserted in a weekly newspaper; but this section shall not be construed to reduce
or otherwise affect the time required by law for giving such notice. Whenever notice
of any action or other proceeding is required to be given by publication in a newspaper,
either by statute or order of court, the newspaper selected for that purpose, unless otherwise expressly prescribed, shall be one having a substantial circulation in the town in
which at least one of the parties, for whose benefit such notice is given, resides.
(1949 Rev., S. 8890, 8892; P.A. 79-375.)
History: P.A. 79-375 rephrased provisions but made no substantive changes.
See note to Sec. 1-1.
Sec. 1-2a. Construction of term "postmark". For purposes of sections 1-206, 3-114e, 3-114f, 3-114i, 4-147, 9-23g, 9-65, 9-153b, 9-311, 9-333j, 10-183g, 12-146, 20-429, 31-241, 31-248, 31-249a, 33-603, 33-663, 33-929, 33-1003, 33-1053, 33-1219,
38a-716 and 42-243 (1) any reference to the United States mail or a postmark shall be
treated as including a reference to any delivery service designated by the Secretary of
the Treasury of the United States pursuant to Section 7502 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States,
as from time to time amended, (2) any reference to a postmark made by the United
States Postal Service shall be treated as including a reference to any date recorded or
marked in the manner described in said Section 7502 of said Internal Revenue Code by
a designated delivery service, and (3) any equivalent of registered or certified mail
designated by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States pursuant to said Section
7502 of said Internal Revenue Code shall be included within the meaning of registered
or certified mail.
(b) The Legislative Commissioners' Office shall, in codifying the provisions of
this section, make such technical, grammatical and punctuation changes and statutory
placements and classifications, including, but not limited to, the addition of newly enacted material to the sections listed in subsection (a) of this section as are necessary to
carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 99-121, S. 27, 28.)
History: P.A. 99-121 effective June 3, 1999 (Revisor's note: In codifying the provisions of P.A. 99-121 the Revisors
appended the following cross reference to Secs. 1-206, 3-114e, 3-114f, 3-114i, 4-147, 9-23g, 9-65, 9-153b, 9-311, 9-333j,
10-183g, 12-146, 20-429, 31-241, 31-248, 31-249a, 33-603, 33-663, 33-929, 33-1003, 33-1053, 33-1219, 38a-716 and
42-243: "See Sec. 1-2a re construing of references to "United States mail" or "postmark" to include references to any
delivery service designated by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to Section 7502 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 or any successor to the code, as amended, and to any date recorded or marked as described in said Section 7502 by
a designated delivery service and construing of "registered or certified mail" to include any equivalent designated by the
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to said Section 7502.").
Secs. 1-2b to 1-2y. Reserved for future use.
Sec. 1-2z. Plain meaning rule. The meaning of a statute shall, in the first instance,
be ascertained from the text of the statute itself and its relationship to other statutes. If,
after examining such text and considering such relationship, the meaning of such text
is plain and unambiguous and does not yield absurd or unworkable results, extratextual
evidence of the meaning of the statute shall not be considered.
(P.A. 03-154, S. 1.)
Sec. 1-3. Validity of separate provisions of acts. If any provision of any act passed
by the General Assembly or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid,
such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of such act.
(1949 Rev., S. 8893.)
If statute is partially invalid, valid part may stand if it and the invalid part are not so mutually connected and dependent
as to indicate legislative intent that they are inseparable. 146 C. 78. To overcome presumption of separability it must be
shown the portion declared invalid is so mutually connected and dependent on remainder as to indicate an intent they
should stand or fall together, and to warrant belief the legislature would not have adopted remainder independently of
invalid portion; similarly when application to distinct classes of persons is at issue. 171 C. 141, 145, 146. Cited. 191 C.
336, 351. Cited. 199 C. 693, 703. Cited. 201 C. 435, 442. Cited. 215 C. 675, 685.
Cited. 32 CA 656, 662; judgment reversed in part, see 232 C. 345 et seq.
Cited. 30 CS 87, 104.
Sec. 1-3a. License or permit fee due on Saturday, Sunday or holiday. Any state
or municipal license or permit fee which is due and payable on a date certain which
falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday shall be payable on the next business day
thereafter.
(P.A. 75-196.)
Sec. 1-3b. Enforcement of subpoena powers. Whenever any section of the general statutes or any section of any special act authorizes any person, committee, board,
officer, commission, council or agency to issue any subpoena, and such section does
not specifically provide for the enforcement of such subpoena, if the person to whom
such subpoena is issued fails to appear or if having appeared refuses to testify or produce
the evidence required by such subpoena, the Superior Court, upon application of such
person, committee, board, officer, commission, council or agency, shall have jurisdiction to order such person to appear or to give testimony or produce such evidence, as
the case may be.
(P.A. 78-143.)
Cited. 225 C. 700, 702.