l9n/ Connecticut

2004 Regular Session

House Bill 5246

AN ACT CONCERNING THE NOTIFICATION OF LIENHOLDERS OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

Became law as Public Act 04-30, signed April 28, 2004, 77 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To require that affixing departments obtain lienholder information at the same time owner information is obtained, if the same appears on the records of the Department of Motor Vehicles. Affixing departments shall then make timely notification to any lienholders of a motor vehicle, subsequent to taking the abandoned or unregistered motor vehicle into custody, informing the lienholders that the motor vehicle has been towed and stored, where the vehicle is being stored, and that the motor vehicle may be sold; to extend the length of time after which an affixing department may sell a motor vehicle valued at less than one thousand five hundred dollars from fifteen days to thirty days; to require that the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles provide lienholder information to an owner or keeper of a garage in a timely manner after receiving notice that a motor vehicle is subject to a mechanics' lien for the owner's or keeper's storage charges. Garage owners and keepers shall then make timely notification to any lienholders of motor vehicles prior to any proposed sale to satisfy a mechanics' lien for storage charges.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

3 co-sponsors

Cathy C. Tymniak, Bob Peters, Paul R. Doyle

Its course

February 11 to April 28, 2004, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action22 actions on 13 days

In the House of RepresentativesFeb 11 to Apr 756 days

Banking CommitteeFeb 11 to Mar 422 days

Transportation CommitteeMar 23 to Mar 318 days

In the SenateApr 7 to Apr 158 days

Waiting to be sentApr 15 to Apr 227 days

With the GovernorApr 22 to Apr 286 days

Text

Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Feb 11 – Apr 7

  1. Feb 11Introduced and sent to Banking Committee
  2. Feb 13Heard in Banking Committee
  3. Mar 4Banking Committee recommended a substitute for it
  4. Mar 23Sent to Transportation Committee
  5. Mar 31Transportation Committee recommended it
  6. Apr 7Passed the House of Representatives

In the Senate Apr 12 – Apr 15

  1. Apr 12Arrived in the Senate
  2. Apr 15Passed the Senate

To the Governor Apr 21 – Apr 28

  1. Apr 21Numbered Public Act 04-30
  2. Apr 22Sent to the Secretary of the State
  3. Apr 28Signed by the Governor
All 22 actions, as published
  1. Feb 11REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
  2. Feb 13PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
  3. Mar 4Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
  4. Mar 4FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  5. Mar 8REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
  6. Mar 15RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  7. Mar 15FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  8. Mar 15HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
  9. Mar 15FILE NO.Both houses
  10. Mar 23REF. BY HOUSE TO COMMITTEE ONHouse of Representatives
  11. Mar 31Joint FavorableBoth houses
  12. Mar 31FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
  13. Mar 31RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
  14. Mar 31NO NEW FILE BY COMM. ONBoth houses
  15. Mar 31TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
  16. Apr 7HOUSE PASSEDHouse of Representatives
  17. Apr 12FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
  18. Apr 12SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
  19. Apr 15SENATE PASSEDSenate
  20. Apr 21PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
  21. Apr 22TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
  22. Apr 28SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor