There shall be excluded from the provisions of this chapter motor vehicles while engaged exclusively in work for and under contract with any branch of the government of the United States or any department of the state, or for any county, city, borough or town and motor vehicles used exclusively in the collection and transportation of solid waste, as defined in section 22a-207.

(1949 Rev., S. 5675; 1955, S. 2636d; 1957, P.A. 295, S. 2; February, 1965, P.A. 148, S. 1; P.A. 75-486, S. 1, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 132, 348; P.A. 85-297, S. 2, 4; P.A. 88-249, S. 2, 9; P.A. 95-126, S. 5, 25.)

History: 1965 act exempted motor vehicles used to transport milk from producers to distributors; P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; P.A. 85-297 exempted motor vehicles used exclusively in collection and transportation of solid waste; P.A. 88-249 transferred powers and duties from public utility control department to transportation department, amending section as required by section 2 of the act (codified as Sec. 13b-387a), effective July 1, 1989. (Revisor's note: Statute published in both Title 16 and Title 13b in the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, revised to 1989; Sec. 16-282 transferred to Sec. 13b-388, effective July 1, 1989); P.A. 95-126 eliminated exemption for motor vehicles engaged in transportation of property wholly within limits of any city or town of this state or adjoining territory, used exclusively for transportation of newspapers or fertilizers and plant spraying materials, operated by any farmer or group of farmers and used to transport agricultural commodities or livestock, controlled and operated by a cooperative marketing corporation engaged in transporting agricultural commodities, used to transport milk from producers to distributors, or known as armored cars and used to transport bullion, currency and other valuables, effective July 1, 1995.