(a) No person shall operate, and no owner shall permit the operation of, a cargo tank motor vehicle, as defined in the Code of Federal Regulations Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended from time to time, used for the transportation of flammable or combustible liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or hazardous chemicals until such vehicle has been inspected if such inspection is required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Any city, town or borough may, by ordinance, require the local fire marshal to inspect once each year, and more often if necessary, all cargo tank motor vehicles registered with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and located in such fire marshal's jurisdiction and used for the storage or transportation of flammable or combustible liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or hazardous chemicals. No city, town or borough, other than the one in which the vehicle is registered by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall require any further inspection or cause any further inspection to be made, or exact any license fees for such inspection, or exact any license fees for the transportation of flammable or combustible liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas or hazardous chemicals into or out of such city, town or borough.

(1949 Rev., S. 3687; 1949, S. 1997d; 1959, P.A. 374; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 79-512, S. 2, 13; P.A. 93-73, S. 1; P.A. 97-162, S. 1; P.A. 09-177, S. 9; P.A. 10-54, S. 6; P.A. 11-51, S. 90.)

History: 1959 act prohibited operation of motor vehicle used to transport flammable liquids until it has been inspected and removed requirement for placement of sticker in lower right-hand corner of windshield; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-512 made provisions applicable to “combustible liquids” and added Subsec. (b) re procedure required when flammable or combustible fluid leaks or is discharged from storage facility or transport vehicle; Sec. 29-64 transferred to Sec. 29-322 in 1983; P.A. 93-73 limited applicability of section to cargo tank motor vehicles, as defined in CFR Title 49, Section 171.8, as amended, required local fire marshal to issue a certificate in lieu of a sticker for each vehicle inspected and approved, and required certificate to be carried in vehicle and kept with registration certificate at all times; P.A. 97-162 deleted former Subsec. (b) re reports of leaks or discharges to state police and deleted Subsec. (a) designation; P.A. 09-177 designated existing provisions as Subsecs.(a) and (b), amended Subsec. (a) to add references to liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas and hazardous chemicals and to make inspection contingent upon Subsec. (b) requirement, and amended Subsec. (b) to authorize municipal ordinances to require inspections, to add reference to registration with Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, to delete requirements re fire marshal report to Commissioner of Public Safety and re inspection in accordance with regulations adopted under Sec. 29-320, to delete provisions re display of inspection certificate and to add references to liquefied petroleum gas, liquefied natural gas and hazardous chemicals, effective January 1, 2011; P.A. 10-54 changed effective date of P.A. 09-177, S. 9, from January 1, 2011, to January 1, 2013, effective May 18, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011.