(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a nonresident of the state, if summoned for allegedly having committed an infraction, shall be required to post a cash bond or a guaranteed bail bond certificate, as provided in section 14-140a, with the local or state police issuing the summons and shall not be permitted to plead or pay by mail as provided in section 51-164n.

(b) If the nonresident is alleged to have committed an infraction involving a motor vehicle or a violation of section 14-219 specified in subsection (e) of said section and is a resident of a state which has reciprocity with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in this state with respect to suspension of operator's licenses, the nonresident may plead or pay by mail as provided in section 51-164n and shall not be required to post a bond as provided in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The amount of any bond required by this section shall be the amount of the fine, any additional fee established for the infraction alleged to have been committed, any cost established for the infraction or a violation of section 14-219 specified in subsection (e) of said section as provided in subsection (b) of section 54-143 and section 54-143a and any additional amount calculated in accordance with the percentage increases set forth in section 13b-70 and rounded off to the next highest dollar. The total amount of any such forfeited bond shall be deposited in the General Fund as one undifferentiated lump sum amount or deposited in the Special Transportation Fund as one undifferentiated lump sum amount as may be required by statute.

(P.A. 75-577, S. 5, 126; P.A. 79-534, S. 4; P.A. 80-276, S. 5, 6; 80-483, S. 182, 186; P.A. 81-472, S. 112, 159; P.A. 82-248, S. 83; P.A. 84-313, S. 2; P.A. 88-103, S. 2, 4; P.A. 89-219, S. 9, 10; P.A. 90-213, S. 11.)

History: P.A. 79-534 added reference to additional fees; P.A. 80-276 added proviso requiring that bond for person who allegedly committed an infraction under Sec. 14-219 shall include $10 cost imposed by Sec. 54-143(b); P.A. 80-483 amended proviso added by P.A. 80-276 to replace $10 cost with $15 cost; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 82-248 made technical revision, rewording some provisions and dividing section into Subsecs. but made no substantive change; P.A. 84-313 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing provision that amount of bond for person who committed an infraction or a violation of Sec. 14-219 shall also include a cost of $15 imposed by Subsec. (b) of Sec. 54-143 with provision that amount of bond includes any cost established for the infraction as provided in Subsec. (b) of Sec. 54-143 and Sec. 54-143a; P.A. 88-103 amended Subsec. (c) by requiring the total amount of any forfeited bond to be deposited in general fund as undifferentiated lump sum or deposited in special transportation fund as undifferentiated lump sum as may be required by statute; P.A. 89-219 amended Subsec. (c) by requiring the amount of the bond to include any additional amount calculated in accordance with the percentage increases set forth in Sec. 13b-70 and rounded off to the next highest dollar; P.A. 90-213 amended Subsec. (b) to make provisions applicable to a nonresident alleged to have committed “a violation of section 14-219 specified in subsection (e) of said section 14-219” and amended Subsec. (c) to include in the amount of the bond any cost established for “a violation of section 14-219 specified in subsection (e) of section 14-219”.

Cited. 24 CA 195.