Sanctions

(a) The commissioner may suspend the registration of a vehicle for any of the following violations, after notice and opportunity for a hearing as provided in Section 14-275c-43 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, except that if the commissioner finds that as a result of any of the following violations, the public health, safety or welfare imperatively requires emergency action, the commissioner may take summary action and suspend the registration of the vehicle prior to holding a hearing. If summary action is taken, the commissioner will immediately notify the registrant of such action and schedule a prompt hearing for such registrant in accordance with the provisions of Section 14-275c-43 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The violations are: (1) The vehicle has not been systematically inspected, maintained or repaired as required by Section 14-275c-38 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; (2) Written records with respect to the vehicle have not been kept or made available for inspection as required by Section 14-275c-39 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; (3) An opportunity to inspect the vehicle requested by the department has been refused by the carrier contrary to the requirements of Section 14-275c-40, subsection (a), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; (4) During a scheduled inspection a vehicle has been declared "out-of-service" as a result of a defect in its brakes, steering, suspension, tires or exhaust as provided in Section 14-275c-40, subsection (c), subdivision (4), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; (5) A vehicle declared and marked "out-of-service" has been used to carry passengers as prohibited in Section 14-275c-40, subsection (d), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; (6) A report required by Section 14-275c-40, subsections (e), (f), or (g) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, was not submitted; (7) An "out-of-service" sticker was removed from a vehicle as a result of a certified report that repairs or items of maintenance had been completed, or a report was submitted certifying that defects not requiring the vehicle to be declared "out-of-service" were corrected, and upon reinspection it was found that the required work was not performed or was not satisfactorily performed as required by Section 14-275c-40, subsections (e), (f) or (g), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; (8) A DVIR has not been prepared by a driver or submitted to the carrier for a vehicle as required by Section 14-275c-41, subsection (a), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; (9) No inspection or necessary repair has been made after a vehicle defect or deficiency has been reported by a driver in a DVIR as required by Section 14-275c-41, subsection (d), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; or (10) DVIRs for a vehicle have not been retained or kept on file as required by section 14-275c-41, subsection (e), of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. (b) Any driver who knowingly carries passengers on a vehicle marked "out-of-service," or who carries passengers on a vehicle which he or she knows, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence and observation should know, is not in safe operating condition, or who knowingly carries passengers on a vehicle which has a defect or deficiency in its brakes, steering, suspension, tires or exhaust which has been reported on three (3) or more DVIRs and which has not been repaired or corrected, shall be subject to suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of his or her appropriate endorsement or endorsements, as required by law, pursuant to the commissioner's authority under Section 14-44, subsection (c), of the Connecticut General Statutes.