Registration. Expiration date. Fee

(a) Any commercial motor vehicle engaged in seasonal operations may be registered for a six (6) month period during any registration year. The six (6) months shall be consecutive. (b) Any seasonal registration issued in accordance with this section shall expire in the sixth calendar month after such registration is issued as follows: (1) A registration issued during the first fifteen (15) days of any month shall expire on the fifteenth day of the sixth month; and (2) A registration issued after the first fifteen (15) days of any month shall expire on the last day of the sixth month. (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section: (1) A seasonal registration shall not be effective prior to expiration of an existing registration issued for the same commercial motor vehicle; and (2) Any seasonal registration effective after October 31 of any year shall expire during the next following April. (d) The fee for a registration issued in accordance with subsection (a) shall be one-half of the annual registration fee provided in subsection (a) of Section 14-47 of the General Statutes. (e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the issuing within a registration year of a permanent registration or a second seasonal registration upon the expiration of a first seasonal registration, provided that such permanent registration or such second seasonal registration shall expire no later than the next following April 30.