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      Sec. 14-42. Commissioner to furnish applications. Indication of anatomical donation. (a) An application for an operator's license or identity card shall be made on forms furnished by the commissioner. The applications shall be in such form and contain such provisions and information as the commissioner may determine.

      (b) The application for an operator's license and the application for an identity card shall include the opportunity to complete an organ donor card pursuant to sections 19a-271 to 19a-280, inclusive. An operator's license issued to a person who has completed a donor card shall have a copy of the card imprinted on the reverse side of the license.

      (1949 Rev., S. 2382; P.A. 75-579; P.A. 84-429, S. 23; P.A. 85-190; P.A. 98-172, S. 3, 4; P.A. 06-130, S. 4.)

      History: P.A. 75-579 added Subsec. (b) re inclusion of body organ donation line on license applications and licenses; P.A. 84-429 rephrased provisions, transferred provisions re motor vehicle registrations to Sec. 14-12(b), transferred provisions re assignment of registration and license numbers to Sec. 14-10(a) and made other technical changes; P.A. 85-190 amended Subsec. (b), requiring an operator's license to indicate provision for organ donation in a conspicuous manner determined by the commissioner to assure immediate identification; P.A. 98-172 amended Subsec. (b) replacing the requirement that the application contain a line for indicating that applicant has made provisions for organ donation with a requirement that the application include the opportunity to complete an organ donor card and replacing requirement that operator's license indicate whether one is an organ donor with requirement that license have donor card imprinted on it, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 06-130 replaced "blanks" with "forms" and "application blanks" with "applications" in Subsec. (a) and added provisions re identity cards in Subsecs. (a) and (b), effective June 2, 2006.

      See Sec. 14-10 re record-keeping with respect to operator's licenses and registrations.