Work Permit Regulation
Sec. 14-37a-2. Eligibility for work permit
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
any person whose motor vehicle operator's license or nonresident
operating privilege is suspended pursuant to any provision
of chapter 246 or 248 of
the Connecticut General Statutes may make application
for a work permit.
(b) The following persons shall not be
eligible for a work permit:
(1) A person whose motor vehicle operator's
license or nonresident operating privilege is under suspension
pursuant to section 14-215 (operating under suspension)
of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(2) A person whose motor vehicle operator's
license or nonresident operating privilege is under suspension
pursuant to section 14-140 (failure to plead or pay ticket)
of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(3) A person whose motor vehicle operator's
license or nonresident operating privilege is under suspension
pursuant to subsection (i) of section 14-227b of the Connecticut
General Statutes, if such person's operator's license
or non-resident operating privilege has been suspended
previously pursuant to subsection (i) of section 14-227b
of the Connecticut General Statutes. (PRIOR
DWI SUSPENSION)
(c) The commissioner shall not issue a work
permit in the following situations unless the person has
a driving history, including motor vehicle violations,
license suspensions and accidents, which indicates in
the sole discretion of the commissioner that the person
is a safe and responsible driver, and the commissioner
finds that denial of a work permit will cause a significant
hardship to such person or his dependents:
(1) A person whose motor vehicle operator's
license or nonresident operating privilege is under suspension
for a violation of section 14-222 of the Connecticut General
Statutes, or for a violation of section 14-223(b) of the
Connecticut General Statutes, or for a violation of section
14-224 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and such person
has on his official driving history, as maintained at
the department, either two or more moving violations,
as defined in section 14-111g of the Connecticut General
Statutes or included in section 14-137a-5 of the Regulations
of Connecticut State Agencies, or any previous violation
resulting in an operator's license suspension, where such
moving violation or such suspension occurred prior to
the violation which resulted in the operator's license
suspension of the person;
(2) A person whose motor vehicle operator's
license or nonresident operating privilege is under suspension
for a violation of section 53a-56b of the Connecticut
General Statutes, or for a violation of section 53a-60d
of the Connecticut General Statutes, or whose suspension
has been specifically recommended by a judge of the superior
court pursuant to the provisions of section 14-141 of
the Connecticut General Statutes following the conviction
of any other violation related to the safe operation of
a motor vehicle;
(3) A person to whom a work permit has
previously been issued in connection with an alcohol related
suspension of his operator's license or non-resident operating
privilege; (PRIOR WORK PERMIT)
(4) A person who has on his official driving history three
(3) or more moving violations included in section 14-111g
of the Connecticut General Statutes or section 14-137a-5
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(5) A person who, at the time of application
for the work permit has on his official driving
history an operator's license suspension for an indefinite
period, except that upon resolution of such indefinite
suspension, such person may be issued a work permit if
he is otherwise qualified; or
(6) A person whose driving history indicates
that such person has been convicted of more than one alcohol
related offense (PRIOR DWI CONVICTION)
ALSO, if you refused
a chemical test, you will not be issued a work permit
for the first 90 days of your suspension.
