Connecticut General Statutes Title 13B. Transportation § 13b-99. Registration.  Jurisdiction of Commissioner of Motor Vehicles.  Rooftop light.  Operator phone number.  Inspection.  Exemption from child restraint system requirements.  Regulations

(a) Upon the granting of a certificate of public convenience and necessity as provided in section 13b-97, the holder thereof may apply to the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for the registration of any taxicab of which the holder is the owner or lessee and which is to be used as specified in such certificate, and the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall have jurisdiction over the registration of any taxicab and its exterior lighting equipment and over the licensing of its operator.  Each registered taxicab shall have an electric light attached to the rooftop of the taxicab.  Each registered taxicab shall indicate, in type affixed to the outside of such taxicab, the phone number of the company operating such taxicab.

(b) Each such taxicab shall be inspected, biennially, at the time of renewal of registration of such taxicab, by a repairer or limited repairer licensed and authorized by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles to perform such inspections.  The commissioner shall set a fee for such an inspection.

(c) Each such taxicab shall be exempt from the provisions of subsection (d) of section 14-100a.

(d) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54,   1 to carry out the purposes of this section.  The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall consult with the Commissioner of Transportation before adopting any regulation concerning the attachment of a rooftop light to a taxicab under subsection (a) of this section.