Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-21cc: The Borinqueneers commemorative number plates. Fees. Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut account.

(a) On and after January 1, 2026, the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall issue commemorative number plates in recognition of the primarily Puerto Rican members of the Sixty-Fifth Infantry Regiment of the United States Army who served with distinction and were known as “The Borinqueneers”. The design of the number plates shall be determined by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles in consultation with Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut, Inc. No use shall be made of such plates, except as official registration marker plates.

(b) A fee of sixty dollars shall be charged for “The Borinqueneers” commemorative number plates, in addition to the regular fee or fees prescribed for the registration of a motor vehicle. Fifteen dollars of such fee shall be deposited in an account controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles to be used for the cost of producing, issuing, renewing and replacing such number plates, and forty-five dollars of such fee shall be deposited in an account to be used by Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut, Inc. for the purposes of subsection (c) of this section. No additional fee shall be charged in connection with the renewal of such number plates. No transfer fee shall be charged for the transfer of an existing registration to or from a registration with “The Borinqueneers” commemorative number plates. Such number plates shall have letters and numbers selected by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may establish a higher fee for number plates: (1) Which contain the numbers and letters from a previously issued number plate; (2) which contain letters in place of numbers, as authorized by section 14-49, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for registration under said section; and (3) which are low number plates, issued in accordance with section 14-160, in addition to the fee or fees prescribed for registration under said section. All fees established and collected pursuant to this section, except the amount deposited in the account controlled by the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall be deposited in the “Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut” commemorative account, established pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish standards and procedures for the issuance, renewal and replacement of “The Borinqueneers” commemorative number plates.

(c) There is established the “Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut” commemorative account which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. The funds in said account shall be used by Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut, Inc. to provide bilingual services and assistance to Connecticut veterans and members of the armed forces. Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut, Inc. may receive private donations to said account and any such donations shall be deposited in said account.

(d) The funds in the account shall be distributed quarterly by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management to Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut, Inc.