Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-66d: Schedule of rates and charges for provision of private-property trespass towing and storage of motor vehicles.

(a) For the purposes of this section:

(1) “Private-property trespass towing” means the towing or transporting of a motor vehicle without the prior consent or authorization of the owner or operator of the motor vehicle performed in accordance with the provisions of section 14-145;

(2) “Light-duty motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than ten thousand pounds;

(3) “Medium-duty motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, including any cargo, with a gross vehicle weight rating of ten thousand pounds or more but not more than twenty-six thousand pounds;

(4) “Heavy-duty motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, including any cargo, with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than twenty-six thousand pounds;

(5) “Drop fee” means the fee payable for the release of a motor vehicle that has been connected to a wrecker but not yet removed from private property from which such motor vehicle is to be towed;

(6) “After-hours redemption fee” means the fee payable for redeeming a motor vehicle from a motor vehicle storage facility outside the wrecker service's hours of operation; and

(7) “Nonconsensual towing or transporting” has the same meaning as provided in section 14-66.

(b) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall establish and publish a schedule of rates and charges for the provision of private-property trespass towing and the storage of motor vehicles. Such schedule shall be effective on January 1, 2026, and shall include (1) flat rates for towing services provided to light-duty, medium-duty and heavy-duty motor vehicles, (2) a fee for additional labor, (3) a drop fee, (4) a mileage fee, (5) storage rates, and (6) an after-hours redemption fee. Not later than November 1, 2025, the commissioner shall hold one public hearing for the purpose of obtaining information to establish the schedule.

(c) Such flat rates shall include the first two miles of transportation performed by such wrecker service. No wrecker service may charge a mileage fee for more than thirteen additional miles of transportation provided to a motor vehicle subject to private-property trespass towing.

(d) Such storage rates and the after-hours redemption fee shall apply to the storage of light-duty, medium-duty and heavy-duty motor vehicles subject to nonconsensual towing or transporting.

(e) The schedule of rates and charges established pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be just and reasonable and reflect the reasonable operating costs of wrecker services that perform private-property trespass towing and store motor vehicles. In establishing such rates and charges, the commissioner shall consider factors, including, but not limited to, the most recent transportation producer price index published by the United States Department of Transportation, rates set by other jurisdictions and the cost of fuel, wreckers, motor vehicle parts, equipment, personnel, workers' compensation insurance, unemployment compensation and insurance premiums.

(f) In the period of time between July 1, 2028, and October 1, 2028, inclusive, and every three years thereafter, the commissioner shall hold one public hearing for the purpose of reconsidering the schedule of rates and charges established pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. The commissioner may amend such established schedule if, after consideration of the factors set forth in subsection (e) of this section and the testimony received at the public hearing, the commissioner determines that such established schedule is no longer just and reasonable and does not reflect the reasonable operating costs of wrecker services that perform private-property trespass towing. If the commissioner amends such schedule, such amended schedule shall be effective the January first following each public hearing held pursuant to the provisions of this subsection.

(g) Upon the publication of a schedule pursuant to the provisions of this section, no wrecker service shall (1) charge more than the rates and charges contained in such schedule, or (2) charge for services that are not included in such schedule.

(h) The uniform rates and charges for the nonconsensual towing or transporting and storage of motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than ten thousand pounds established and published by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles pursuant to section 14-66 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2025, shall continue to be effective on and after October 1, 2025, until December 31, 2025, inclusive, and no wrecker service shall charge more than such published rates and charges during such period.