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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Martin, and Chippendale | |
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Date Introduced: January 04, 2012 | |
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Referred To: House Judiciary | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Section 31-3-16 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration |
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of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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31-3-16. General assembly plates. -- (a) The administrator of the division of motor |
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vehicles is directed to make available to each duly elected member of the senate and of the house |
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of representatives of the general assembly of the state of Rhode Island and Providence |
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Plantations, so long as the member is serving during the term for which he or she has been elected |
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as a member of the general assembly and no longer, two (2) special motor vehicle registration |
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plates carrying on the first plate as a courtesy the word "senate" in the case of the senate, and the |
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word "house" in the case of the house of representatives. On the second set of plates, in addition |
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to the wording above, the letter "a" denoting auxiliary shall be placed on the plates. The plates are |
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to have special identifying numbers corresponding to the number of the senatorial or |
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representative district from which the member was elected. |
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(b) The special motor vehicle registration plates shall carry thereon the design and the |
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seal of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and shall be designed, sold, and |
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attached to the motor vehicle without cost to the state. |
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(c) Each member of any general assembly, at the expiration of his or her term as |
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member, unless reelected, may retain the special motor vehicle registration plates in his or her |
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own keeping, provided he or she does not display the plates upon any motor vehicle or any other |
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form of transportation owned or operated by the member. |
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(d) Any violation of the provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall be deemed a |
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civil violation, and any person displaying a special motor vehicle registration plate upon any |
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vehicle shall, upon conviction, be fined ten dollars ($10.00) for each offense. |
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(e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall reserve for the future use of |
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each member of the general assembly the private registration plates which he or she turns into the |
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division of motor vehicles in return for legislator's plates. The administrator of the division of |
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motor vehicles shall annually, during the month of January, submit a written notice to each |
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member of the general assembly notifying him or her of the private registration plates which are |
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being reserved for his or her future use. The notice shall indicate the registration plate designation |
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and the legislator for which it is being reserved. Each member of the general assembly, during his |
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or her term as member, may retain his or her private registration plates in his or her own keeping, |
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and may, at any time during that term of office, display either set of plates upon the motor vehicle |
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to which they are properly registered. |
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(f) In a state of emergency, any member of the general assembly driving a vehicle |
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bearing a special motor vehicle registration plate shall be authorized and empowered to travel |
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upon the highways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by any state or |
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municipal authority. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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This act would allow members of the general assembly to retain his/her private |
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registration plates and would allow him/her to display either set of plates upon a properly |
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registered motor vehicle owned by him/her. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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