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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin

     Date Introduced: February 28, 2013

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     31-3-97. Special plate for home and hospice care of Rhode Island. – (a) The

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administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor

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vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island.

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The plates shall be designed to reference Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island.

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     (b) The special plates shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to

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the vehicle for which it was issued, and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the

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registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be

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removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration

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certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle, in accordance with section 31-3-9. The

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registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate.

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     (c) The Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island motor vehicle plates shall be the same

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size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Home and Hospice Care of

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Rhode Island in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, and with final approval from the

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Rhode Island state police.

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     (d) The Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island plates shall be subject to a minimum

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prepaid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of passenger plates per plate type (i.e. passenger,

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commercial, etc). The Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island plates shall not be issued unless

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the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Home and

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Hospice Care of Rhode Island, and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for

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production until the minimum order(s) has been met, and the proper paperwork submitted to the

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division.

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     (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop prepayment

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procedures and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

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     (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fees, the Home and

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Hospice Care of Rhode Island plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge.

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     (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows:

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     Twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund, and the remaining twenty

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dollars ($20.00) shall be distributed annually to the Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island in

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furtherance of their mission to provide compassionate and skilled care to those who are seriously

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ill in the state of Rhode Island.

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     (h) The Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island will be required to submit an annual

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accounting report before such monies are distributed.

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     (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Home and Hospice

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Care of Rhode Island, the organization must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in and for the

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benefit of the state of Rhode Island.

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     (j) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Home and Hospice Care of

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Rhode Island plates.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

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     This act would empower the division of motor vehicles to make available special design

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motor vehicle plates based upon the Home and Hospice Care of Rhode Island.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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