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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2014

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEALERS', MANUFACTURERS' AND

RENTAL LICENSES

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Nunes, Lima, Phillips, and Casey

     Date Introduced: January 14, 2014

     Referred To: House Small Business

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Sections 31-5-7, 31-5-8, 31-5-22 and 31-5-34 of the General Laws in

Chapter 31-5 entitled "Dealers', Manufacturers', and Rental Licenses" are hereby amended to read

as follows:

     31-5-7. Duration of license. – (a) Application for license shall be made to the

department. Licenses shall be valid, unless sooner revoked or suspended, until December 31st of

each year for one year and shall be renewable on or before expiration, upon application and

payment of the fee required by this chapter.

     (b) Commencing January 1, 2015, licenses shall be valid, unless sooner revoked or

suspended, until December 31, 2017, and shall be renewable thereafter every three (3) years.

     31-5-8. License fee. – (a) The license fee for each year shall be as follows: the fee for the

license to each motor vehicle dealer shall be three hundred dollars ($300) plus a fee in like

amount for each office or branch.

     (b) Commencing January 1, 2015, the license fee for the three-year (3) license duration

shall be nine hundred dollars ($900) payable in installments of three hundred dollars ($300) per

year.

     31-5-22. Application for license -- Fee -- Expiration. -- (a) Any person desiring to be

licensed as a manufacturer, factory representative, or distributor shall apply to the department of

revenue upon a form containing any information that the department shall require. The

department may require with the application or, otherwise, information relating to the applicant's

solvency, his or her financial standing, or other pertinent matter commensurate with the

safeguarding of the public interest, all of which may be considered by the department in

determining the fitness of the applicant to engage in the business for which the applicant desires

the license.

      (b)(1) Each application of a factory representative shall be accompanied by a fee of one

hundred dollars ($100). Commencing January 1, 2015, the factory representative license fee for

the three-year (3) license duration shall be three hundred dollars ($300) and shall be payable in

installments of one hundred dollars ($100) per year.

     (2) Each application of a manufacturer or distributor shall be accompanied by a fee of

three hundred dollars ($300). Commencing January 1, 2015, the manufacturers or distributors

license fee for the three-year (3) license duration shall be nine hundred dollars ($900) and shall be

payable in installments of three hundred dollars ($300) per year.

      (c)(1) All licenses shall be granted or refused within thirty (30) days after the application

is filed and shall expire, unless revoked or suspended before that time, on December 31st of the

calendar year for which they are granted.

     (2) Commencing January 1, 2015, licenses shall be valid, unless sooner revoked or

suspended, until December 31, 2017 and shall be renewable thereafter every three (3) years.

     31-5-34. Application for license -- Fee -- Expiration. -- (a)(1) Any person, firm, or

corporation requiring a license pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the department upon a form

specifying any information that the department shall require. The department may require with an

application, or otherwise, information relating to the applicant's solvency, his or her or its

financial standing, or any other matter which that the department may deem pertinent to

safeguard the public interest, all of which may be considered by the department in determining

the fitness of the applicant to be licensed pursuant to this chapter. Each application shall be

accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100). All licenses shall be granted or refused

within thirty (30) days after the application, and shall expire, unless sooner revoked or suspended,

on December 31 of the calendar year for which they are granted.

     (2) Commencing January 1, 2015, licenses shall be valid, unless sooner revoked or

suspended, until December 31, 2017, and shall be renewable thereafter every three (3) years.

Commencing January 1, 2015, the license fee for the three-year (3) license duration shall be three

hundred dollars ($300) and shall be payable in installments of one hundred dollars ($100) per

year.

      (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or public law to the contrary, the

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authority to issue licenses for the rental or leasing of motorized bicycles and/or motorized

tricycles in the town of New Shoreham shall be vested exclusively in the town council of the

town of New Shoreham pursuant to the provisions of chapter 19.3 of title 31.

     SECTION 2. Section 31-3-25 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration

of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     31-3-25. Issuance of dealer's plates. – (a) The division of motor vehicles shall issue

special "dealer's plates" as applied for, which shall have displayed on them the general

distinguishing number assigned to the applicant. Each plate so issued shall also contain a number

or symbol identifying the plate from every other plate bearing the same general distinguishing

number. The division of motor vehicles shall issue dealer's plates every three (3) years in clearly

distinguishable colors, one color to be used by new vehicle dealers, another color for used

vehicles dealers, and another color for transporter and bailee plates. The color for each category

enumerated in this section, shall be changed every three (3) years with the issuance of the plates,

and vehicle identification devices will be provided annually.

     (b) The dealer plate issuance scheduled for January 1, 2017, shall be deferred until

January 1, 2018 to coincide with the dealer license renewal cycle.

     SECTION 3. 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 - DEALERS', MANUFACTURERS' AND

RENTAL LICENSES

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     This act would allow dealers, manufacturers, distributors and leasing companies to renew

their licenses every three (3) years instead of renewing every year. License fees remain

unchanged but are allowed to be paid on a yearly basis.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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