2014 -- S 2829

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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 - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Senators Pichardo, Goodwin, Metts, Miller, and Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: March 25, 2014

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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

hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

     31-3-101. Special plate in honor of César E. Chávez. -- (a) The administrator of the

division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special design motor vehicle

registration plates in honor of César E. Chávez. The plate shall bear the designation "César E.

Chávez 1927 – 1993" and shall bear the seal of the state imprinted on it.

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

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

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

removed from the vehicle and the registration certificate for the plates shall be carried in the

vehicle, in accordance with § 31-3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect for the special

plate.

     (c) The César E. Chávez motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor

vehicle plates and shall be designed in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with

design approved by the César E. Chávez Committee of Rhode Island.

     (d) The César E. Chávez motor vehicle plates shall be subject to a minimum prepaid

order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates. Said plates shall not be issued unless the

minimum order requirements are met.

     (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop application forms, prepayment

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

     (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee César E. Chávez

plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge.

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

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

shall be distributed annually to the César E. Chávez Scholarship Fund with the Rhode Island

Foundation.

     (h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated

to the César E. Chávez Scholarship Fund with the Rhode Island Foundation.

     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 create a special registration plate to honor César E. Chávez.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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