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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Representatives Williams, Maldonado, Barros, Hull, and Tobon

     Date Introduced: March 13, 2015

     Referred To: House Finance

     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:

     31-3-104. Special plate in honor of César E. Chávez. -- (a) The administrator of the

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

plates in honor of César E. Chávez. The plate shall be designed to reference the "César E. Chávez

Committee of Rhode Island" 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 returned to the division of motor vehicles. 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 approval by the Rhode Island State Police.

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

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

The César E. Chávez motor vehicle plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s)

requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the César E. Chávez Committee of

Rhode Island, and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production until the

minimum order(s) have been met, and the proper paperwork submitted to the division.

     (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop, 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, the 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.

     (i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of César E. Chávez motor vehicle

plates.

     (j) The César E. Chávez Committee of Rhode Island will be required to submit an annual

accounting report before such monies are distributed.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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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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