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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-SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES

     Introduced By: Representatives Gallison, Edwards, Serpa, Marshall, and Fogarty

     Date Introduced: April 15, 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 for the Salt Water Anglers Association. -- (a) The

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

vehicle registration plates for the Salt Water Anglers Association. The plates shall be designed to

reference the Salt Water Anglers Association and shall feature a striped bass.

     (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 Salt Water Anglers Association motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as

regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Salt Water Anglers Association, in

conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode Island state

police.

     (d) The Salt Water Anglers Association plates shall be subject to a minimum prepaid

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

The Salt Water Anglers Association plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s)

requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Salt Water Anglers Association 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 Salt Water

Anglers Association 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 Salt Water Anglers Association in furtherance of its mission to

support marine conservation and sound management of fisheries resources and to assist charitable

organizations in Rhode Island.

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

to the Salt Water Anglers Association.

     (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Salt Water Anglers

Association license plate, the foundation must use any Rhode Island sources funds in, and for the

benefit of, Rhode Island-based charitable organizations.

     (j) The Salt Water Anglers Association shall be required to submit an annual accounting

report before such monies are distributed.

     (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Salt Water Anglers Association

plates.

     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-SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES

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     This act would make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Salt Water

Anglers Association.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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