2016 -- S 2076

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES --

SPECIAL PLATE FOR ROCKY POINT FOUNDATION

     Introduced By: Senators Walaska, McCaffrey, and Lynch Prata

     Date Introduced: January 13, 2016

     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:

     31-3-104. Special plate for The Rocky Point Foundation, Inc.. – (a) The administrator

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

registration plates for The Rocky Point Foundation, Inc. (hereafter referred to as "Rocky Point

Foundation"). The plates shall be designed to reference Rocky Point Foundation.

     (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 plates.

     (c) The Rocky Point Foundation motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular

motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Rocky Point Foundation, in conjunction with

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

     (d) The Rocky Point Foundation 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 Rocky

Point Foundation plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met.

The initial order will be handled by the Rocky Point Foundation 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 the division 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 Rocky Point

Foundation 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 Rocky Point Foundation in furtherance of its mission.

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

to the Rocky Point Foundation.

     (i) The Rocky Point Foundation shall be required to submit an annual accounting report

before such monies are distributed.

     (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Rocky Point Foundation plates.

     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 --

SPECIAL PLATE FOR ROCKY POINT FOUNDATION

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     This act would authorize a special license plate for the Rocky Point Foundation, Inc., and

would specify the fees and other conditions for issuance.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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