2016 -- S 2381

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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 -- GLORIA GEMMA BREAST CANCER

RESOURCE FOUNDATION

     Introduced By: Senators Pichardo, Walaska, Felag, Crowley, and Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: February 10, 2016

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-3-93 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration

of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     31-3-93. Special plate for the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation. --

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special

design motor vehicle registration plates for passenger or commercial vehicles based upon the not-

for-profit entity the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation. The plates shall be

designed to reference the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation.

      (b) The special design plates 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 design plates.

      (c) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation 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 and with final approval from the Rhode Island state police.

      (d) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates shall be subject to a

minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of passenger any combination of

types of plates. The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates shall not be issued

unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Gloria

Gemma breast cancer resource foundation and shall not be submitted to the division of motor

vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) has been met and the proper paperwork

submitted to the division.

      (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop pre-payment

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 fees, The Gloria

Gemma breast cancer resource 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 deposited in the division of motor vehicles manufacturing account and

the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be distributed annually to the Gloria Gemma breast

cancer resource foundation in furtherance of their mission to raise breast cancer awareness,

increase breast health education and generate funding for critical breast health programs that are

in desperate need of being brought to fruition.

      (h) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation will be required to submit an

annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant before such monies are distributed.

      (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Gloria Gemma

breast cancer resource foundation, the foundation must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in

and for the benefit of Rhode Island.

      (j) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Gloria Gemma breast cancer

resource foundation plates.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GLORIA GEMMA BREAST CANCER

RESOURCE FOUNDATION

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     This act would permit Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates to be

issued for commercial vehicles. Preorders of nine hundred (900) plates of all types would be

required.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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