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1 | ARTICLE 4 AS AMENDED | |
2 | RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES | |
3 | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-2 of the General Laws entitled “Division of Motor Vehicles” is | |
4 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: | |
5 | 31-2-27. Technology surcharge fee. | |
6 | (a) The division of motor vehicles shall collect a technology surcharge fee of one dollar | |
7 | and fifty cents ($1.50) per transaction for every division of motor vehicles fee transaction, except | |
8 | as otherwise provided by law. All technology surcharge fees collected pursuant to this section shall | |
9 | be deposited into the information technology investment fund established pursuant to §42-11-2.5 | |
10 | and shall be used for project-related payments and/or ongoing maintenance of and enhancements | |
11 | to the division of motor vehicles’ computer system and to reimburse the information technology | |
12 | investment fund for advances made to cover project-related payments. | |
13 | (b) Authorization to collect the technology surcharge fee provided for in subsection (a) | |
14 | shall sunset and expire on June 30, 2022. | |
15 | SECTION 2. Section 31-3-33 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled “Registration | |
16 | of Vehicles” is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
17 | 31-3-33. Renewal of registration. | |
18 | (a) Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be made by the owner on a proper | |
19 | application form and by payment of the registration fee for the vehicle as provided by law. | |
20 | (b) The division of motor vehicles may receive applications for renewal of registration, and | |
21 | may grant the renewal and issue new registration cards and plates at any time prior to expiration of | |
22 | registration. | |
23 | (c) Upon renewal, owners will be issued a renewal sticker for each registration plate that | |
24 | shall be placed at the bottom, right-hand corner of the plate. Owners shall be issued a new, fully | |
25 | reflective plate beginning April 1, 2017 January 1, 2019, at the time of initial registration or at the | |
26 | renewal of an existing registration and reissuance will be conducted no less than every ten (10) | |
27 | years. | |
28 | SECTION 3. Section 31-6-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-6 entitled "Registration | |
29 | Fees" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
30 | 31-6-1. Amount of registration and miscellaneous fees. [Effective July 1, 2017.] | |
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1 | (a) The following registration fees shall be paid to the division of motor vehicles for the | |
2 | registration of motor vehicles, trailers, semi-trailers, and school buses subject to registration for | |
3 | each year of registration: | |
4 | (1) For the registration of every automobile, when equipped with pneumatic tires, the gross | |
5 | weight of which is not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.): thirty dollars ($30.00). | |
6 | (2) For the registration of every motor truck or tractor when equipped with pneumatic tires, | |
7 | the gross weight of which is not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.): thirty-four dollars | |
8 | ($34.00). | |
9 | (2)(3) For the registration of every automobile, motor truck or tractor, when equipped with | |
10 | pneumatic tires, the gross weight of which is: | |
11 | (i) More than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), but not more than five thousand pounds | |
12 | (5,000 lbs.): forty dollars ($40.00); | |
13 | (ii) More than five thousand pounds (5,000 lbs.), but not more than six thousand pounds | |
14 | (6,000 lbs.): forty-eight dollars ($48.00); | |
15 | (iii) More than six thousand pounds (6,000 lbs.), but not more than seven thousand pounds | |
16 | (7,000 lbs.): fifty-six dollars ($56.00); | |
17 | (iv) More than seven thousand pounds (7,000 lbs.), but not more than eight thousand | |
18 | pounds (8,000 lbs.): sixty-four dollars ($64.00); | |
19 | (v) More than eight thousand pounds (8,000 lbs.), but not more than nine thousand pounds | |
20 | (9,000 lbs.): seventy dollars ($70.00); | |
21 | (vi) More than nine thousand pounds (9,000 lbs.), but not more than ten thousand pounds | |
22 | (10,000 lbs.): seventy-eight dollars ($78.00); | |
23 | (vii) More than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.), but not more than twelve thousand | |
24 | pounds (12,000 lbs.): one hundred six dollars ($106); | |
25 | (viii) More than twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.), but not more than fourteen thousand | |
26 | pounds (14,000 lbs.): one hundred twenty-four dollars ($124); | |
27 | (ix) More than fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.), but not more than sixteen thousand | |
28 | pounds (16,000 lbs.): one hundred forty dollars ($140); | |
29 | (x) More than sixteen thousand pounds (16,000 lbs.), but not more than eighteen thousand | |
30 | pounds (18,000 lbs.): one hundred fifty-eight dollars ($158); | |
31 | (xi) More than eighteen thousand pounds (18,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty thousand | |
32 | pounds (20,000 lbs.): one hundred seventy-six dollars ($176); | |
33 | (xii) More than twenty thousand pounds (20,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty-two | |
34 | thousand pounds (22,000 lbs.): one hundred ninety-four dollars ($194); | |
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1 | (xiii) More than twenty-two thousand pounds (22,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty-four | |
2 | thousand pounds (24,000 lbs.): two hundred ten dollars ($210); | |
3 | (xiv) More than twenty-four thousand pounds (24,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty-six | |
4 | thousand pounds (26,000 lbs.): two hundred thirty dollars ($230); | |
5 | (xv) More than twenty-six thousand pounds (26,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty-eight | |
6 | thousand pounds (28,000 lbs.): two hundred ninety-six dollars ($296); | |
7 | (xvi) More than twenty-eight thousand pounds (28,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty | |
8 | thousand pounds (30,000 lbs.): three hundred sixteen dollars ($316); | |
9 | (xvii) More than thirty thousand pounds (30,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty-two | |
10 | thousand pounds (32,000 lbs.): four hundred and twenty-two dollars ($422); | |
11 | (xviii) More than thirty-two thousand pounds (32,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty-four | |
12 | thousand pounds (34,000 lbs.): four hundred and forty-eight dollars ($448); | |
13 | (xix) More than thirty-four thousand pounds (34,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty-six | |
14 | thousand pounds (36,000 lbs.): four hundred and seventy-six dollars ($476); | |
15 | (xx) More than thirty-six thousand pounds (36,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty-eight | |
16 | thousand pounds (38,000 lbs.): five hundred and two dollars ($502); | |
17 | (xxi) More than thirty-eight thousand pounds (38,000 lbs.), but not more than forty | |
18 | thousand pounds (40,000 lbs.): five hundred and twenty-eight dollars ($528); | |
19 | (xxii) More than forty thousand pounds (40,000 lbs.), but not more than forty-two thousand | |
20 | pounds (42,000 lbs.): five hundred and fifty-four dollars ($554); | |
21 | (xxiii) More than forty-two thousand pounds (42,000 lbs.), but not more than forty-six | |
22 | thousand pounds (46,000 lbs.): six hundred and eight dollars ($608); | |
23 | (xxiv) More than forty-six thousand pounds (46,000 lbs.), but not more than fifty thousand | |
24 | pounds (50,000 lbs.): six hundred and sixty dollars ($660); | |
25 | (xxv) More than fifty thousand pounds (50,000 lbs.), but not more than fifty-four thousand | |
26 | pounds (54,000 lbs.): seven hundred and twelve dollars ($712); | |
27 | (xxvi) More than fifty-four thousand pounds (54,000 lbs.), but not more than fifty-eight | |
28 | thousand pounds (58,000 lbs.): seven hundred and sixty-eight dollars ($768); | |
29 | (xxvii) More than fifty-eight thousand pounds (58,000 lbs.), but not more than sixty-two | |
30 | thousand pounds (62,000 lbs.): eight hundred and sixteen dollars ($816); | |
31 | (xxviii) More than sixty-two thousand pounds (62,000 lbs.), but not more than sixty-six | |
32 | thousand pounds (66,000 lbs.): eight hundred and seventy-six dollars ($876); | |
33 | (xxix) More than sixty-six thousand pounds (66,000 lbs.), but not more than seventy | |
34 | thousand pounds (70,000 lbs.): nine hundred and twenty-four dollars ($924); | |
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1 | (xxx) More than seventy thousand pounds (70,000 lbs.), but not more than seventy-four | |
2 | thousand pounds (74,000 lbs.): nine hundred and seventy-two dollars ($972); | |
3 | (xxxi) Over seventy-four thousand pounds (74,000 lbs.): nine hundred and seventy-two | |
4 | dollars ($972), plus twenty-four dollars ($24.00) per two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) gross | |
5 | weight. | |
6 | (3)(4) For the registration of every semi-trailer to be used with a truck-tractor, as defined | |
7 | in § 31-1-4(d), shall be as follows: an annual fee of twelve dollars ($12.00) for a one-year | |
8 | registration; for multi-year registrations the fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) for a five-year (5) | |
9 | registration; and eighty dollars ($80.00) for an eight-year (8) registration. However, when in use, | |
10 | the weight of the resulting semi-trailer unit and its maximum carrying capacity shall not exceed the | |
11 | gross weight of the original semi-trailer unit from which the gross weight of the tractor was | |
12 | determined. A registration certificate and registration plate shall be issued for each semi-trailer so | |
13 | registered. There shall be no refund of payment of such fee, except that when a plate is returned | |
14 | prior to ninety (90) days before the effective date of that year's registration, the pro rate amount, | |
15 | based on the unused portion of the multi-year registration plate period at time of surrender, shall be | |
16 | refunded. A multi-year semi-trailer registration may be transferred to another semi-trailer subject | |
17 | to the provisions and fee set forth in § 31-6-11. Thirty percent (30%) of the semi-trailer registration | |
18 | fee shall be retained by the division of motor vehicles to defray the costs of implementation of the | |
19 | international registration plan (IRP) and fleet registration section. | |
20 | (4)(5) For the registration of every automobile, motor truck, or tractor, when equipped with | |
21 | other than pneumatic tires, there shall be added to the above gross weight fees a charge of ten cents | |
22 | (10¢) for each one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) of gross weight. | |
23 | (5)(6) For the registration of every public bus, the rates provided for motor vehicles for | |
24 | hire plus two dollars ($2.00) for each passenger that bus is rated to carry, the rating to be determined | |
25 | by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles. | |
26 | (6)(7) For the registration of every motorcycle, or motor-driven cycle, thirteen dollars | |
27 | ($13.00). Three dollars ($3.00) from that sum shall be turned over to the department of education | |
28 | to assist in the payment of the cost of the motorcycle driver's education program as enumerated in | |
29 | § 31-10.1-1.1. | |
30 | (7)(8) For the registration of every trailer, not including semi-trailers used with a truck- | |
31 | tractor as defined in § 31-1-4(d), with a gross weight of three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.) or less, | |
32 | five dollars ($5.00). Trailers with a gross weight of more than three thousand pounds (3,000 lbs.) | |
33 | shall be assessed a registration fee of one dollar and fifty cents ($1.50) per thousand pounds (1,000 | |
34 | lbs.). | |
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1 | (8)(9) The annual registration fee for a motor vehicle, commonly described as a boxcar | |
2 | and/or locomotive, and used only by La Societe Des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux for civic | |
3 | demonstration, parades, convention purposes, or social welfare work, shall be two dollars ($2.00). | |
4 | (9)(10) For the registration of every motor vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer owned by any | |
5 | department or agency of any city or town or district, provided the name of the city or town or | |
6 | district or state department or agency owning the same shall be plainly printed on two (2) sides of | |
7 | the vehicle, two dollars ($2.00). | |
8 | (10)(11) For the registration of motor vehicles used for racing, fifteen dollars ($15.00). | |
9 | (11)(12) For every duplicate registration certificate, seventeen dollars ($17.00). | |
10 | (12)(13) For every certified copy of a registration certificate or application, ten dollars | |
11 | ($10.00). | |
12 | (13)(14) For every certificate assigning a special identification number or mark as provided | |
13 | in § 31-3-37, one dollar ($1.00). | |
14 | (14)(15) For every replacement of number plates or additional pair of number plates, | |
15 | without changing the number, thirty dollars ($30.00). | |
16 | (15)(16) For the registration of every farm vehicle, used in farming as provided in § 31-3- | |
17 | 31: ten dollars ($10.00). | |
18 | (16)(17) For the registration of antique motor vehicles, five dollars ($5.00). | |
19 | (17)(18) For the registration of a suburban vehicle, when used as a pleasure vehicle and the | |
20 | gross weight of which is not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), the same rates as charged | |
21 | in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be applicable and when used as a commercial vehicle and | |
22 | the gross weight of which is not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), the same rates as | |
23 | provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection shall be applicable. The rates in subdivision (3) of | |
24 | this subsection shall be applicable when the suburban vehicle has a gross weight of more than four | |
25 | thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), regardless of the use of the vehicle. | |
26 | (18)(19) For the registration of every motor bus that is used exclusively under contract with | |
27 | a political subdivision or school district of the state for the transportation of school children, twenty- | |
28 | five dollars ($25); provided that the motor bus may also be used for the transportation of persons | |
29 | to and from church and Sunday school services, and for the transportation of children to and from | |
30 | educational or recreational projects sponsored by a city or town or by any association or | |
31 | organization supported wholly or in part by public or private donations for charitable purposes, | |
32 | without the payment of additional registration fee. | |
33 | (19)(20) For the registration of every motorized bicycle, ten dollars ($10.00). | |
34 | (20)(21) For the registration of every motorized tricycle, ten dollars ($10.00). | |
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1 | (21)(22) For the replacement of number plates with a number change, twenty dollars | |
2 | ($20.00). | |
3 | (22)(23) For the initial issuance and each reissuance of fully reflective plates, as required | |
4 | by §§ 31-3-10 and 31-3-32, an additional six dollars ($6.00). | |
5 | (23)(24) For the issuance of a trip permit under the International Registration Plan, twenty- | |
6 | five dollars ($25.00) per vehicle. The division of motor vehicles is authorized to issue seventy-two- | |
7 | hour (72) trip permits for vehicles required to be registered in the International Registration Plan | |
8 | that have not been apportioned with the state of Rhode Island. | |
9 | (24)(25) For the issuance of a hunter's permit under the International Registration Plan, | |
10 | twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per vehicle. The division of motor vehicles is authorized to issue | |
11 | hunter's permits for motor vehicles based in the state of Rhode Island and otherwise required to be | |
12 | registered in the International Registration Plan. These permits are valid for thirty (30) days. | |
13 | (25)(26) For the registration of a specially adapted motor vehicle necessary to transport a | |
14 | family member with a disability for personal, noncommercial use, a fee of thirty dollars ($30.00) | |
15 | assessed. | |
16 | (b) In the event that the registrant voluntarily cancels his or her registration within the | |
17 | period of registration, the division of motor vehicles shall refund only that portion of the fee paid | |
18 | that represents full-year segments of the registration fee paid. | |
19 | SECTION 4. Section 31-6-1.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-6 entitled "Registration | |
20 | Fees" is hereby repealed. | |
21 | 31-6-1.1. Truck registration fees. [Effective July 1, 2017.] | |
22 | (a) The following registration fees shall be paid to the division of motor vehicles for the | |
23 | registration of motor trucks and tractors as defined in § 31-1-4 subject to registration for each year | |
24 | of registration: | |
25 | (1) For the registration of every motor truck or tractor, when equipped with pneumatic tires, | |
26 | the gross weight of which is not more than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), thirty-four dollars | |
27 | ($34.00). | |
28 | (2) For the registration of every motor truck or tractor, when equipped with pneumatic tires, | |
29 | the gross weight of which is: | |
30 | (i) More than four thousand pounds (4,000 lbs.), but not more than five thousand pounds | |
31 | (5,000 lbs.): forty dollars ($40.00); | |
32 | (ii) More than five thousand pounds (5,000 lbs.), but not more than six thousand pounds | |
33 | (6,000 lbs.): forty-eight dollars ($48.00); | |
34 | (iii) More than six thousand pounds (6,000 lbs.), but not more than seven thousand pounds | |
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1 | (7,000 lbs.): fifty-six dollars ($56.00); | |
2 | (iv) More than seven thousand pounds (7,000 lbs.), but not more than eight thousand | |
3 | pounds (8,000 lbs.): sixty-four dollars ($64.00); | |
4 | (v) More than eight thousand pounds (8,000 lbs.), but not more than nine thousand pounds | |
5 | (9,000 lbs.): seventy dollars ($70.00); | |
6 | (vi) More than nine thousand pounds (9,000 lbs.), but not more than ten thousand pounds | |
7 | (10,000 lbs.): seventy-eight dollars ($78.00); | |
8 | (vii) More than ten thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.), but not more than twelve thousand | |
9 | pounds (12,000 lbs.): seventy-eight dollars ($78); | |
10 | (viii) More than twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.), but not more than fourteen thousand | |
11 | pounds (14,000 lbs.): ninety-two dollars ($92); | |
12 | (ix) More than fourteen thousand pounds (14,000 lbs.), but not more than sixteen thousand | |
13 | pounds (16,000 lbs.): ninety-two dollars ($92); | |
14 | (x) More than sixteen thousand pounds (16,000 lbs.), but not more than eighteen thousand | |
15 | pounds (18,000 lbs.): one hundred four dollars ($104); | |
16 | (xi) More than eighteen thousand pounds (18,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty thousand | |
17 | pounds (20,000 lbs.): one hundred nine dollars ($109); | |
18 | (xii) More than twenty thousand pounds (20,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty-two | |
19 | thousand pounds (22,000 lbs.): one hundred twenty dollars ($120); | |
20 | (xiii) More than twenty-two thousand pounds (22,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty-four | |
21 | thousand pounds (24,000 lbs.): one hundred thirty dollars ($130); | |
22 | (xiv) More than twenty-four thousand pounds (24,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty-six | |
23 | thousand pounds (26,000 lbs.): one hundred forty three dollars ($143); | |
24 | (xv) More than twenty-six thousand pounds (26,000 lbs.), but not more than twenty-eight | |
25 | thousand pounds (28,000 lbs.): one hundred forty eight dollars ($148); | |
26 | (xvi) More than twenty-eight thousand pounds (28,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty | |
27 | thousand pounds (30,000 lbs.): one hundred fifty eight dollars ($158); | |
28 | (xvii) More than thirty thousand pounds (30,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty-two | |
29 | thousand pounds (32,000 lbs.): two hundred and eleven dollars ($211); | |
30 | (xviii) More than thirty-two thousand pounds (32,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty-four | |
31 | thousand pounds (34,000 lbs.): two hundred and twenty-four dollars ($224); | |
32 | (xix) More than thirty-four thousand pounds (34,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty-six | |
33 | thousand pounds (36,000 lbs.): two hundred and thirty-eight dollars ($238); | |
34 | (xx) More than thirty-six thousand pounds (36,000 lbs.), but not more than thirty-eight | |
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1 | thousand pounds (38,000 lbs.): two hundred and fifty one dollars ($251); | |
2 | (xxi) More than thirty-eight thousand pounds (38,000 lbs.), but not more than forty | |
3 | thousand pounds (40,000 lbs.): two hundred and sixty-four dollars ($264); | |
4 | (xxii) More than forty thousand pounds (40,000 lbs.), but not more than forty-two thousand | |
5 | pounds (42,000 lbs.): two hundred and seventy-seven dollars ($277); | |
6 | (xxiii) More than forty-two thousand pounds (42,000 lbs.), but not more than forty-six | |
7 | thousand pounds (46,000 lbs.): three hundred and four dollars ($304); | |
8 | (xxiv) More than forty-six thousand pounds (46,000 lbs.), but not more than fifty thousand | |
9 | pounds (50,000 lbs.): three hundred and thirty dollars ($330); | |
10 | (xxv) More than fifty thousand pounds (50,000 lbs.), but not more than fifty-four thousand | |
11 | pounds (54,000 lbs.): three hundred and fifty-six dollars ($356); | |
12 | (xxvi) More than fifty-four thousand pounds (54,000 lbs.), but not more than fifty-eight | |
13 | thousand pounds (58,000 lbs.): three hundred and eighty-four dollars ($384); | |
14 | (xxvii) More than fifty-eight thousand pounds (58,000 lbs.), but not more than sixty-two | |
15 | thousand pounds (62,000 lbs.): four hundred and eight dollars ($408); | |
16 | (xxviii) More than sixty-two thousand pounds (62,000 lbs.), but not more than sixty-six | |
17 | thousand pounds (66,000 lbs.): four hundred and thirty-eight dollars ($438); | |
18 | (xxix) More than sixty-six thousand pounds (66,000 lbs.), but not more than seventy | |
19 | thousand pounds (70,000 lbs.): four hundred and sixty-two dollars ($462); | |
20 | (xxx) More than seventy thousand pounds (70,000 lbs.), but not more than seventy-two | |
21 | thousand pounds (72,000 lbs.): four hundred and eighty-six dollars ($486); | |
22 | (xxxi) More than seventy-two thousand pounds (72,000 lbs.), but not more than seventy- | |
23 | four thousand pounds (74,000 lbs.): four hundred ninety-eight dollars ($498); | |
24 | (xxxii) More than seventy-four thousand pounds (74,000 lbs.), but not more than seventy- | |
25 | six thousand pounds (76,000 lbs.): five hundred ten dollars ($510); | |
26 | (xxxiii) More than seventy-six thousand pounds (76,000 lbs.), but not more than seventy- | |
27 | eight thousand pounds (78,000 lbs.): five hundred twenty-two dollars ($522); | |
28 | (xxxiv) More than seventy-eight thousand pounds (78,000 lbs.), but not more than eighty | |
29 | thousand pounds (80,000 lbs.): five hundred thirty-four dollars ($534); | |
30 | (xxxv) More than eighty thousand pounds (80,000 lbs.), but not more than eighty-two | |
31 | thousand pounds (82,000 lbs.): five hundred forty-six dollars ($546); | |
32 | (xxxvi) More than eighty-two thousand pounds (82,000 lbs.), but not more than eighty- | |
33 | four thousand pounds (84,000 lbs.): five hundred fifty-eight dollars ($558); | |
34 | (xxxvii) More than eighty-four thousand pounds (84,000 lbs.), but not more than eighty- | |
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1 | six thousand pounds (86,000 lbs.): five hundred seventy dollars ($570); | |
2 | (xxxviii) More than eighty-six thousand pounds (86,000 lbs.), but not more than eighty- | |
3 | eight thousand pounds (88,000 lbs.): five hundred eighty-two dollars ($582); | |
4 | (xxxix) More than eighty-eight thousand pounds (88,000 lbs.), but not more than ninety | |
5 | thousand pounds (90,000 lbs.): five hundred ninety-four dollars ($594); | |
6 | (xl) More than ninety thousand pounds (90,000 lbs.), but not more than ninety-two | |
7 | thousand pounds (92,000 lbs.): six hundred six dollars ($606); | |
8 | (xli) More than ninety-two thousand pounds (92,000 lbs.), but not more than ninety-four | |
9 | thousand pounds (94,000 lbs.): six hundred eighteen dollars ($618); | |
10 | (xlii) More than ninety-four thousand pounds (94,000 lbs.), but not more than ninety-six | |
11 | thousand pounds (96,000 lbs.): six hundred thirty dollars ($630); | |
12 | (xliii) More than ninety-six thousand pounds (96,000 lbs.), but not more than ninety-eight | |
13 | thousand pounds (98,000 lbs.): six hundred forty-two dollars ($642); | |
14 | (xliv) More than ninety-eight thousand pounds (98,000 lbs.), but not more than one | |
15 | hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lbs.): six hundred fifty-four dollars ($654); | |
16 | (xlv) More than one hundred thousand pounds (100,000 lbs.), but not more than one | |
17 | hundred two thousand pounds (102,000 lbs.): six hundred sixty-six dollars ($666); | |
18 | (xlvi) More than one hundred two thousand pounds (102,000 lbs.), but not more than one | |
19 | hundred four thousand pounds (104,000 lbs.): six hundred seventy-eight dollars ($678); | |
20 | (xlvii) Over one hundred four thousand pounds (104,000 lbs.): six hundred and ninety | |
21 | dollars ($690), plus twelve dollars ($12) per two thousand pounds (2,000 lbs.) gross weight. | |
22 | (3) For the registration of every motor truck or tractor owned by any department or agency | |
23 | of any city or town or district, provided the name of the city or town or district or state department | |
24 | or agency owning the same shall be plainly printed on two (2) sides of the vehicle, two dollars | |
25 | ($2.00). | |
26 | (4) For the replacement of number plates with a number change, twenty dollars ($20.00). | |
27 | (5) For the initial issuance and each reissuance of fully reflective plates as required by §§ | |
28 | 31-3-10 and 31-3-32, an additional six dollars ($6.00). | |
29 | (6) For the issuance of a trip permit under the International Registration Plan, twenty-five | |
30 | dollars ($25.00) per vehicle. The division of motor vehicles is authorized to issue seventy-two-hour | |
31 | (72) trip permits for vehicles required to be registered in the International Registration Plan that | |
32 | have not been apportioned with the state of Rhode Island. | |
33 | (7) For the registration of every motor truck or tractor, when equipped with other than | |
34 | pneumatic tires, there shall be added to the above gross weight fees a charge of ten cents ($.10) for | |
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1 | each one hundred pounds (100 lbs.) of gross weight. | |
2 | (8) For every duplicate registration certificate, seventeen dollars ($17.00). | |
3 | (9) For every certified copy of a registration certificate or application, ten dollars ($10.00). | |
4 | (10) For every certificate assigning a special identification number or mark as provided in | |
5 | § 31-3-37, one dollar ($1.00). | |
6 | (11) For every replacement of number plates or additional pair of number plates, without | |
7 | changing the number, thirty dollars ($30.00). | |
8 | (b) In the event that the registrant voluntarily cancels his or her registration within the | |
9 | period of registration, the division of motor vehicles shall refund only that portion of the fee paid | |
10 | which represents full-year segments of the registration fee paid. | |
11 | SECTION 5. Section 39-18.1-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-18.1 entitled | |
12 | "Transportation Investment and Debt Reduction Act of 2011" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
13 | 39-18.1-4. Rhode Island highway maintenance account created. | |
14 | (a) There is hereby created a special account in the intermodal surface transportation fund | |
15 | as established in section 31-36-20 that is to be known as the Rhode Island highway maintenance | |
16 | account. (b) The fund shall consist of all those moneys which the state may from time to time | |
17 | direct to the fund, including, not necessarily limited to, moneys derived from the following sources: | |
18 | (1) There is imposed a surcharge of thirty dollars ($30.00) per vehicle or truck, other than those | |
19 | with specific registrations set forth below in subsection (b)(1)(i). Such surcharge shall be paid by | |
20 | each vehicle or truck owner in order to register that owner's vehicle or truck and upon each | |
21 | subsequent biennial registration. This surcharge shall be phased in at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) | |
22 | each year. The total surcharge will be ten dollars ($10.00) from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, | |
23 | twenty dollars ($20.00) from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, and thirty dollars ($30.00) from | |
24 | July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 and each year thereafter. (i) For owners of vehicles or trucks | |
25 | with the following plate types, the surcharge shall be as set forth below and shall be paid in full in | |
26 | order to register the vehicle or truck and upon each subsequent renewal: | |
27 | Plate Type Surcharge | |
28 | Antique $5.00 | |
29 | Farm $10.00 | |
30 | Motorcycle $13.00 | |
31 | (ii) For owners of trailers, the surcharge shall be one-half (1/2) of the biennial registration | |
32 | amount and shall be paid in full in order to register the trailer and upon each subsequent renewal. | |
33 | (2) There is imposed a surcharge of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per vehicle or truck, other than those | |
34 | with specific registrations set forth in subsection (b)(2)(i) below, for those vehicles or trucks subject | |
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1 | to annual registration, to be paid annually by each vehicle or truck owner in order to register that | |
2 | owner's vehicle, trailer or truck and upon each subsequent annual registration. This surcharge will | |
3 | be phased in at the rate of five dollars ($5.00) each year. The total surcharge will be five dollars | |
4 | ($5.00) from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, ten dollars ($10.00) from July 1, 2014 through | |
5 | June 30, 2015, and fifteen dollars ($15.00) from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 and each year | |
6 | thereafter. | |
7 | (i) For registrations of the following plate types, the surcharge shall be as set forth below | |
8 | and shall be paid in full in order to register the plate, and upon each subsequent renewal: | |
9 | Plate Type Surcharge | |
10 | Boat Dealer $6.25 | |
11 | Cycle Dealer $6.25 | |
12 | In-transit $5.00 | |
13 | Manufacturer $5.00 | |
14 | New Car Dealer $5.00 | |
15 | Used Car Dealer $5.00 | |
16 | Racer Tow $5.00 | |
17 | Transporter $5.00 | |
18 | Bailee $5.00 | |
19 | (ii) For owners of trailers, the surcharge shall be one-half (1/2) of the annual registration | |
20 | amount and shall be paid in full in order to register the trailer and upon each subsequent renewal. | |
21 | (iii) For owners of school buses, the surcharge will be phased in at the rate of six dollars | |
22 | and twenty-five cents ($6.25) each year. The total surcharge will be six dollars and twenty-five | |
23 | cents ($6.25) from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014 and twelve dollars and fifty cents ($12.50) | |
24 | from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015 and each year thereafter. | |
25 | (3) There is imposed a surcharge of thirty dollars ($30.00) per license to operate a motor | |
26 | vehicle to be paid every five (5) years by each licensed operator of a motor vehicle. This surcharge | |
27 | will be phased in at the rate of ten dollars ($10.00) each year. The total surcharge will be ten dollars | |
28 | ($10.00) from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, twenty dollars ($20.00) from July 1, 2014 | |
29 | through June 30, 2015, and thirty dollars ($30.00) from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016 and | |
30 | each year thereafter. In the event that a license is issued or renewed for a period of less than five | |
31 | (5) years, the surcharge will be prorated according to the period of time the license will be valid. | |
32 | (c) All funds collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the Rhode Island | |
33 | highway maintenance account and shall be used only for the purposes set forth in this chapter. | |
34 | (d) Unexpended balances and any earnings thereon shall not revert to the general fund but | |
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1 | shall remain in the Rhode Island highway maintenance account. There shall be no requirement that | |
2 | monies received into the Rhode Island highway maintenance account during any given calendar | |
3 | year or fiscal year be expended during the same calendar year or fiscal year. | |
4 | (e) The Rhode Island highway maintenance account shall be administered by the director, | |
5 | who shall allocate and spend monies from the fund only in accordance with the purposes and | |
6 | procedures set forth in this chapter. | |
7 | (4) All fees assessed pursuant to § 31-47.1-11, and chapters 3, 6, 10, and 10.1 of title 31 | |
8 | shall be deposited into the Rhode Island highway maintenance account, provided that for fiscal | |
9 | years 2016, 2017 and 2018 these fees be transferred as follows: | |
10 | (i) From July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016, twenty-five percent (25%) will be deposited; | |
11 | (ii) From July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017, seventy-five percent (75%) fifty percent | |
12 | (50%) will be deposited; and | |
13 | (iii) From July 1, 2017 and each year thereafter, one hundred percent (100%) eighty percent | |
14 | (80%) will be deposited; | |
15 | (iv) From July 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, one hundred percent (100%) will be | |
16 | deposited; | |
17 | (5) All remaining funds from previous general obligation bond issues that have not | |
18 | otherwise been allocated. | |
19 | SECTION 6. Section 39-18.1-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 39-18.1 entitled | |
20 | "Transportation Investment and Debt Reduction Act of 2011" is hereby amended to read as follows: | |
21 | 39-18.1-5. Allocation of funds. | |
22 | (a) The monies in the highway maintenance fund to be directed to the department of | |
23 | transportation pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall be allocated through the | |
24 | transportation improvement program process to provide the state match for federal transportation | |
25 | funds, in place of borrowing, as approved by the state planning council. The expenditure of moneys | |
26 | in the highway maintenance fund shall only be authorized for projects that appear in the state's | |
27 | transportation improvement program. | |
28 | (b) Provided however, that beginning with fiscal year 2015 and annually thereafter, the | |
29 | department of transportation will allocate necessary funding to programs that are designed to | |
30 | eliminate structural deficiencies of the state's bridge, road and maintenance systems and | |
31 | infrastructure. | |
32 | (c) Provided further that beginning July 1, 2015, five percent (5%) of available proceeds | |
33 | in the Rhode Island highway maintenance account shall be allocated annually to the Rhode Island | |
34 | public transit authority for operating expenditures. | |
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1 | (d) Provided further that from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2019, in addition to the amount | |
2 | above, the Rhode Island public transit authority shall receive an amount of not less than five million | |
3 | dollars ($5,000,000) each fiscal year. | |
4 | (e) Provided further that the Rhode Island public transit authority shall convene a | |
5 | coordinating council consisting of those state agencies responsible for meeting the needs of low- | |
6 | income seniors and persons with disabilities, along with those stakeholders that the authority deems | |
7 | appropriate and are necessary to inform, develop, and implement the federally-required | |
8 | Coordinated Public Transit Human Services Transportation Plan. | |
9 | The council shall develop, as part of the state's federally-required plan, recommendations | |
10 | for the appropriate and sustainable funding of the free-fare program for low-income seniors and | |
11 | persons with disabilities, while maximizing the use of federal funds available to support the | |
12 | transportation needs of this population. | |
13 | The council shall report these recommendations to the Governor, the Speaker of the House | |
14 | of Representatives, and the President of the Senate, no later than November 1, 2018. | |
15 | SECTION 7. Section 4 of this article shall take upon passage. The remainder of this article | |
16 | shall take effect as of July 1, 2017. | |
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