2017 -- H 6263

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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

SPECIAL PLATE FOR RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTS

     Introduced By: Representatives Ucci, Edwards, Casey, and Nunes

     Date Introduced: May 26, 2017

     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:

     31-3-112. Special plate for Rhode Island Boy Scouts.

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

special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit corporation Rhode Island Boy

Scouts. The plates shall be designed to reference Rhode Island Boy Scouts.

     (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 Rhode Island Boy Scouts motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular

motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Rhode Island Boy Scouts in conjunction with

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

     (d) The Rhode Island Boy Scouts 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

Rhode Island Boy Scouts plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are

met. The initial order will be handled by the Rhode Island Boy Scouts, 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 application forms,

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 fee, the Rhode Island

Boy Scouts 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 Rhode Island Boy Scouts to assist in the

furtherance of its programs in the state of Rhode Island.

     (h) The Rhode Island Boy Scouts will be required to submit an annual accounting report

before such monies are distributed.

     (i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Rhode Island Boy Scout 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 -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES --

SPECIAL PLATE FOR RHODE ISLAND BOY SCOUTS

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     This act would authorize a special license plate for Rhode Island Boy Scouts, a nonprofit

corporation, and establish the fees and other conditions applicable to its issuance.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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