2017 -- S 0363 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES-- | |
GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lynch Prata, McCaffrey, and Calkin | |
Date Introduced: February 16, 2017 | |
Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is |
2 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 31-3-112. Special plate for Gaspee Days Committee. |
4 | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
5 | special motor vehicle registration plates for the Gaspee Days Committee (hereafter referred to as |
6 | "the Gaspee Days committee"). The plates shall be designed to reference the Gaspee Days |
7 | committee. |
8 | (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the |
9 | vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of, and in the same manner as, the |
10 | registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be |
11 | removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration |
12 | certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle in accordance with ยง31-3-9. The |
13 | registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plates. |
14 | (c) The Gaspee Days committee motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular |
15 | motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Gaspee Days committee, in conjunction with |
16 | the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode Island state police. |
17 | (d) The Gaspee Days committee plates shall be subject to a minimum prepaid order of at |
18 | least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. passenger, commercial, etc.). The |
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1 | Gaspee Days committee plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are |
2 | met. The initial order will be handled by the Gaspee Days committee and shall not be submitted |
3 | to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) have been met and the |
4 | proper paperwork submitted to the division. |
5 | (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop prepayment |
6 | procedures and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. |
7 | (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, the Gaspee Days |
8 | committee plates shall be subject to a forty-dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge. |
9 | (g) The forty-dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: Twenty |
10 | dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) |
11 | shall be distributed annually to the Gaspee Days committee in furtherance of its mission. |
12 | (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
13 | to the Gaspee Days committee. |
14 | (i) The Gaspee Days committee shall be required to submit an annual accounting report |
15 | before such monies are distributed. |
16 | (j) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Gaspee Days committee plates. |
17 | 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-- | |
GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE | |
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1 | This act would create a special fundraising license plate for the Gaspee Days committee. |
2 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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