2018 -- H 8117 AS AMENDED

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Representatives Costantino, Lima, Marshall, Bennett, and Winfield

     Date Introduced: April 26, 2018

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-3-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration

of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     31-3-6. List of vehicles on which taxes delinquent -- Denial of registration.

     (a) On or before October 31 in each year, the collector of taxes of each city or town shall

furnish the division of motor vehicles, with a listing showing the registration plate numbers,

names, and addresses of the taxpayers of the city or town whose personal property and/or excise

tax on motor vehicles, the assessment of which were made the prior December 31 in the case of

the property tax, and the tax levied in the current year in the case of the excise tax, remained

unpaid as of the date of the list. Subsequently, the collector of taxes in each city or town shall, at

the times and in the manner prescribed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles,

furnish to the division of motor vehicles the names and addresses of those persons whose names

appeared on that list who have subsequently paid such personal property, and/or excise taxes on

motor vehicles, and the division shall remove from the list the names and addresses of those

persons. No city or town treasurer or tax collector shall refuse to accept personal property, and/or

excise taxes on a motor vehicle, or refuse to remove the names and addresses of the owners of the

vehicle from the list because of any other taxes owing the city or town. No person, corporation,

partnership, joint stock company, or association whose name appears on the list and whose name

has not been subsequently removed from the list shall be permitted to register any motor vehicle

until all the excise and attendant penalties have been paid in full and the payment has been

certified to the division of motor vehicles by the tax collector. The provisions of this section shall

not be construed so as to prevent the payment of taxes on motor vehicles in quarterly installments

as provided in chapter 5 of title 44. The provisions of this section shall apply in all respects in the

case of taxes assessed upon motor vehicles by any fire district.

     (b) The division of motor vehicles (the "division") shall provide a written notice to those

persons or other taxpayers (the "person") whose name appears on the list generated in accordance

with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. This notice shall include:

     (1) The name of the municipality or other entity providing the person's name to the

division; and

     (2) A statement that the person identified on the list shall not be permitted to register any

motor vehicle until the tax matter has been resolved and the person's name is removed from the

list as provided for under subsection (a) of this section.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

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     This act would require the tax administrator to provide written notice to those persons

failing to file tax returns and/or pay any tax administered by the tax administrator, informing

them that they will be prevented from renewing their operator license and/or motor vehicle

registration, and of the procedures available to contest the determination.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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