2020 -- H 7172 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Azzinaro, Abney, Vella-Wilkinson, McLaughlin, and | |
Date Introduced: January 16, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Special Legislation | |
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 | 31-3-121. Special plate for Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. |
4 | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
5 | special motor vehicle registration plates for vehicles based upon the not-for-profit entity Rhode |
6 | Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. |
7 | (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the |
8 | vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the |
9 | registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be |
10 | removed from the vehicle and the registration certificate for the plates shall be carried in the |
11 | vehicle, in accordance with ยง 31-3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect for the special |
12 | plate. |
13 | (c) Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub motor vehicle plates shall be the same |
14 | size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed in conjunction with the division of |
15 | motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode Island state police. |
16 | (d) Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub plates shall be subject to a minimum |
17 | prepaid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type including, but not limited |
18 | to, passenger and commercial. Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub plates shall not be |
19 | issued unless the minimum order requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by |
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1 | Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub and shall not be submitted to the division of motor |
2 | vehicles for production until the minimum order has been met and the proper paperwork |
3 | submitted to the division. Subsequent Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub plate orders |
4 | will be handled by the division of motor vehicles. |
5 | (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop application forms, 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, Rhode Island Fire |
8 | Chiefs Honor Flight Hub 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 Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub in furtherance of its |
12 | mission of "honoring our veterans by offering WWII and Korean War Veterans a no-cost trip to |
13 | visit the memorials in Washington, DC." |
14 | (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
15 | to Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. |
16 | (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Rhode Island Fire |
17 | Chiefs Honor Flight Hub plates, the organization must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in and |
18 | for the benefit of Rhode Island-based charitable organizations. |
19 | (j) Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub will be required to submit an annual |
20 | accounting report before such monies are distributed. |
21 | (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor |
22 | Flight Hub plates. |
23 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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1 | This act would create special motor vehicle registration plates for vehicles based on the |
2 | entity Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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