2020 -- H 7486

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

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

     Date Introduced: February 06, 2020

     Referred To: House Special Legislation

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-3-119 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled

"Registration of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     31-3-119. Special plate for Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America.

     (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 Narragansett Council,

Boy Scouts of America. The plates shall be designed to reference Narragansett Council, Boy

Scouts of America.

     (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 Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America motor vehicle plates shall be the

same size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Narragansett Council, Boy

Scouts of America in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved

by the Rhode Island state police.

     (d) The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America plates shall be subject to a

minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) three hundred (300) sets of plates per plate

type (i.e. passenger, commercial, etc.). The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America plates

shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be

handled by the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America, 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 Narragansett

Council, Boy Scouts of America 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 Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America

to assist in the furtherance of its programs in the state of Rhode Island.

     (h) The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America 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

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

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     This act would reduce the required number of Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of

America plates to three hundred (300) sets before the division of motor vehicles is authorized to

produce said plates.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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