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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Representative Deborah L. Ruggiero

     Date Introduced: January 12, 2022

     Referred To: House Special Legislation

     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:

     31-3-122. Special plate for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association.

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

special motor vehicle registration plates for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. The

plates shall be designed to reference the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association.

     (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 Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association motor vehicle plates shall be the same

size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum

Association, in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode

Island state police.

     (d) The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association plates shall be subject to a minimum

pre-paid order of at least six hundred (600) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. passenger, commercial,

etc.) The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association plates shall not be issued unless the minimum

order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Beavertail Lighthouse

Museum Association 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 motor vehicles shall develop prepayment 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 Beavertail

Lighthouse Museum Association 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 Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association in furtherance of

its mission to preserve and protect the buildings of the Beavertail Lighthouse site and to maintain

and make available key aspects of Beavertails history.

     (h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated

to the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association.

     (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Beavertail Lighthouse

Museum Association license plates, the foundation must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in,

and for the benefit of, Rhode Island-based charitable organizations.

     (j) The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association will be required to submit an annual

accounting report before such monies are distributed.

     (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Beavertail Lighthouse Museum

Association plates.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after 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

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     This act would authorize the administrator of the division of motor vehicles to make

available a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum

Association.

     This act would take effect six (6) months after passage.

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