Chapter 255
2005 -- S 0297 SUBSTITUTE B
Enacted 07/13/05
A N A C T
RELATING
TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES DECAL
Introduced
By: Senators C Levesque, Tassoni, Goodwin, P Fogarty, and Perry
Date
Introduced: February 09, 2005
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:
31-3-76. Special license plate decal. -- (a) Notwithstanding and
general law or
regulation
to the contrary, the administrator of the division of motor vehicles is hereby
directed to
make
available a special license plate decal of the American flag made of the same
material as the
year
sticker.
(b) Upon the registration or renewal of a motor vehicle registration, the
division of motor
vehicles
shall provide the owner the option to purchase for five dollars ($5.00), the
American flag
decal.
Such decal shall be affixed at the lower left corner of the rear license plate
and shall not
obscure
the reading of any part of the license plate.
(c) After payment for the cost of production of the American flag decals,
the next fifty
thousand
dollars ($50,000) generated from sales, shall be used to advertise and promote
the
purchase
of these decals. All funds generated which exceed the production and promotion
costs
shall
be contributed to the Rhode Island Military Family Relief Fund.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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