Chapter
437
2006 -- H 6781
Enacted 07/07/06
A N A C T
RELATING
TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced
By: Representatives Naughton, Malik, Ginaitt, Rose, and Dennigan
Date
Introduced: January 11, 2006
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:
31-3-79. Special
plate for Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay. – (a) The
administrator of the division of motor vehicles
is empowered to make available special motor
vehicle registration plates based upon two (2)
not-for-profit entities, the Audubon Society of
Rhode Island and Save the Bay. The plate shall
be designed to reference both entities.
(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 the registration
certificate for the plates shall be carried in the
vehicle, in accordance with section 31-3-9. The
registration certificate shall be in effect for the
special plate.
(c) The Audubon
Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay motor vehicle plates shall be the
same size as regular motor vehicle plates and
shall be designed in conjunction with the division of
motor vehicles.
(d) Audubon
Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay plates shall be subject to a minimum
pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900)
plates. Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the
Bay plates shall not be issued unless the
minimum order requirements are met.
(e) The
administrator 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, Audubon Society
of Rhode Island/Save the Bay 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 and equally; ten
dollars ($10.00) per plate to the Audubon Society of
Rhode Island; and ten dollars ($10.00) per plate
to Save the Bay, to assist the Audubon Society of
Rhode Island and Save the Bay in furtherance of
their mission of preserving the state's natural
scenic beauty, fish and wildlife, and to
continue the educational efforts of these respective
entities. The distributions to the Audubon
Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay shall be
placed in separate restricted accounts for each
entity and shall be paid to the Audubon Society of
Rhode Island and Save the Bay.
(h) Both the
Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay will be required to
submit an annual audit, prepared by a certified
public accountant before such monies are
distributed.
(i) There shall
be no refunds for early cancellation of Audubon Society of Rhode
Island/Save the Bay plates.
SECTION 2. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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