Chapter
159
2008 -- H 7504
Enacted 07/01/08
A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR AND
OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS' LICENSES
Introduced By: Representatives Lewiss, Silva, Vaudreuil, Serpa, and Fellela
Date Introduced: February 26, 2008
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Sections 31-10-30 and 31-10-31 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10
entitled
"Operators' and Chauffeurs' Licenses" are hereby amended to read as
follows:
31-10-30.
Expiration and renewal of licenses. -- Every operator's and chauffeur's
first
license
to operate a motor vehicle shall be by the issuance of a temporary license for
the period
beginning
at the date of issuance and expiring on the birthday of the licensee in the
second year
following
the issuance of the temporary license. Every operator's and chauffeur's license
issued
after
expiration of the temporary license shall expire on the birthday of the
licensee in the fifth
year
following the issuance of the license, with the exception of any person seventy
(70) seventy-
five
(75) years of age or older whose
license shall expire on the birthday of the licensee in the
second
year following the issuance of the license, and shall be renewable on or before
expiration
upon
application and payment of the fee required by this chapter. The administrator
of the
division
of motor vehicles, having good cause to believe the applicant for renewal is
incompetent
or
otherwise not qualified, may require an examination of the applicant as upon an
original
application.
The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized to adopt any
regulations
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. Violations of this section
are
subject
to fines enumerated in section 31-41.1-4.
31-10-31.
Fees. -- The following fees shall be paid to the division of motor
vehicles:
(1) For every operator's first license to operate a motor vehicle, twenty-five
dollars
($25.00);
(2) For every chauffeur's first license, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
provided, that when
a Rhode
Island licensed operator transfers to a chauffeur's license, the fee for the
transfer shall be
two
dollars ($2.00);
(3) For every learner's permit to operate a motorcycle, twenty-five dollars
($25.00);
(4) For every operator's first license to operate a motorcycle, twenty-five
dollars
($25.00);
(5) For every renewal of an operator's or chauffeur's license, thirty dollars
($30.00); with
the
exception of any person seventy (70) seventy-five (75) years of
age or older for whom the
renewal
fee will be eight dollars ($8.00);
(6) For every duplicate operator's or chauffeur's license, twenty-five dollars
($25.00);
(7) For every road test, other than the road test included in the first license
examination,
two
dollars ($2.00);
(8) For every certified copy of any license, permit, or application issued
under this
chapter,
ten dollars ($10.00);
(9) For every duplicate instruction permit, ten dollars ($10.00);
(10) For every first license examination, five dollars ($5.00);
(11) For every routine information update, i.e., name change or address change,
five
dollars
($5.00).
(12) For surrender of an out-of-state license, in addition to the above fees,
five dollars
($5.00).
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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