Chapter 224
2010 -- S 2105 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/25/10
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Senators Lanzi, Jabour, DiPalma, Ciccone, and Ruggerio
Date Introduced: February 04, 2010
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:
31-3-88.
Law Enforcement Memorial license plates. -- (a)
The administrator of the
division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available
special motor vehicle registration
plates honoring law enforcement officers that have been
killed in the line of duty. The plate shall
be designed to reference Law Enforcement Memorial
plates.
(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
an 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 special motor
vehicle plate shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates
and shall be designed in conjunction with the division of
motor vehicles and with the final
approval from the
(d) Law Enforcement
Memorial plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at
least nine hundred (900) sets of plates. Law Enforcement
Memorial plates shall not be issued
unless the minimum order requirements are met.
(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, Law Enforcement
Memorial plates shall be subject to a forty dollar
($40.00) issuance surcharge.
(g) The forty dollar
($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be as follows: twenty dollars
($20.00) shall be deposited in the division of motor
vehicles manufacturing account, and the
remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the Law
Enforcement Memorial Fund.
(h) There shall be no
refunds for early cancellation of Law Enforcement Memorial plates.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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