Chapter 202

2011 -- H 5378 SUBSTITUTE A

Enacted 07/04/11

A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Introduced By: Representatives Gallison, and Morrison

Date Introduced: February 15, 2011

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:

31-3-91. Special plate for the Bristol Fourth of July Committee. – (a) The

administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available a special motor

vehicle registration plate for the Bristol Fourth of July Committee.

(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 Bristol Fourth of July Committee motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as

regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Bristol Fourth of July Committee in

conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved by the Rhode Island

state police.

(d) The Bristol Fourth of July Committee plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid

order of at least nine hundred (900) plates. The Bristol Fourth of July Committee plates shall not

be issued unless the minimum order requirements are met. The initial order shall be handled by

the Bristol Fourth of July Committee and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles

for the production until the minimum order has been met and the proper paperwork submitted to

the division. Subsequent Bristol Fourth of July Committee plate orders shall be handled by the

division of motor vehicles.

(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, Bristol Fourth of

July Committee plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40) issuance surcharge.

(g) The forty dollar ($40) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: twenty dollars

($20) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars ($20) shall be

distributed annually to the Bristol Fourth of July Committee to assist in the fiscal needs required

to conduct Bristol's historic Fourth of July celebration. (The distribution to the Bristol Fourth of

July Committee shall be placed in a restricted receipt account and shall be paid to the Bristol

Fourth of July Committee.)

(h) The Bristol Fourth of July Committee will be required to submit an annual financial

statement before such monies are distributed.

(i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Bristol Fourth of July Committee

plates.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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LC01066/SUB A

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