Chapter 400
2012 -- S 2776
Enacted 06/21/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, Gallo, Goodwin, Perry, and Sosnowski
Date
Introduced: March 08, 2012
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:
31-3-93. Special
plate for the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource
foundation. –
(a) The administrator
of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available
special design motor vehicle registration plates for
passenger vehicles based upon the not-for-
profit entity the Gloria Gemma
breast cancer resource foundation. The plates shall be designed to
reference the Gloria Gemma breast
cancer resource foundation.
(b) The special
design plates 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 returned to the
division of motor vehicles. 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 design plates.
(c) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation 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 and with final approval from the
(d) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates shall be
subject to a
minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of
passenger plates. The Gloria
Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates shall not be
issued unless the minimum order(s)
requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the
Gloria Gemma breast cancer
resource foundation and shall not be submitted to the division
of motor vehicles for production
until the minimum order(s) has been met and the proper
paperwork submitted to the division.
(e) The administrator
of the division of motor vehicles shall develop 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 fees, The Gloria
Gemma breast cancer resource foundation 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 deposited in the division of motor
vehicles manufacturing account and
the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be
distributed annually to the Gloria Gemma breast
cancer resource foundation in furtherance of their mission
to raise breast cancer awareness,
increase breast health education and generate funding for
critical breast health programs that are
in desperate need of being brought to fruition.
(h) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation will be required to
submit an
annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant
before such monies are distributed.
(i)
In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Gloria Gemma
breast cancer resource foundation, the foundation must use
any
and for the benefit of
(j) There shall be no
refunds for early cancellation of the Gloria Gemma
breast cancer
resource foundation plates.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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