Chapter 480

2013 -- S 0631 SUBSTITUTE A

Enacted 07/16/13

A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, and Crowley

Date Introduced: March 06, 2013

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:

31-3-99. Special plate for the wildlife rehabilitators association of Rhode Island

(WRARI). -- (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make

available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit Wildlife Rehabilitators

Association of Rhode Island. The plates shall be designed to reference Wildlife Rehabilitators

Association of Rhode Island.

(b) The special 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 plate.

(c) The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island motor vehicle plates shall be

the same size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Wildlife Rehabilitators

Association of Rhode Island in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles and with final

approval from the Rhode Island state police.

(d) The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island plates shall be subject to a

minimum prepaid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. passenger,

commercial, etc.). The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island plates shall not be

issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the

Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island, 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 prepayment

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 Wildlife

Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island 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 to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island to

help further their efforts in caring for injured and orphaned wildlife. All of the money raised shall be

spent in Rhode Island.

(h) The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island will be required to submit an

annual accounting report before such monies are distributed.

(i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Wildlife Rehabilitators

Association of Rhode Island plates.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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