Chapter 484

2013 -- S 0235 SUBSTITUTE A

Enacted 07/16/13

A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

Introduced By: Senators Cool Rumsey, Kettle, Algiere, Raptakis, and Sosnowski

Date Introduced: February 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:

31-3-96. Emergency medical technician plates. – (a) The administrator of the division

of motor vehicles is empowered and authorized to make available to all licensed emergency

medical technicians a special motor vehicle registration plate for any motor vehicle eligible for

registration as an automobile or for a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of ten thousand

pounds (10,000 lbs) or less.

(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. The administrator shall be authorized to retain newly issued plate numbers, at his or

her discretion, for the purpose of conducting auctions of the right to use and display those

numbers under such terms and conditions as the administrator may permit.

(c) The emergency medical technician 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.). Said

plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirements are met. The initial order will

be handled by the Hope Valley Ambulance Squad, Inc., and shall not be submitted to the division

of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) have been met, and the proper

paperwork submitted to the division.

(d) 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.

(e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue the plate upon the

payment of a service charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) and a transfer charge of five dollars

($5.00) for the plate. All revenues shall be deposited as general revenues.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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