| Chapter 353 |
| 2016 -- H 7011 Enacted 07/06/2016 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES -- SPECIAL PLATE FOR ROCKY POINT FOUNDATION |
| Introduced By: Representatives Solomon, McNamara, Shekarchi, Naughton, and |
| Date Introduced: January 06, 2016 |
| 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: |
| 31-3-104108. Special plate for The Rocky Point Foundation, Inc. – (a) The |
| administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor |
| vehicle registration plates for The Rocky Point Foundation, Inc. (hereafter referred to as "Rocky |
| Point Foundation"). The plates shall be designed to reference Rocky Point Foundation. |
| (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 returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration |
| certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle in accordance with §31-3-9. The |
| registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plates. |
| (c) The Rocky Point Foundation motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular |
| motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Rocky Point Foundation, in conjunction with |
| the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode Island state police. |
| (d) The Rocky Point Foundation 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 Rocky |
| Point Foundation plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. |
| The initial order will be handled by the Rocky Point Foundation 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. |
| (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 fee, the Rocky Point |
| 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 allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) |
| shall be distributed annually to the Rocky Point Foundation in furtherance of its mission. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to the Rocky Point Foundation. |
| (i) The Rocky Point Foundation shall be required to submit an annual accounting report |
| before such monies are distributed. |
| (j) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Rocky Point Foundation plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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