Chapter 231

2017 -- H 5424 Enacted 07/18/2017

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE

Introduced By: Representatives McNamara, Vella-Wilkinson, Bennett, Solomon, and

Date Introduced: February 08, 2017

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:

31-3-112. Special plate for Gaspee Days Committee.

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available

special motor vehicle registration plates for the Gaspee Days Committee (hereafter referred to as

"the Gaspee Days committee"). The plates shall be designed to reference the Gaspee Days

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 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 Gaspee Days committee motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular

motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Gaspee Days committee, in conjunction with

the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode Island state police.

(d) The Gaspee Days committee 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

Gaspee Days committee plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are

met. The initial order will be handled by the Gaspee Days committee 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 Gaspee Days

committee 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 Gaspee Days committee in furtherance of its mission.

(h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated

to the Gaspee Days committee.

(i) The Gaspee Days committee shall be required to submit an annual accounting report

before such monies are distributed.

(j) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Gaspee Days committee plates.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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