| Chapter 448 |
| 2017 -- H 6326 Enacted 10/11/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--COMBINATION PLATES |
| Introduced By: Representatives Canario, Coughlin, Corvese, Edwards, and Craven |
| Date Introduced: June 09, 2017 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-3-64 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration |
| of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-3-64. Combination plates. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue: |
| (1) For any motor vehicle eligible for registration as a commercial vehicle having a gross |
| weight of eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) or less, plates designated as |
| "combination" upon application and proper form furnished by the administrator of the division of |
| motor vehicles to applicants. The combination plates will allow those vehicles to drive for both |
| commercial and pleasure purposes; or |
| (2) For any motor vehicle eligible for registration as a commercial vehicle having a gross |
| weight over eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) up to eleven thousand four hundred |
| pounds (11,400 lbs.) eleven thousand eight hundred pounds (11,800 lbs.) plates designated as |
| "combination" upon application, proof of ownership of a camping trailer, fifth-wheel camper |
| trailer, travel trailer, or truck camper as defined in ยง 31-1-3, and proper form furnished by the |
| administrator of the division of motor vehicles to applicants. The combination plates will allow |
| those vehicles to drive for pleasure purposes only. |
| (b) The fees for commercial vehicles registering for a combination plate shall be identical |
| to those established for other commercial vehicles of the same weight. A combination registration |
| transaction shall be considered a change to a new registration classification and not a plate change |
| transaction. A combination registration shall be renewable during the month of March each year. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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