Chapter 464
2017 -- S 1022
Enacted 10/11/2017

A N   A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--COMBINATION PLATES

Introduced By: Senator P Fogarty
Date Introduced: September 19, 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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