| Chapter 426 |
| 2022 -- S 2421 Enacted 06/30/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, McCaffrey, Goodwin, Lombardo, Kallman, Archambault, Miller, DiMario, Valverde, and Euer |
| Date Introduced: February 15, 2022 |
| 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: |
| 31-3-122 31-3-123. Special plate for Rhode Island Society for the Prevention of |
| Cruelty to Animals. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit corporation Rhode Island Society for |
| the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ("RISPCA"). The plates shall be designed to reference Rhode |
| Island Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, commemorating its one hundred fifty (150) |
| years of service. |
| (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 ยง 31-3-9. The registration certificate |
| shall be in effect for the special plate. |
| (c) The RISPCA motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates, |
| and shall be designed by the RISPCA in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the |
| design approved by the Rhode Island state police. |
| (d) The RISPCA plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least six hundred |
| (600) sets of plates per plate type (i.e., passenger, commercial, etc.). The RISPCA plates shall not |
| be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by |
| the RISPCA, 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 pre-payment |
| 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 RISPCA 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 RISPCA to assist in the furtherance of its |
| programs in the state of Rhode Island. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to the RISPCA. |
| (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of RISPCA plates, the |
| foundation must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in, and for the benefit of, Rhode Island-based |
| charitable organizations. |
| (j) The RISPCA will be required to submit an annual accounting report before such monies |
| are distributed. |
| (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of RISPCA plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after passage. |
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