Title 31
Motor and Other Vehicles

Chapter 3
Registration of Vehicles

§ 31-3-127. Special plate for Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island.

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island.

(b) The special design plates 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 plate 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 design plate.

(c) The Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles and with final approval from the Rhode Island state police.

(d) The Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates shall be subject to compliance with § 31-3-117 relating to the number of minimum prepaid orders of plates per plate type (i.e., passenger, commercial, etc.) and any required payment. The Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) has 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 fees, the Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island 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 Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island to assist in the fiscal needs and in furtherance of its mission.

(h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated to Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island.

(i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island license plate, Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island must use any Rhode Island-sourced funds in and for the benefit of Rhode Island-based charitable organizations to benefit dyslexic children, through tuition grants and teacher reimbursement for Orton-Gillingham training.

(j) Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island will be required to submit an annual accounting report before such monies are distributed.

(k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates.