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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin

     Date Introduced: February 28, 2013

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     31-3-94. Special plate for home and hospice care of Rhode Island. – (a) The

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administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special design

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motor vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicles based upon the not-for-profit entity home

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and hospice care of Rhode Island. The plates shall be designed to reference home and hospice

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care of Rhode Island.

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     (b) The special design plates shall be displayed upon the same registration number

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assigned to the vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of an in the same

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manner as the registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the

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vehicle shall be removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The

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registration certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle, in accordance with section 31-

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3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect for the special design plates.

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     (c) The home and hospice care of Rhode Island motor vehicle plates shall be the same

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size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed in conjunction with the division of

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motor vehicles and with final approval from the Rhode Island state police.

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     (d) The home and hospice care of Rhode Island plates shall be subject to a minimum

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prepaid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of passenger plates. The home and hospice care

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of Rhode Island plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The

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initial order will be handled by the home and hospice care of Rhode Island and shall not be

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submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) has been

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met and the proper paperwork submitted to the division.

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     (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop prepayment

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procedures and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.

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     (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fees, the home and

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hospice care of Rhode Island plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge.

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     (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: twenty

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dollars ($20.00) shall be deposited in the division of motor vehicles manufacturing account and

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the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be distributed annually to the home and hospice care

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of Rhode Island in furtherance of their mission to provide compassionate and skilled care to those

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who are seriously ill.

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     (h) The home and hospice care of Rhode Island will be required to submit an annual

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audit, prepared by a certified public accountant before such monies are distributed.

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     (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the home and hospice

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care of Rhode Island, the organization must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in and for the

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benefit of Rhode Island.

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     (j) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the home and hospice care of Rhode

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Island plates.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

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     This act would empower the division of motor vehicles to make available special design

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motor vehicle plates based upon the home and hospice care of Rhode Island.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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