H5676

	2019 -- H 5676
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	STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019
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	A N A C T
	RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES - MISSING TITLES FOR OLDER VEHICLES

	Introduced By: Representatives Williams, Slater, Shanley, Diaz, and Almeida
	Date Introduced: February 27, 2019
	Referred To: House Corporations
	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
1	SECTION 1. Section 31-3.1-38 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3.1 entitled
2	"Certificates of Title and Security Interests" is hereby amended to read as follows:
3	31-3.1-38. Effective dates -- Applicability.
4	This chapter shall apply to all model vehicles designated as 2001 models and all
5	subsequent model year vehicles. All vehicles designated as model years prior to 2001 shall be
6	excluded from these provisions, provided that no title certificate shall be required once a vehicle
7	is twenty (20) years old. Provided, however, that for all vehicles that are older than ten (10) years,
8	but less than twenty (20) years old, and whose title certificate cannot be located, the owner may
9	apply for a registration certificate pursuant to § 31-6-1(a)(13) which should state that the vehicle
10	is at least ten (10) years old and identify the current registered owner of that vehicle for a fee of
11	fifty dollars ($50.00).
12	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 VEHICLES - MISSING TITLES FOR OLDER VEHICLES
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1	This act would allow the owner of a vehicle that cannot locate a certificate of title for
2	their vehicle, which is over ten (10) years, but less than twenty (20) years old to apply for a
3	registration certificate which would state that the vehicle is at least ten (10) years old and identify
4	the current registered owner(s) of that vehicle for a fifty dollar ($50.00) fee.
5	This act would take effect upon passage.
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