2021 -- S 0841

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES --

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

     Introduced By: Senators Quezada, Cano, and Lawson

     Date Introduced: April 23, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     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:

     31-3-121. Special plate for the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

Association, Inc.

     (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available

special motor vehicle registration plates for the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

Association, Inc., a foreign nonprofit corporation duly registered in Rhode Island (Corporate

identification number 001662984). The plates shall be designed to reference the Alzheimer's

Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc.

     (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 § 31-3-9. The registration certificate

shall be in effect for the special plate.

     (c) The Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc. motor vehicle plates

shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Alzheimer's

Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles,

with the design approved by the Rhode Island state police.

     (d) The Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., 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 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc.,

plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will

be handled by the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., 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 application forms,

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 Alzheimer's

Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., 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 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., 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 Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc.

     (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Alzheimer's Disease and

Related Disorders Association, Inc., license plates, the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders

Association, Inc., shall use any Rhode Island sourced funds in, and for the benefit of, Rhode Island-

based charitable purposes.

     (j) The Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., will be required to

submit an annual accounting report before such monies are distributed.

     (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Alzheimer's Disease and Related

Disorders Association, Inc. plates.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES --

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION, INC.

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     This act would allow the production of special motor vehicle registration plates for the

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc.

     This act would take effect six (6) months after passage.

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