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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Senators E Morgan, de la Cruz, Lombardo, Ciccone, F Lombardi, | |
Date Introduced: February 15, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is |
2 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 31-3-122. Special plate for Choose Life -- CareNet - Rhode Island -CareNet Pregnancy |
4 | Center of Rhode Island. |
5 | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
6 | special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity, CareNet - Rhode Island d/b/a |
7 | CareNet Pregnancy Center of Rhode Island. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for- |
8 | profit entity CareNet - Rhode Island d/b/a CareNet Pregnancy Center of Rhode Island. |
9 | (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the |
10 | vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the |
11 | registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be |
12 | removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration certificate |
13 | for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle in accordance with ยง 31-3-9. The registration certificate |
14 | shall be in effect for the special plate. |
15 | (c) The Choose Life motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle |
16 | plates and shall be designed by Care-Net - Rhode Island d/b/a CareNet Pregnancy Center of Rhode |
17 | Island in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved by the Rhode |
18 | Island state police. |
19 | (d) The Choose Life plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least six |
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1 | hundred (600) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. passenger, commercial, etc.). The Choose Life plates |
2 | shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirements are met. The initial order will be handled |
3 | by the CareNet - Rhode Island d/b/a CareNet Pregnancy Center Rhode Island and shall not be |
4 | submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) have been |
5 | met and the proper paper work submitted to the division. |
6 | (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop prepayment procedures and any other |
7 | procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. |
8 | (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, Choose Life Rhode |
9 | Island plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge. |
10 | (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: twenty |
11 | dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) |
12 | shall be distributed annually to CareNet - Rhode Island d/b/a CareNet Pregnancy Center of Rhode |
13 | Island to support the alternative choices of infant adoption and The Safe Haven for Infants Act, |
14 | pursuant to chapter 13.1 of title 23. |
15 | (h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
16 | to CareNet - Rhode Island d/b/a CareNet Pregnancy Center of Rhode Island. |
17 | (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Choose Life Rhode |
18 | Island plates, CareNet - Rhode Island d/b/a CareNet Pregnancy Center of Rhode Island must use |
19 | any Rhode Island sourced funds in and for the benefit of Rhode Island based charitable |
20 | organizations. |
21 | (j) CareNet - Rhode Island d/b/a CareNet Pregnancy Center of Rhode Island will be |
22 | required to submit an annual accounting report before such monies are distributed. |
23 | (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Choose Life Rhode Island plates. |
24 | 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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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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1 | This act would authorize the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in |
2 | recognition of Choose Life and in support of CareNet - Rhode Island d/b/a CareNet Pregnancy |
3 | Center Rhode Island. |
4 | This act would take effect six (6) months after passage. |
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