2022 -- S 2817

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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--

LICENSE PLATES

     Introduced By: Senator Leonidas P. Raptakis

     Date Introduced: March 24, 2022

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     (Dept. of Revenue)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-3-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration

of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     31-3-11. Contents of registration plate.

     (a) Every registration plate shall have displayed upon it the registration number assigned

to the vehicle for which it is issued, the name of the state of Rhode Island along the top, which may

be abbreviated "R.I.", and the year number for which it is issued or the date of its expiration.

Registration plates shall also have printed on them along the bottom the words, "ocean state".

     (b) The provision requiring the printing of the words "ocean state" on along the bottom of

these plates shall not only pertain to commercial private passenger plates or to plates issued to

recipients of the Purple Heart. Registration plates for all other plate types shall have the plate type

printed on them along the bottom.

     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--

LICENSE PLATES

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     This act would change the location of "State of Rhode Island" and "ocean state" on the

registration plates.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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