SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

31-3-72. Special plate for Mr. Potato Head. -- The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available a special motor vehicle registration plate commemorating the fiftieth (50^th) anniversary of Mr. Potato Head. The plate shall bear the designation "Mr. Potato Head - 50^th anniversary" and shall bear the seal of the state imprinted on it. The special plate shall display 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 for the period January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2004 and no longer. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be removed from the vehicle and the registration certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle, in accordance with section 31-3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate. A special automobile or commercial commemorative Mr. Potato Head - 50^th anniversary plate shall be issued upon application using forms furnished by the administrator upon payment in addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, and a service charge of forty dollars ($40.00) for each issue. The service charge shall be paid to the administrator prior to the administrator's acceptance of the application. Twenty dollars ($20.00) of said service charge shall be paid to the Rhode Island Community Food Bank and twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the division of motor vehicles for its cost in manufacturing and distributing such special plates.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.