Chapter
04-581
2004 -- S 3047 AS AMENDED
Enacted 07/14/04
A N A C T
RELATING
TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced
By: Senator John J. Tassoni
Date
Introduced: April 21, 2004
It
is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 31-3-64 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled
"Registration
of
Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:
31-3-64.
Combination plates. - - (a) The administrator of the division of
motor vehicles
shall
issue: for (1) For any motor vehicle eligible for
registration as a commercial vehicle having
a
gross weight of eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) or less,
plates designated as
"combination"
upon application and proper form furnished by the administrator of the division
of
motor
vehicles to applicants. The combination plates will allow those vehicles to
drive for both
commercial
and pleasure purposes. ; or
(2)
For any motor vehicle eligible for registration as a commercial vehicle having
a gross
weight
over eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) up to eleven thousand
four hundred
pounds
(11,400 lbs.) plates designated as “combination” upon application, proof of
ownership of
a
camping trailer, fifth wheel camper trailer, travel trailer or truck camper as
defined in section
31-1-3,
and proper form furnished by the administrator of the division of motor
vehicles to
applicants.
The combination plates will allow those vehicles to drive for pleasure purposes
only.
(b)
The fees for commercial vehicles registering for a combination plate shall be
identical
to
those established for other commercial vehicles of the same weight. A
combination registration
transaction
shall be considered a change to a new registration classification and not a
plate change
transaction.
A combination registration shall be renewable during the month of March each
year.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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