Chapter
178
2005 -- H 5067
Enacted 07/06/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Representatives Kilmartin, Ajello, Moura, Dennigan, and Church
Date Introduced: January 13, 2005
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 31-3-72 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled
"Registration
of
Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:
31-3-72.
Special plate for Mr. Potato Head. -- (a) The administrator of the
division of
motor
vehicles is empowered to make available a special motor vehicle registration
plate
commemorating
the fiftieth (50th) anniversary of Mr. Potato Head. The plate shall bear the
designation
"Mr. Potato Head -- 50th anniversary" and shall bear the seal of the
state imprinted
on it.
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
original registration plates issued to the vehicle for the
period January 1, 2002 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.
(b) A special automobile or commercial commemorative Mr. Potato Head -- 50th
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 the
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 costs in
manufacturing and
distributing
the special plates.
SECTION 2. This act shall
take effect upon passage.
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