Chapter
188
2005 -- H 5449 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/07/05
A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Representatives Malik, Carter, San Bento, Faria, and Gallison
Date Introduced: February 09, 2005
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Sections 31-3-17.4 and 31-3-46 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3
entitled
"Registration of Vehicles" are hereby amended to read as follows:
31-3-17.4.
Firefighter plates. -- (a) The administrator of the division of motor
vehicles is
empowered
and authorized to make available to all active firefighters and retired
firefighters a
special
motor vehicle registration plate for any motor vehicle eligible for
registration as an
automobile
or commercial vehicle having a gross weight of eight ten thousand
five hundred
pounds (8,500
10,000 lbs.) or less.
(b) The special motor vehicle registration plate shall carry on it the
designation
"Firefighter"
and a Maltese cross with the design provided by the Rhode Island Association of
Fire
Chiefs.
(c) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue the plate
upon
payment
of a service charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and a transfer charge of
five dollars
($5.00)
for the plate, of which fifteen dollars ($15.00) shall be deposited to the
division of motor
vehicles
manufacturing account.
(d) For the purpose of this section an active or retired member of any fire
department
shall be
defined as any person certified by the chief of the fire department as
currently a member
of said
department with at least one year active service or retired under honorable
condition as a
firefighter.
(e) In a state of emergency, any active member of a fire department driving a
vehicle
bearing
the special motor vehicle registration plate shall be authorized and empowered
to travel
upon the
highways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by the state or
municipal
authority
in accordance with their official duties.
31-3-46.
P.O.W. plates. -- The administrator of the division of motor vehicles
shall issue
plates
designated as "Ex-P.O.W." upon application on proper forms furnished
by the
administrator
of the division of motor vehicles to former prisoners of war (P.O.W.) of World
Wars I
and II, the Korean conflict, and Vietnam conflict. The plates may be issued for
any motor
vehicle
eligible for registration as an automobile, or a commercial vehicle having a
gross weight
of six
ten thousand pounds (6,000 10,000 lbs) or less. The
applicant shall not be required to pay a
registration
fee or service charge for the plate. Upon the death of the holder of any P.O.W.
plates,
the
plates shall be transferred to his or her surviving spouse for the spouse's
lifetime until he or
she
remarries.
SECTION 2. This act
shall take effect upon passage.
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