Chapter
317
2006 -- S 2678 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/04/06
A N A
C T
RELATING TO
REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Senators
Ruggerio, Paiva-Weed, Goodwin, Ciccone, and McCaffrey
Date Introduced: February
09, 2006
It is enacted
by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of
Vehicles" is
hereby
amended by adding thereto the following section:
31-3-78.
Special plate for Rotary International. – (a) The administrator of
the division
of
motor vehicles is empowered to make available to the owners of private
passenger motor
vehicles
who are members of Rotary Club International, District 7950, State of Rhode
Island,
special
motor vehicle registration plates.
(b)
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
registration
plates issued to the vehicle. 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.
(c)
Rotary Club motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor
vehicle
plates
and shall be designed by the Rotary Club in conjunction with the division of
motor
vehicles.
(d)
Rotary Club plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least
three
hundred
and sixty (360) plates. Rotary Club plates shall not be issued unless the
minimum order
requirements
are met.
(e)
The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop application forms,
pre-payment
procedures
and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this
section.
(f)
In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, Rotary
Club plates
shall
be subject to a one-time fifty dollar ($50.00) issuance surcharge.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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