Chapter
384
2006 -- S 2019
Enacted 07/07/06
A N A
C T
RELATING TO MOTOR AND
OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Senators
Tassoni, Paiva-Weed, and Sosnowski
Date Introduced: January
10, 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:
31-3-79.
Special plate for Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay. – (a)
The
administrator
of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor
vehicle
registration plates based upon two (2) not-for-profit entities, the Audubon
Society of
Rhode
Island and Save the Bay. The plate shall be designed to reference both
entities.
(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)
The Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay motor vehicle plates shall be
the
same
size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed in conjunction with
the division of
motor
vehicles.
(d)
Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay plates shall be subject to a
minimum
pre-paid
order of at least nine hundred (900) plates. Audubon Society of Rhode
Island/Save the
Bay
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, Audubon
Society
of
Rhode Island/Save the Bay plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00)
issuance surcharge.
(g)
The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows:
twenty
dollars
($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty
dollars ($20.00)
shall
be distributed annually and equally; ten dollars ($10.00) per plate to the
Audubon Society of
Rhode
Island; and ten dollars ($10.00) per plate to Save the Bay, to assist the
Audubon Society of
Rhode
Island and Save the Bay in furtherance of their mission of preserving the
state's natural
scenic
beauty, fish and wildlife, and to continue the educational efforts of these
respective
entities.
The distributions to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay shall
be
placed
in separate restricted accounts for each entity and shall be paid to the
Audubon Society of
Rhode
Island and Save the Bay.
(h)
Both the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay will be required to
submit
an annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant before such monies
are
distributed.
(i)
There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Audubon Society of Rhode
Island/Save
the Bay plates.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC00198
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