Chapter 436
2006 -- H 6776 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 07/07/06
A N A C T
RELATING
TO REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced
By: Representative Arthur J. Corvese
Date
Introduced: January 11, 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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