Chapter 468
2008 -- S 3047
Enacted 07/08/08
A N A C T
RELATING
TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced
By: Senator Maryellen Goodwin
Date
Introduced: May 22, 2008
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:
31-3-82.
Special plate for WaterFire Providence. – (a) The administrator of
the
division of motor vehicles is empowered to make
available special motor vehicle registration
plates for the not-for-profit WaterFire
Providence.
(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) WaterFire
motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates
and shall be designed by WaterFire Providence in
conjunction with the division of motor
vehicles.
(d) WaterFire
plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred
(900) plates. WaterFire 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, WaterFire 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 to WaterFire
Providence to assist in the fiscal needs required to keep
this event free for all to enjoy, and to
continue in the fostering of WaterFire's presence as an asset to
Rhode Island's economic growth and prosperity.
The distribution to WaterFire Providence shall
be placed in a restricted account and shall be
paid to WaterFire Providence.
(h) WaterFire
Providence 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 WaterFire plates.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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