Chapter 191
2009 -- H 5451 SUBSTITUTE B
Enacted 11/04/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -
CHARITABLE
FOUNDATION
Introduced By: Representatives Pacheco, McCauley, Ehrhardt, Williams, and Fierro
Date
Introduced: February 12, 2009
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:
31-3-85.
Special plate for the
The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is
empowered to make available special motor
vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicle based upon the
not-for-profit entity, the New
automobile or commercial vehicle having a gross weight of ten
thousand pounds (10,000 lbs.) or
less.
(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. The administrator shall be authorized to
retain newly issued plate numbers, at his or
her discretion, for the purpose of conducting auctions of
the right to use and display those
numbers under such terms and conditions as the administrator
may permit.
Auction proceeds
shall be apportioned and distributed for charitable purposes, in the
discretion of the administrator, in accordance with such
agreements as may be entered into with
those entities holding ownership rights to the logos. The
administrator is hereby authorized to
enter into agreements for the use of logos on
(c) The
same size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be
designed in conjunction with the division of
motor vehicles, with design approved by the
(d)
pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) plates.
plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order
requirements are met. The initial order will
be handled by the
division of motor vehicles for the production until the
minimum order has been met and the
proper paperwork submitted to the division. Subsequent
Foundation plate orders will be handled by the
division of motor vehicles.
(e) The administrator
of motor vehicles shall develop application forms, prepayment
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,
Patriots Charitable Foundation 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 the
their mission of assisting the youth and families of
cultural diversity, education, family and health.
(h) A ten dollar
($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated
to the
(i)
In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of
Charitable Foundation, the foundation must use any
benefit of
(j) The
accounting report before such monies are distributed.
(k) There shall be no
refunds for early cancellation of
Foundation plates.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC01303/SUB B
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