Chapter 221
2009 -- H 5409 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 11/09/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Representatives Ehrhardt, Carter, Lally, and M. Rice
Date Introduced: February 11, 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:
31-3-86. Special
plate for Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. -- (a) The
administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to
make available special motor
vehicle registration plates for the not-for profit Friends of
Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc.
(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) Friends of Plum
Beach Lighthouse, Inc. motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as
regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the
Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc.
in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with
the design approved by the
state police.
(d) Friends of
order of at least nine hundred (900) plates. Friends of
Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. plates shall
not be issued unless the minimum order requirements are
met.
(e) The administrator
of the division 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, Friends of
Beach Lighthouse, Inc. 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 Friends of Plum Beach
Lighthouse, Inc. to assist in the fiscal
needs required to maintain and protect this historic site
for all to enjoy, and to continue in the
fostering of the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse’s, Inc.
presence as an asset to
economic growth and prosperity. (The
distribution to the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc.
shall be placed in a restricted account and shall be paid
to the Friends of
Inc.)
(h) The Friends of
Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. will be required to submit an annual
financial statement before such monies are distributed.
(i)
There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Friends of
Inc. plates.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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