Chapter 222
2009 -- S 0346 AS AMENDED
Enacted 11/09/09
A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Senators Sheehan, Lenihan, and Sosnowski
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:
31-3-86. 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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LC01697
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