Chapter 207
2010 -- H 7164 AS AMENDED
Enacted 06/25/10
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES -- SUPPORT OF PUBLIC
EDUCATION PLATES
Introduced By: Representatives Ucci, and McNamara
Date Introduced: January 21, 2010
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:
31-3-88.
Special plate in support of public education. -- (a)
The administrator of the
division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available a
special motor vehicle registration
plate in support of public education. The plate shall bear
the designation “Support Public
Education”, and shall bear a design chosen by the
commissioner of elementary and secondary
education and which shall depict a ruler and an apple.
(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) The “Support
Public Education” motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular
motor vehicle plates and shall be designed in conjunction
with the division of motor vehicles,
with the design approved by the
(d) The “Support
Public Education” motor vehicle plates shall be subject to a minimum
pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates.
The
Education” plates shall not be issued unless the
minimum order requirements are met.
(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, “Support Public
Education” motor vehicle 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 division of motor
vehicles for its costs in manufacturing
and distributing the special plates and the remaining
twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be distributed
annually, based upon the vehicle registration, to the local
school districts for educational
purposes.
(h)There shall be no
refunds for early cancellation of “Support Public Education” motor
vehicle plates.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC00154
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