Chapter 052
2012 -- H 7624
Enacted 05/01/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Representative Donald J. Lally
Date Introduced: February 16, 2012
It is enacted by the General
Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 31-3-89 of the General Laws in Chapter
31-3 entitled "Registration
of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:
31-3-89.
Law Enforcement Memorial license plates. –
memorial benefit fund license plates. -- (a) The administrator of the
division of motor vehicles
is empowered to make available special motor vehicle
registration plates honoring law
enforcement officers that have been killed in the line of duty.
The plate shall be designed to
reference
(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 special motor
vehicle plate shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates
and shall be designed in conjunction with the division of
motor vehicles and with the final
approval from the
(d) Rhode Island
Law Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund plates shall be subject to a
minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of
plates.
Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund 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,
Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund plates shall
be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance
surcharge.
(g) The forty dollar
($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be as follows: twenty dollars
($20.00) shall be deposited in the division of motor
vehicles manufacturing account, and the
remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the
Memorial Benefit Fund.
(h) There shall be no
refunds for early cancellation of
Memorial Benefit Fund plates.
(i)
A five dollar ($5.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be
allocated
to the
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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