| Chapter 343 |
| 2016 -- S 2771 Enacted 07/06/2016 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--SPECIAL PLATE FOR LUPUS FOUNDATION NEW ENGLAND |
| Introduced By: Senator Juan M. Pichardo |
| Date Introduced: March 10, 2016 |
| 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: |
| 31-3-104110. Special plate for the Lupus Foundation New England. -- (a) The |
| administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor |
| vehicle registration plates for the Lupus Foundation New England. The plates shall be designed to |
| reference the Lupus Foundation New England. |
| (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 returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration |
| certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle in accordance with ยง31-3-9. The |
| registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plates. |
| (c) The Lupus Foundation New England motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as |
| regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Lupus Foundation New England, in |
| conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode Island state |
| police. |
| (d) The Lupus Foundation New England plates shall be subject to a minimum prepaid |
| order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. passenger, commercial, etc.). |
| The Lupus Foundation New England plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) |
| requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Lupus Foundation New England |
| and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum |
| order(s) have been met and the proper paperwork submitted to the division. |
| (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop 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, the Lupus |
| Foundation New England 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 Lupus Foundation New England in furtherance of its mission |
| to assist charitable organizations in Rhode Island. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to the Lupus Foundation New England. |
| (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Lupus Foundation New |
| England license plates, the foundation must use any Rhode Island sources funds in, and for the |
| benefit of, Rhode Island-based charitable organizations. |
| (j) Lupus Foundation New England will be required to submit an annual accounting |
| report before such monies are distributed. |
| (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Lupus Foundation New England |
| plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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