| Chapter 354 |
| 2016 -- H 7077 Enacted 07/06/2016 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
| Introduced By: Representatives Williams, Tobon, Maldonado, Hull, and Barros |
| Date Introduced: January 07, 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: |
| 31-3-104. Special plate in honor of César E. Chávez. -- (a) The administrator of the |
| division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor-vehicle-registration |
| plates in honor of César E. Chávez. The plate shall be designed to reference the "César E. Chávez |
| Committee of Rhode Island" and shall bear the seal of the state imprinted on it. |
| (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 §31-3-9. The |
| registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate. |
| (c) The César E. Chávez 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 |
| design approval by the Rhode Island state police. |
| (d) The César E. Chávez motor-vehicle 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 César E. Chávez motor-vehicle plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) |
| requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the César E. Chávez Committee of |
| Rhode Island, 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 César E. |
| Chávez plates shall be subject to a forty-dollar issuance ($40.00) surcharge. |
| (g) The forty-dollar issuance ($40.00) 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 César E. Chávez Scholarship Fund with the Rhode Island |
| Foundation. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to the César E. Chávez Scholarship Fund with the Rhode Island Foundation. |
| (i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of César E. Chávez motor-vehicle |
| plates. |
| (j) The César E. Chávez Committee of Rhode Island will be required to submit an annual |
| accounting report before such monies are distributed. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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