| Chapter 190 |
| 2017 -- H 5766 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/18/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES |
| Introduced By: Representatives Casimiro, Walsh, Donovan, Barros, and Vella- |
| Date Introduced: March 01, 2017 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-3-111 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled |
| "Registration of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-3-111. Gold Star Parents Gold Star Families. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized and directed to issue |
| a special registration plate for the motor vehicles of all eligible members of a Gold Star Parents |
| Family. |
| (b) For the purpose of this section, "Gold Star Parents Family" means a person who has |
| lost a son or a daughter as a result of service with the armed forces of the United States of |
| America eligible to receive a gold star lapel button as defined in 10 U.S.C. ยง1126; provided, the |
| death was determined to be in the line of duty. |
| (c) The special plate designated "Gold Star Parent" shall be designed as follows: Gold |
| Star Family motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall |
| be designed by Gold Star Family members who are Rhode Island residents in conjunction with |
| the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode Island state police. |
| (1) Letters and numbers shall be blue in a white background with the words "Rhode |
| Island" clearly visible at the top center of the plate. |
| (2) The background will be a red, white, and blue waving American Flag. |
| (3) The top right corner is to bear the identification "Gold Star Parent". |
| (d) The applicant shall not be required to pay a service charge or a transfer charge for |
| each plate. |
| (e) The applicant shall be entitled to a plate for each vehicle owned by the applicant Only |
| one set of "Gold Star Family" plates shall be issued to an eligible family member and only after |
| satisfactory documentation of eligibility is presented. |
| (f) The owner of a motor vehicle eligible for registration as a commercial vehicle and |
| having a gross weight of twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less who is issued Gold Star |
| Parent Family plates shall continue to pay the appropriate commercial registration fee for those |
| plates. The owner of a motor vehicle eligible for registration as a commercial vehicle having a |
| gross weight of six thousand three hundred pounds (6,300 lbs.), but not more than twelve |
| thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.), shall sign an affidavit at the time of application for said plates |
| stating that the vehicle is to be used for personal use only. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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