Chapter 248 |
2017 -- S 0540 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/19/2017 |
A N A C T |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- GOLD STAR FAMILIES |
Introduced By: Senators Lynch Prata, and Gallo |
Date Introduced: March 09, 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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