| Chapter 332 |
| 2017 -- S 0363 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 09/27/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--GASPEE DAY COMMITTEE |
| Introduced By: Senators Lynch Prata, McCaffrey, and Calkin |
| Date Introduced: February 16, 2017 |
| 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: |
| 31-3-112. Special plate for Gaspee Days Committee. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special motor vehicle registration plates for the Gaspee Days Committee (hereafter referred to as |
| "the Gaspee Days committee"). The plates shall be designed to reference the Gaspee Days |
| committee. |
| (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 Gaspee Days committee motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular |
| motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Gaspee Days committee, in conjunction with |
| the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode Island state police. |
| (d) The Gaspee Days committee 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 |
| Gaspee Days committee plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are |
| met. The initial order will be handled by the Gaspee Days committee 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 the division 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 Gaspee Days |
| committee 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 Gaspee Days committee in furtherance of its mission. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to the Gaspee Days committee. |
| (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Gaspee Days |
| plates, the foundation must use any Rhode Island sourced funds, in, and for the benefit of, Rhode |
| Island-based charitable organizations. |
| (j) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Gaspee Days committee plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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