| Chapter 400 |
| 2017 -- S 1024 Enacted 10/05/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
| Introduced By: Senator James Arthur Seveney |
| Date Introduced: September 19, 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: |
| 31-3-113. Special plate for Operation Stand Down RI. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special motor vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicles based upon the not-for-profit |
| entity Operation Stand Down RI. |
| (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 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 |
| plate. |
| (c) Operation Stand Down RI 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) Operation Stand Down RI plates shall be subject to a minimum prepaid order of at |
| least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type including, but not limited to, passenger and |
| commercial. Operation Stand Down RI plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order |
| requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by Operation Stand Down RI and shall not |
| be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order has been |
| met and the proper paperwork submitted to the division. Subsequent Operation Stand Down RI |
| plate orders will be handled by the division of motor vehicles. |
| (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop application forms, 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, Operation Stand |
| Down RI 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 Operation Stand Down RI in furtherance of its mission to "support |
| our troops: in helping struggling and homeless veterans by offering housing and supportive |
| services necessary to their well-being." |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to Operation Stand Down RI. |
| (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Operation Stand Down |
| RI plates, the organization must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in and for the benefit of |
| Rhode Island-based charitable organizations. |
| (j) Operation Stand Down RI will be required to submit an annual accounting report |
| before such monies are distributed. |
| (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Operation Stand Down RI plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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