| Chapter 408 |
| 2017 -- S 0356 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 10/05/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
| Introduced By: Senators Ruggerio, Goodwin, Sosnowski, Miller, and Pearson |
| 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 31-3-116. Special plate for the Ocean State Animal Coalition. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available a |
| special motor vehicle registration plate for the Ocean State Animal Coalition. |
| (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 plate. |
| (c) The Ocean State Animal Coalition 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 the design approved by the Rhode Island state police. |
| (d) The Ocean State Animal Coalition motor vehicle plates shall be subject to a minimum |
| pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type. The Ocean State Animal |
| Coalition plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirements are met. The initial |
| order shall be handled by the Ocean State Animal Coalition, 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 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 Ocean State |
| Animal Coalition motor vehicle plates shall be subject to a forty-dollar ($40) issuance surcharge. |
| (g) The forty-dollar ($40) issuance ($40) surcharge shall be allocated as follows: twenty |
| dollars ($20) shall be allocated to the general fund, and the remaining twenty dollars ($20) shall |
| be distributed annually to the Ocean State Animal Coalition in furtherance of its mission to |
| improve the status and well-being of animals in Rhode Island, including subsidizing spay and |
| neuter services for cats and dogs. |
| (h) The Ocean State Animal Coalition shall distribute the funds it receives as referenced |
| in subsection (g) of this section to Rhode Island-based municipal animal shelters and other |
| humane organizations pursuant to procedures developed in accordance with subsection (e) of this |
| section. |
| (i) The Ocean State Animal Coalition shall be required to submit an annual accounting |
| report before such monies are distributed. |
| (j) A ten-dollar ($10) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated to |
| the Ocean State Animal Coalition. |
| (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Ocean State Animal Coalition |
| motor vehicle plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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