| Chapter 414 |
| 2017 -- H 5137 Enacted 10/05/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES-SPECIAL LICENSE PLATES |
| Introduced By: Representatives Bennett, Vella-Wilkinson, Shekarchi, Regunberg, and |
| Date Introduced: January 18, 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 31-3-115. Special plate for the Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers |
| Foundation. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special motor vehicle registration plates for the Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation. The |
| plates shall be designed to reference the Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation and shall |
| feature a striped bass. |
| (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 Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation motor vehicle plates shall be the |
| same size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Rhode Island Salt Water |
| Anglers Foundation, in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by |
| the Rhode Island state police. |
| (d) The Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation 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 Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation plates shall not be issued |
| unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Rhode |
| Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation 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 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 Rhode Island |
| Salt Water Anglers Foundation 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 Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation in furtherance of |
| its mission to preserve our marine fisheries, environmental protection, restoration projects, and |
| youth activity programs that foster recreational fishing, safety, and conservation. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to the Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation. |
| (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Rhode Island Salt |
| Water Anglers Foundation license plate, the foundation must use any Rhode Island sourceds |
| funds in, and for the benefit of, Rhode Island-based charitable organizations. |
| (j) The Rhode Island Salt Water Anglers Foundation shall be required to submit an |
| annual accounting report before such monies are distributed. |
| (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Rhode Island Salt Water |
| Anglers Foundation plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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