Chapter 464

2017 -- S 1022 Enacted 10/11/2017

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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES--COMBINATION PLATES

Introduced By: Senator P Fogarty

Date Introduced: September 19, 2017

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 31-3-64 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration

of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:

31-3-64. Combination plates.

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue:

(1) For any motor vehicle eligible for registration as a commercial vehicle having a gross

weight of eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) or less, plates designated as

"combination" upon application and proper form furnished by the administrator of the division of

motor vehicles to applicants. The combination plates will allow those vehicles to drive for both

commercial and pleasure purposes; or

(2) For any motor vehicle eligible for registration as a commercial vehicle having a gross

weight over eight thousand eight hundred pounds (8,800 lbs.) up to eleven thousand four hundred

pounds (11,400 lbs.) eleven thousand eight hundred pounds (11,800 lbs.) plates designated as

"combination" upon application, proof of ownership of a camping trailer, fifth-wheel camper

trailer, travel trailer, or truck camper as defined in § 31-1-3, and proper form furnished by the

administrator of the division of motor vehicles to applicants. The combination plates will allow

those vehicles to drive for pleasure purposes only.

(b) The fees for commercial vehicles registering for a combination plate shall be identical

to those established for other commercial vehicles of the same weight. A combination registration

transaction shall be considered a change to a new registration classification and not a plate change

transaction. A combination registration shall be renewable during the month of March each year.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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