| Chapter 112 |
| 2018 -- S 2249 SUBSTITUTE B AS AMENDED Enacted 06/29/2018 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
| Introduced By: Senators Lombardo, Kettle, Conley, McCaffrey, and Algiere |
| Date Introduced: February 01, 2018 |
| 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: |
| 31-3-117119. Special plate for Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit corporation Narragansett Council, |
| Boy Scouts of America. The plates shall be designed to reference Narragansett Council, Boy |
| Scouts of America. |
| (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 ยง 31-3-9. The |
| registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate. |
| (c) The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America motor vehicle plates shall be the |
| same size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Narragansett Council, Boy |
| Scouts of America in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved |
| by the Rhode Island state police. |
| (d) The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America plates shall be subject to a |
| minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. passenger, |
| commercial, etc.). The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America plates shall not be issued |
| unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the |
| Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America, 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 application forms, |
| pre-payment 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 Narragansett |
| Council, Boy Scouts of America 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 Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America |
| to assist in the furtherance of its programs in the state of Rhode Island. |
| (h) The Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America will be required to submit an |
| annual accounting report before such monies are distributed. |
| (i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Rhode Island Boy Scout plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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| LC004330/SUB B |
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