| Chapter 293 |
| 2018 -- S 3012 Enacted 07/02/2018 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
| Introduced By: Senator Harold M. Metts |
| Date Introduced: June 23, 2018 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-3-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration |
| of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-3-6. List of vehicles on which taxes delinquent -- Denial of registration. |
| (a) On or before October 31 in each year, the collector of taxes of each city or town shall |
| furnish the division of motor vehicles, with a listing showing the registration plate numbers, |
| names, and addresses of the taxpayers of the city or town whose personal property and/or excise |
| tax on motor vehicles, the assessment of which were made the prior December 31 in the case of |
| the property tax, and the tax levied in the current year in the case of the excise tax, remained |
| unpaid as of the date of the list. Subsequently, the collector of taxes in each city or town shall, at |
| the times and in the manner prescribed by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, |
| furnish to the division of motor vehicles the names and addresses of those persons whose names |
| appeared on that list who have subsequently paid such the personal property, and/or excise taxes |
| on motor vehicles, and the division shall remove from the list the names and addresses of those |
| persons. No city or town treasurer or tax collector shall refuse to accept personal property, and/or |
| excise taxes on a motor vehicle, or refuse to remove the names and addresses of the owners of the |
| vehicle from the list because of any other taxes owing the city or town. No person, corporation, |
| partnership, joint stock company, or association whose name appears on the list and whose name |
| has not been subsequently removed from the list shall be permitted to register any motor vehicle |
| until all the excise and attendant penalties have been paid in full and the payment has been |
| certified to the division of motor vehicles by the tax collector. The provisions of this section shall |
| not be construed so as to prevent the payment of taxes on motor vehicles in quarterly installments |
| as provided in chapter 5 of title 44. The provisions of this section shall apply in all respects in the |
| case of taxes assessed upon motor vehicles by any fire district. |
| (b) The division of motor vehicles (the "division") shall provide a written notice to those |
| persons or other taxpayers (the "person") whose name appears on the list generated in accordance |
| with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. This notice shall include: |
| (1) The name of the municipality or other entity providing the person's name to the |
| division; and |
| (2) A statement that the person identified on the list shall not be permitted to register any |
| motor vehicle until the tax matter has been resolved and the person's name is removed from the |
| list as provided for under subsection (a) of this section. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019. |
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