| Chapter 260 |
| 2022 -- H 6604 Enacted 07/02/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Representatives Amore, Henries, and Cassar |
| Date Introduced: January 06, 2022 |
| 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: |
| 31-3-122. Special plate for Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit Friends of Pomham Rocks |
| Lighthouse. The plates shall be designed to reference Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse. |
| (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) Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as |
| regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in |
| conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved by the Rhode Island state |
| police. |
| (d) Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse plates shall be subject to a minimum prepaid |
| order of at least six hundred (600) sets of plates per plate type (i.e., passenger, commercial, etc.). |
| Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) |
| requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse |
| 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, 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, Friends of Pomham |
| Rocks Lighthouse 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 Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse in furtherance of its mission |
| to assist charitable organizations in Rhode Island with fiscal needs to assist with historic renovation, |
| preservation, and to improve public awareness and access to the Pomham Rocks Lighthouse. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated to |
| Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse. |
| (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Pomham Rocks |
| Lighthouse plates, the organization must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in and for the benefit |
| of Rhode Island-based charitable organizations. |
| (j) Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse will be required to submit an annual accounting |
| report before such monies are distributed. |
| (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Friends of Pomham Rocks |
| Lighthouse motor vehicle license plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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