| Chapter 261 |
| 2022 -- H 7096 Enacted 07/02/2022 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Representative Deborah L. Ruggiero |
| Date Introduced: January 12, 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 31-3-125. Special plate for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special motor vehicle registration plates for the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. The |
| plates shall be designed to reference the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. |
| (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 § 31-3-9. The registration certificate |
| shall be in effect for the special plate. |
| (c) The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association motor vehicle plates shall be the same |
| size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum |
| Association, in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with design approval by the Rhode |
| Island state police. |
| (d) The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association plates shall be subject to a minimum |
| pre-paid order of at least six hundred (600) sets of plates per plate type (i.e., passenger, commercial, |
| etc.). The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association plates shall not be issued unless the |
| minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Beavertail |
| Lighthouse Museum Association 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 Beavertail |
| Lighthouse Museum Association 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 Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association in furtherance of |
| its mission to preserve and protect the buildings of the Beavertail Lighthouse site and to maintain |
| and make available key aspects of Beavertails Beavertail’s history. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to the Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association. |
| (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Beavertail Lighthouse |
| Museum Association license plates, the foundation must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in, |
| and for the benefit of, Rhode Island-based charitable organizations. |
| (j) The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum Association will be required to submit an annual |
| accounting report before such monies are distributed. |
| (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Beavertail Lighthouse Museum |
| Association plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after passage. |
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