| Chapter 064 |
| 2024 -- S 2129 Enacted 06/10/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Senators Burke, F. Lombardi, McKenney, LaMountain, and Tikoian |
| Date Introduced: January 12, 2024 |
| 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: |
| 31-3-127. Special plate for Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode |
| Island. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode |
| Island. |
| (b) The special design plates 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 plate 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 design plate. |
| (c) The Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as |
| regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island in |
| conjunction with the division of motor vehicles and with final approval from the Rhode Island state |
| police. |
| (d) The Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates shall be subject to compliance with § 31- |
| 3-117 relating to the number of minimum prepaid orders of plates per plate type (i.e., passenger, |
| commercial, etc.) and any required payment. The Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island plates shall not |
| be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by |
| Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for |
| production until the minimum order(s) has been met and the proper paperwork submitted to the |
| division. |
| (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop pre-payment |
| 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 fees, the Dyslexia |
| Advocacy Rhode Island 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 Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island to assist in the fiscal needs and in |
| furtherance of its mission. |
| (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
| to Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island. |
| (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Dyslexia Advocacy |
| Rhode Island license plate, Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island must use any Rhode Island-sourced |
| funds in and for the benefit of Rhode Island-based charitable organizations to benefit dyslexic |
| children, through tuition grants and teacher reimbursement for Orton-Gillingham training. |
| (j) Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island will be required to submit an annual accounting report |
| before such monies are distributed. |
| (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Dyslexia Advocacy Rhode Island |
| plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after passage. |
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