| Chapter 087 |
| 2024 -- H 7385 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/12/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Representatives Donovan, Chippendale, Fogarty, Tanzi, Carson, Spears, Speakman, McGaw, Henries, and Boylan |
| Date Introduced: January 31, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-3-93 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration |
| of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-3-93. Special plate for the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation |
| Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
| special design motor vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicles based upon the not-for-profit |
| entity the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. |
| The plates shall be designed to reference the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation |
| Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. |
| (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 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 design plates. |
| (c) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource |
| Foundation motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall |
| be designed in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles and with final approval from the |
| Rhode Island state police. |
| (d) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource |
| Foundation plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets |
| of passenger plates compliance with § 31-3-117 relating to the number of minimum pre-paid order |
| prepaid orders of plates, per plate type (i.e., passenger, commercial, etc.). The Gloria Gemma |
| breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource Foundation plates shall not be issued |
| unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Gloria |
| Gemma breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource Foundation 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, Thethe Gloria |
| Gemma breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource Foundation 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 |
| Twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be deposited in the division of motor vehicles manufacturing account |
| and the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be distributed annually to the Gloria Gemma breast |
| cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource Foundation in furtherance of their mission |
| to raise breast cancer awareness, increase breast health education, and generate funding for critical |
| breast health programs that are in desperate need of being brought to fruition. |
| (h) A ten-dollar (10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals will go to the Gloria |
| Gemma breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. |
| (h)(i) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource |
| Foundation will be required to submit an annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant |
| before such monies are distributed. |
| (i)(j) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Gloria Gemma |
| breast cancer resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource Foundation, the foundation must use |
| any Rhode Island-sourced funds in and for the benefit of Rhode Island. |
| (j)(k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Gloria Gemma breast cancer |
| resource foundation Breast Cancer Resource Foundation plates. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after passage. |
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