| Chapter 146 |
| 2024 -- S 2976 Enacted 06/17/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Senators Felag, Raptakis, Euer, F. Lombardi, Sosnowski, and Miller |
| Date Introduced: April 05, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-3-62 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration |
| of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-3-62. National Guard plates. |
| (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered and authorized to |
| make available to all active and retired members of the Rhode Island Army and Air National Guard |
| a special motor vehicle registration plate for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an |
| automobile or a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) |
| or less. Upon the death of the holder of "National Guard" plates, the plates may be transferred to |
| the surviving spouse of the member of the National Guard for the spouse's lifetime or until the |
| spouse remarries. |
| (b) The special motor vehicle registration plate shall carry on it the designation “National |
| Guard” and shall also carry on it an emblem on the left-hand side of the plate to be designed and |
| provided by the office of the adjutant general, with the numerals to the right of it. |
| (c) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue the plate upon the |
| payment of a service charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) and a transfer charge of five dollars ($5.00) |
| for the plate. All revenues shall be deposited as general revenues. |
| (d) For the purposes of this section an active or retired member of the Rhode Island Army |
| and Air National Guard shall be defined as any person certified by the adjutant general as currently |
| serving or having retired under honorable conditions in either the Rhode Island Army or Air |
| National Guard. |
| (e) In a state of emergency, any active member of the Army or Air National Guard driving |
| a vehicle bearing the special motor vehicle registration plate shall be authorized and empowered to |
| travel upon the highways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by any state or |
| municipal authority. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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