| Chapter 450 |
| 2025 -- H 6399 Enacted 07/02/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, Bennett, Solomon, McNamara, and Read |
| Date Introduced: June 06, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 31-3-117 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration |
| of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 31-3-117. Minimum prepaid special motor vehicle registration plate orders. |
| (a) As to any special motor vehicle registration plates that have been authorized pursuant |
| to this chapter but that have not been issued or printed as of July 2, 2018, because the minimum |
| number of prepaid orders for the plates has not been reached, the minimum number of plates that |
| must be prepaid and ordered prior to the plates being made and issued shall be deemed to be six |
| hundred (600) sets of plates per plate type. If the minimum number of prepaid plates provided |
| pursuant to any other section of this chapter is a higher number, that number shall be deemed |
| reduced to six hundred (600) sets of plates per plate type. |
| (b) As to any special plates that are authorized pursuant to this chapter after July 2, 2018, |
| the minimum number of plates that must be prepaid and ordered prior to the plates being made and |
| issued shall be six hundred (600) sets of plates per plate type. |
| (c)(1) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the minimum number of |
| prepaid orders for special motor vehicle registration plates that either have been authorized pursuant |
| to this chapter, but have not been issued or printed as of July 2, 2022, because the minimum number |
| of prepaid orders for the plates has not been reached or are authorized pursuant to this chapter after |
| July 2, 2022, may be reduced to one hundred fifty (150) sets of plates per plate type if the applicable |
| sponsoring nonprofit entity delivers to the division of motor vehicles: |
| (i) Orders for a minimum of one hundred fifty (150) sets of plates per plate type; and |
| (ii) A nonrefundable payment to compensate for the amount of special plate orders fewer |
| than six hundred (600). The payment shall be calculated as follows: six hundred (600) orders, less |
| the number of orders placed, multiplied by thirty dollars ($30.00). |
| (2) The portion of the applicable sponsoring nonprofit entity’s issuance surcharge that is to |
| be allocated to the general fund shall be deemed paid for the first six hundred (600) sets of plates |
| per plate type issued by the payment in an amount as determined by subsection (c)(1)(ii) of this |
| section. |
| (3) The division of motor vehicles shall make available plates eligible for issuance pursuant |
| to subsection (c)(1) of this section, no later than six (6) months after receipt of the orders and the |
| nonrefundable payment in the amount determined by subsection (c)(1)(ii) of this section; provided, |
| however, that if multiple orders and payments in amounts pursuant to subsection (c)(1)(ii) of this |
| section are received from different sponsoring nonprofit entities, the division of motor vehicles |
| shall be afforded no more than six (6) months for each separate plate that becomes eligible for |
| issuance and may complete the work necessary for the issuance of one order at a time in the order |
| of receipt. |
| (4) The ability of applicable sponsoring nonprofit entities to reduce the minimum number |
| of prepaid orders to one hundred fifty (150) sets of plates per plate type pursuant to subsection |
| (c)(1) of this section shall expire on December 31, 2025. The division of motor vehicles shall |
| complete the work necessary for issuance of all plates for which it receives the required orders and |
| nonrefundable payments in the amount determined by subsection (c)(1)(ii) of this section on or |
| before December 31, 2025, in accordance with subsection (c)(3) of this section. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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