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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012 | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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     Introduced By: Senators Lanzi, DiPalma, Lynch, Walaska, and Ciccone | |
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     Date Introduced: February 14, 2012 | |
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     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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     SECTION 1. Section 31-3-89 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration |
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of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
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     31-3-89. |
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memorial benefit fund license plates. -- (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles |
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is empowered to make available special motor vehicle registration plates honoring law |
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enforcement officers that have been killed in the line of duty. The plate shall be designed to |
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reference Rhode Island Law Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund plates. |
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      (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to |
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the vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the |
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registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be |
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removed from the vehicle and the registration certificate for the plates shall be carried in the |
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vehicle, in accordance with section 31-3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect for the |
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special plate. |
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      (c) The special motor vehicle plate shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates |
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and shall be designed in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles and with the final |
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approval from the Rhode Island state police. |
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      (d) Rhode Island Law Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund plates shall be subject to a |
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minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates. Rhode Island Law |
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Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order |
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requirements are met. |
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      (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop application forms, |
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pre-payment procedures and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of |
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this section. |
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      (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, Rhode Island Law |
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Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance |
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surcharge. |
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      (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be as follows: twenty dollars |
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($20.00) shall be deposited in the division of motor vehicles manufacturing account, and the |
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remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the Rhode Island Law Enforcement |
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Memorial Benefit Fund. |
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      (h) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Rhode Island Law Enforcement |
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Memorial Benefit Fund plates. |
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     (i) A five dollar ($5.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
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to the Rhode Island Law Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund. |
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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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     This act would amend the Law Enforcement Memorial License Plates to be hereinafter |
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called the Rhode Island Law Enforcement Memorial Benefit Fund License Plates. |
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     This act would take effect upon passage. |
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