2012 -- S 2776

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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Senators Paiva Weed, Gallo, Goodwin, Perry, and Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: March 08, 2012

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is

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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     31-3-93. Special plate for the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation. –

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     (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available

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special design motor vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicles based upon the not-for-

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profit entity the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation. The plates shall be designed to

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reference The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation.

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     (b) The special design plates shall be displayed upon the same registration number

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assigned to the vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of and in the same

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manner as the registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the

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vehicle shall be removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The

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registration certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle, in accordance with section 31-

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3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect for the special design plates.

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     (c) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation motor vehicle plates shall be

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the same size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed in conjunction with the

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division of motor vehicles and with final approval from the Rhode Island state police.

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     (d) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates shall be subject to a

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minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of passenger plates. The Gloria

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Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s)

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requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Gloria Gemma breast cancer

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resource foundation and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production

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until the minimum order(s) has been met and the proper paperwork submitted to the division.

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     (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop pre-payment

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procedures and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. —

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     (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fees, The Gloria

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Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00)

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issuance surcharge.

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      (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: twenty

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dollars ($20.00) shall be deposited in the division of motor vehicles manufacturing account and

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the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be distributed annually to the Gloria Gemma breast

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cancer resource foundation in furtherance of their mission to raise breast cancer awareness,

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increase breast health education and generate funding for critical breast health programs that are

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in desperate need of being brought to fruition.

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     (h) The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation will be required to submit an

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annual audit, prepared by a certified public accountant before such monies are distributed.

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     (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Gloria Gemma

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breast cancer resource foundation, the foundation must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in

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and for the benefit of Rhode Island.

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     (j) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Gloria Gemma breast cancer

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resource foundation plates.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

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     This act would empower the division of motor vehicles to make available special design

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motor vehicle plates based upon the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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