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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEALERS', MANUFACTURERS' AND | |
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RENTAL LICENSES | |
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Introduced By: Representative Jared R. Nunes | |
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Date Introduced: February 27, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House Corporations | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Sections 31-5-7, 31-5-8, 31-5-22 and 31-5-34 of the General Laws in |
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Chapter 31-5 entitled "Dealers', Manufacturers', and Rental Licenses" are hereby amended to read |
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as follows: |
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31-5-7. Duration of license. -- Application for license shall be made to the department. |
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Licenses shall be valid, unless sooner revoked or suspended, until December 31st of each year for |
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one year and shall be renewable on or before expiration, upon application and payment of the fee |
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required by this chapter. |
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Commencing January 1, 2014, licenses shall be valid, unless sooner revoked or |
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suspended, until December 31, 2016 and shall be renewable thereafter every three (3) years. |
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31-5-8. License fee. -- The license fee for each year shall be as follows: the fee for the |
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license to each motor vehicle dealer shall be three hundred dollars ($300) plus a fee in like |
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amount for each office or branch. |
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Commencing January 1, 2014 the license fee for the three (3) year license duration shall |
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be nine hundred dollars ($900) payable in installments of three hundred dollars ($300) per year. |
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31-5-22. Application for license -- Fee -- Expiration. -- (a) Any person desiring to be |
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licensed as a manufacturer, factory representative, or distributor shall apply to the department of |
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revenue upon a form containing any information that the department shall require. The |
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department may require with the application or, otherwise, information relating to the applicant's |
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solvency, his or her financial standing, or other pertinent matter commensurate with the |
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safeguarding of the public interest, all of which may be considered by the department in |
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determining the fitness of the applicant to engage in the business for which the applicant desires |
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the license. |
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(b) Each application of a factory representative shall be accompanied by a fee of one |
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hundred dollars ($100). Commencing January 1, 2014 the factory representative license fee for |
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the three (3) year license duration shall be three hundred dollars ($300) and shall be payable in |
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installments of one hundred dollars ($100) per year. Each application of a manufacturer or |
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distributor shall be accompanied by a fee of three hundred dollars ($300). Commencing January |
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1, 2014 the manufacturers or distributors license fee for the three (3) year license duration shall |
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be nine hundred dollars ($900) and shall be payable in installments of three hundred dollars |
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($300) per year. |
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(c) All licenses shall be granted or refused within thirty (30) days after the application is |
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filed and shall expire, unless revoked or suspended before that time, on December 31st of the |
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calendar year for which they are granted. Commencing January 1, 2014, licenses shall be valid, |
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unless sooner revoked or suspended, until December 31, 2016 and shall be renewable thereafter |
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every three (3) years. |
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31-5-34. Application for license -- Fee -- Expiration. -- (a) Any person, firm, or |
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corporation requiring a license pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the department upon a form |
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specifying any information that the department shall require. The department may require with an |
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application, or otherwise, information relating to the applicant's solvency, his or her or its |
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financial standing, or any other matter which the department may deem pertinent to safeguard the |
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public interest, all of which may be considered by the department in determining the fitness of the |
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applicant to be licensed pursuant to this chapter. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee |
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of one hundred dollars ($100). All licenses shall be granted or refused within thirty (30) days |
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after the application, and shall expire, unless sooner revoked or suspended, on December 31 of |
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the calendar year for which they are granted. Commencing January 1, 2014, licenses shall be |
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valid, unless sooner revoked or suspended, until December 31, 2016 and shall be renewable |
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thereafter every three (3) years. Commencing January 1, 2014 the license fee for the three (3) |
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year license duration shall be three hundred dollars ($300) and shall be payable in installments of |
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one hundred dollars ($100) per year. |
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(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or public law to the contrary, the |
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authority to issue licenses for the rental or leasing of motorized bicycles and/or motorized |
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tricycles in the town of New Shoreham shall be vested exclusively in the town council of the |
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town of New Shoreham pursuant to the provisions of chapter 19.3 of title 31. |
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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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OF | |
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A N A C T | |
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RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - DEALERS', MANUFACTURERS' AND | |
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RENTAL LICENSES | |
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This act would allow dealers, manufacturers, distributors and leasing companies to renew |
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their licenses every three years instead of renewing every year. License fees remain unchanged |
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but are allowed to be paid on a yearly basis. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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