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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES

     Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, and Crowley

     Date Introduced: March 06, 2013

     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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     31-3-94. Special plate for the wildlife rehabilitators association of Rhode Island

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(WRARI). -- (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make

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available special design motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit Wildlife

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Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island. The plates shall be designed to reference Wildlife

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Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island.

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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 Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island 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 Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island plates shall be subject to a

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minimum prepaid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. passenger,

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commercial, etc…). The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island plates shall not be

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issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the

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Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island and shall not be submitted to the division of

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motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) has been met and the proper paperwork

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submitted to the division.

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     (e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop prepayment

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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 Wildlife

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Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island 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 to the Wildlife Rehabilitators

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Association of Rhode Island to help further their efforts in caring injured and orphaned wildlife.

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All of the money raised shall be spent in Rhode Island.

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     (h) The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island 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) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Wildlife Rehabilitators

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Association of Rhode Island 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 provide for the issuance of a special license plate benefitting the Wildlife

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Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island, and would set the terms and conditions for same.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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