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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 -- LICENSE PLATE

     Introduced By: Senator Roger Picard

     Date Introduced: July 03, 2013

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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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     31-3-95. Special plate for Woonsocket high school arts and athletics. – (a) The

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administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available special motor

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vehicle registration plates for the Woonsocket education department. The plates shall be designed

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to reference Villa Novan Pride.

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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 returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration

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certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle, in accordance with section 31-3-9. The

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registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate.

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      (c) The Villa Novan Pride motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor

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vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Woonsocket education department in conjunction

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with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved by the Rhode Island state police.

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      (d) The Villa Novan Pride plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least

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nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. passenger, commercial, etc.). The Villa

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Novan Pride plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The

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initial order will be handled by the Woonsocket education department, and shall not be submitted

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to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) have been met, and

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the proper paperwork submitted to the division.

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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, the Villa Novan

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Pride plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge.

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

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     Twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty

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dollars ($20.00) shall be distributed annually to the Woonsocket high school arts and athletics

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program to assist in the fiscal needs required to maintain and promote arts and athletics at

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Woonsocket high school, and to continue in the fostering of Villa Novan Pride throughout the

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community. The distribution to the Woonsocket education department shall be placed in a

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restricted account and applied to the Woonsocket high school arts and athletic programs. The

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superintendant of schools shall supervise the distribution of said funds.

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      (h) The Woonsocket education department will be required to submit an annual

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accounting report before such monies are distributed.

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      (i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Villa Novan Pride 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 -- LICENSE PLATE

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     This act would amend the provisions of the general laws creating a special license plate

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for Woonsocket high school arts and athletic programs and shall include commercial and

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combination plates in addition to passenger plates.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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