2024 -- S 2240 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, DiMario, F. Lombardi, Felag, and Gu | |
Date Introduced: January 24, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is |
2 | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 31-3-127. Special plate for the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation. |
4 | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available |
5 | special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Commercial Fisheries Research |
6 | Foundation. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity Commercial Fisheries |
7 | Research Foundation. |
8 | (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the |
9 | vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the |
10 | registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be |
11 | removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration certificate |
12 | for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle in accordance with § 31-3-9. The registration certificate |
13 | shall be in effect for the special plate. |
14 | (c) The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation motor vehicle plates shall be the same |
15 | size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Commercial Fisheries Research |
16 | Foundation in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved by the |
17 | Rhode Island state police. |
18 | (d) The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation plates shall be subject to a compliance |
19 | with § 31-3-117 relating to the number of minimum pre-paid order of plates per plate type (i.e. |
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1 | passenger, commercial, etc.) and any required payment. The Commercial Fisheries Research |
2 | Foundation plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirements are met. The initial |
3 | order will be handled by the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation and shall not be submitted |
4 | to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) have been met and the |
5 | proper paper work submitted to the division. |
6 | (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop prepayment procedures and any other |
7 | procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. |
8 | (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, Commercial |
9 | Fisheries Research Foundation plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge. |
10 | (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: twenty |
11 | dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) |
12 | shall be distributed annually to the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation to conduct |
13 | collaborative fisheries research and education projects to advance the achievement of sustainable |
14 | fisheries. |
15 | (h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
16 | to the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation. |
17 | (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Commercial Fisheries |
18 | Research Foundation plates, the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation must use any Rhode |
19 | Island sourced funds in and for the benefit of Rhode Island based charitable organizations. |
20 | (j) Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation will be required to submit an annual |
21 | accounting report before such monies are distributed. |
22 | (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Commercial Fisheries Research |
23 | Foundation plates. |
24 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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1 | This act would authorize the division of motor vehicles to issue special license plates in |
2 | recognition of The Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation. |
3 | This act would take effect six (6) months after passage. |
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