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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

     Introduced By: Senators McKenney, Burke, LaMountain, Tikoian, and Kallman

     Date Introduced: February 12, 2024

     Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-3-93 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration

of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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

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

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

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

reference the Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation.

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

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

registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be

removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration certificate

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

shall be in effect for the special design plates.

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

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

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

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

minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of passenger plates compliance with §

31-3-117 relating to the number of minimum pre-paid order of plates, per plate type (i.e., passenger,

commercial, etc.). The Gloria Gemma breast cancer resource foundation plates shall not be issued

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

Gemma breast cancer resource foundation and shall not be submitted to the division of motor

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

submitted to the division.

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

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

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

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

surcharge.

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

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

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

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

health education and generate funding for critical breast health programs that are in desperate need

of being brought to fruition.

     (h) A ten-dollar (10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals will go to the Gloria

Gemma breast cancer resource foundation.

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

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

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

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

for the benefit of Rhode Island.

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

resource foundation plates.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect six (6) months after 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 amend the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation special plate

law to include an annual ten-dollar (10.00) surcharge for plate renewals.

     This act would take effect six (6) months after passage.

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