2024 -- S 2976 | |
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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 Felag, Raptakis, Euer, F. Lombardi, Sosnowski, and Miller | |
Date Introduced: April 05, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-3-62 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration |
2 | of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 31-3-62. National Guard plates. |
4 | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered and authorized to |
5 | make available to all active and retired members of the Rhode Island Army and Air National Guard |
6 | a special motor vehicle registration plate for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an |
7 | automobile or a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) |
8 | or less. Upon the death of the holder of "National Guard" plates, the plates may be transferred to |
9 | the surviving spouse of the member of the National Guard for the spouse's lifetime or until the |
10 | spouse remarries. |
11 | (b) The special motor vehicle registration plate shall carry on it the designation “National |
12 | Guard” and shall also carry on it an emblem on the left-hand side of the plate to be designed and |
13 | provided by the office of the adjutant general, with the numerals to the right of it. |
14 | (c) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue the plate upon the |
15 | payment of a service charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) and a transfer charge of five dollars ($5.00) |
16 | for the plate. All revenues shall be deposited as general revenues. |
17 | (d) For the purposes of this section an active or retired member of the Rhode Island Army |
18 | and Air National Guard shall be defined as any person certified by the adjutant general as currently |
19 | serving or having retired under honorable conditions in either the Rhode Island Army or Air |
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1 | National Guard. |
2 | (e) In a state of emergency, any active member of the Army or Air National Guard driving |
3 | a vehicle bearing the special motor vehicle registration plate shall be authorized and empowered to |
4 | travel upon the highways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by any state or |
5 | municipal authority. |
6 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon 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 allow for the surviving spouse of a National Guard member to have the |
2 | spouses National Guard plates transferred to them upon their spouses death. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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