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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Azzinaro, Fellela, Serpa, Casimiro, Kennedy, and | |
Date Introduced: January 15, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Special Legislation | |
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 | 31-3-130. Special plate for Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. |
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 Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor |
6 | Flight Hub. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit Rhode Island Fire Chiefs |
7 | Honor Flight Hub. |
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) Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub motor vehicle plates shall be the same size |
15 | as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight |
16 | Hub, in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved by the Rhode |
17 | Island state police. |
18 | (d) The Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub plates shall be subject to 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 Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight |
2 | Hub plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirements are met. The initial order |
3 | will be handled by the Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub and shall not be submitted to |
4 | 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 |
7 | other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. |
8 | (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, Rhode Island Fire |
9 | Chiefs Honor Flight Hub 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 Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub in furtherance of its |
13 | mission of "honoring our veterans by offering WWII and Korean War Veterans a no-cost trip to |
14 | visit the memorials in Washington, DC." |
15 | (h) A ten-dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
16 | to the Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. |
17 | (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of the Rhode Island Fire |
18 | Chiefs Honor Flight Hub plates, the Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub must use any |
19 | Rhode Island sourced funds in and for the benefit of Rhode Island-based charitable organizations. |
20 | (j) Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub 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 Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor |
23 | Flight Hub plates. |
24 | 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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1 | This act would create special motor vehicle registration plates for vehicles based on the |
2 | not-for-profit entity Rhode Island Fire Chiefs Honor Flight Hub. |
3 | This act would take effect six (6) months after passage. |
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