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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 Phillips, Casey, J. Brien, Cruz, Alzate, Stewart, Voas, | |
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 the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. |
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 Blackstone Valley Tourism |
6 | Council, Inc. The plates shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity Blackstone Valley |
7 | Tourism Council, Inc. and the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education |
8 | Fund. |
9 | (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the |
10 | vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the |
11 | registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be |
12 | removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration certificate |
13 | for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle in accordance with § 31-3-9. The registration certificate |
14 | shall be in effect for the special plate. |
15 | (c) The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. motor vehicle plates shall be the same |
16 | size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the Blackstone Valley Tourism |
17 | Council, Inc. in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the design approved by the |
18 | Rhode Island state police. |
19 | (d) The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. plates shall be subject to compliance with |
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1 | § 31-3-117 relating to the number of minimum prepaid orders of plates per plate type (i.e., |
2 | passenger, commercial, etc.) and any required payment. The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, |
3 | Inc. plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirements are met. The initial order |
4 | will be handled by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. and shall not be submitted to the |
5 | division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) have been met and the proper |
6 | paper work submitted to the division. |
7 | (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop prepayment procedures and any other |
8 | procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. |
9 | (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, Blackstone Valley |
10 | Tourism Council, Inc. plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge. |
11 | (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: twenty |
12 | dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) |
13 | shall be distributed annually to the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. to provide funding for |
14 | the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund. |
15 | (h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated |
16 | to the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. |
17 | (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Blackstone Valley |
18 | Tourism Council, Inc. plates, the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. must use any Rhode |
19 | Island-sourced funds in and for the benefit of Rhode Island-based charitable organizations. |
20 | (j) Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, Inc. 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 Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, |
23 | Inc. plates. |
24 | 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 create a special license plate for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, |
2 | Inc. that would support the Blackstone River Valley Environmental Clean-up and Education Fund. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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