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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 -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS'

LICENSES

     Introduced By: Representatives Casimiro, Noret, Read, McEntee, Spears, Shanley, and
Morales

     Date Introduced: January 31, 2025

     Referred To: House Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 31-10-31 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10 entitled "Operators’

and Chauffeurs’ Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     31-10-31. Fees.

     (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the The following fees shall be paid

to the division of motor vehicles:

     (1) For every operator’s first license to operate a motor vehicle, twenty-five dollars

($25.00);

     (2) For every chauffeur’s first license, twenty-five dollars ($25.00); provided, that when a

Rhode Island licensed operator transfers to a chauffeur’s license, the fee for the transfer shall be

two dollars ($2.00);

     (3) [Deleted by P.L. 2024, ch. 41, § 1 and P.L. 2024, ch. 42, § 1.]

     (4) For every operator’s first license to operate a motorcycle, fifty dollars ($50.00);

     (5) For every renewal of an operator’s or chauffeur’s license, thirty dollars ($30.00); with

the exception of any person seventy-five (75) years of age or older for whom the renewal fee will

be eight dollars ($8.00);

     (6) For every duplicate operator’s or chauffeur’s license and every routine information

update, i.e., name change or address change, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

     (7) For every certified copy of any license, permit, or application issued under this chapter,

ten dollars ($10.00);

     (8) For every duplicate instruction permit, ten dollars ($10.00);

     (9) For every first license examination, five dollars ($5.00);

     (10) For surrender of an out-of-state license, in addition to the above fees, five dollars

($5.00).

     (b) Any person provided or receiving foster caregiving in foster and adoptive homes as

defined in § 42-72.1-2 shall upon reaching an age when the person is no longer defined as a child

pursuant to § 42-72.1-2, be exempt from payment of the fee stated in subsection (a)(1) of this

section. The fee waiver shall remain in effect until the individual reaches twenty-seven (27) years

of age.

     (c) Any person eligible for the fee waiver in subsection (b) of this section shall also be

eligible for a fee waiver for driver's education classes at the Community College of Rhode Island

required by § 31-10-19(e).

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS'

LICENSES

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     This act would exempt any individual who is aging out of foster care from the payment of

any fee associated with the issuance of an operator's license as well as the payment of the fee for

driver's education classes at CCRI required by § 31-10-19(e). The fee waiver is in effect until the

individual reaches twenty-seven (27) years of age.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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