Rhode Island HB 7096: AN ACT RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES (Creates a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc.)

Bill Text

2018 -- H 7096
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018
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A N A C T
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES
Introduced By: Representative Lauren H. Carson
Date Introduced: January 10, 2018
Referred To: House Finance

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is 1
hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 2
31-3-117. Special plate for Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. 3
(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available 4
special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit Friends of the Rose Island 5
Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. The plates shall be designed to reference Friends of the Rose Island 6
Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. 7
(b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the 8
vehicle for which it was issued, and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the 9
registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be 10
removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration 11
certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle, in accordance with §31-3-9. The 12
registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate. 13
(c) The Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., motor vehicle plates shall 14
be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Friends of the Rose 15
Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, with the 16
design approved by the Rhode Island state police. 17
(d) The Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., plates shall be subject to 18
a minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type (i.e. 19

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passenger, commercial, etc.). The Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. plates 1
shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirement is met. The initial order will be handled 2
by the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., and shall not be submitted to the 3
division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order has been met, and the proper 4
paperwork submitted to the division. 5
(e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop application forms, 6
pre-payment procedures and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of 7
this section. 8
(f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, the Friends of the 9
Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) 10
issuance surcharge. 11
(g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: 12
Twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars 13
($20.00) shall be distributed annually to the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, 14
Inc., to assist in the fiscal needs required to maintain and protect this historic site for all to enjoy, 15
and to continue in the fostering of the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., 16
presence as an asset to Rhode Island's economic growth and prosperity. The distribution to the 17
Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., shall be placed in a restricted account and 18
shall be paid to the Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. 19
(h) The Friends of the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., shall be required to 20
submit an annual accounting report before such monies are distributed. 21
(i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Friends of the Rose Island 22
Lighthouse Foundation, Inc., plates. 23
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 24
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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 create a special motor vehicle registration plate for the Friends of the 1
Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. 2
This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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