Rhode Island 2025 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5284 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5	2025 -- H 5284
6	6	========
7	7	LC000189
8	8	========
9	9	S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
10	10	IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
11	11	JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025
12	12	____________
13	13
14	14	A N A C T
15	15	RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUF FEURS'
16	16	LICENSES
17	17	Introduced By: Representatives Casimiro, Noret, Read, McEntee, Spears, Shanley, and
18	18	Morales
19	19	Date Introduced: January 31, 2025
20	20	Referred To: House Finance
21	21
22	22
23	23	It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
24	24	SECTION 1. Section 31-10-31 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10 entitled "Operators’ 1
25	25	and Chauffeurs’ Licenses" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
26	26	31-10-31. Fees. 3
27	27	(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the The following fees shall be paid 4
28	28	to the division of motor vehicles: 5
29	29	(1) For every operator’s first license to operate a motor vehicle, twenty-five dollars 6
30	30	($25.00); 7
31	31	(2) For every chauffeur’s first license, twenty-five dollars ($25.00); provided, that when a 8
32	32	Rhode Island licensed operator transfers to a chauffeur’s license, the fee for the transfer shall be 9
33	33	two dollars ($2.00); 10
34	34	(3) [Deleted by P.L. 2024, ch. 41, § 1 and P.L. 2024, ch. 42, § 1.] 11
35	35	(4) For every operator’s first license to operate a motorcycle, fifty dollars ($50.00); 12
36	36	(5) For every renewal of an operator’s or chauffeur’s license, thirty dollars ($30.00); with 13
37	37	the exception of any person seventy-five (75) years of age or older for whom the renewal fee will 14
38	38	be eight dollars ($8.00); 15
39	39	(6) For every duplicate operator’s or chauffeur’s license and every routine information 16
40	40	update, i.e., name change or address change, twenty-five dollars ($25.00); 17
41	41	(7) For every certified copy of any license, permit, or application issued under this chapter, 18
42	42
43	43
44	44	LC000189 - Page 2 of 3
45	45	ten dollars ($10.00); 1
46	46	(8) For every duplicate instruction permit, ten dollars ($10.00); 2
47	47	(9) For every first license examination, five dollars ($5.00); 3
48	48	(10) For surrender of an out-of-state license, in addition to the above fees, five dollars 4
49	49	($5.00). 5
50	50	(b) Any person provided or receiving foster caregiving in foster and adoptive homes as 6
51	51	defined in § 42-72.1-2 shall upon reaching an age when the person is no longer defined as a child 7
52	52	pursuant to § 42-72.1-2, be exempt from payment of the fee stated in subsection (a)(1) of this 8
53	53	section. The fee waiver shall remain in effect until the individual reaches twenty-seven (27) years 9
54	54	of age. 10
55	55	(c) Any person eligible for the fee waiver in subsection (b) of this section shall also be 11
56	56	eligible for a fee waiver for driver's education classes at the Community College of Rhode Island 12
57	57	required by § 31-10-19(e). 13
58	58	SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 14
59	59	========
60	60	LC000189
61	61	========
62	62
63	63
64	64	LC000189 - Page 3 of 3
65	65	EXPLANATION
66	66	BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
67	67	OF
68	68	A N A C T
69	69	RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- OPERATORS' AND CHAUF FEURS'
70	70	LICENSES
71	71	***
72	72	This act would exempt any individual who is aging out of foster care from the payment of 1
73	73	any fee associated with the issuance of an operator's license as well as the payment of the fee for 2
74	74	driver's education classes at CCRI required by § 31-10-19(e). The fee waiver is in effect until the 3
75	75	individual reaches twenty-seven (27) years of age. 4
76	76	This act would take effect upon passage. 5
77	77	========
78	78	LC000189
79	79	========