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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 6124 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002473 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Paplauskas, Potter, Baginski, Handy, Fascia, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Quattrocchi, Bennett, McNamara, and Lima |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 21, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House Special Legislation |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 31-3 of the General Laws entitled "Registration of Vehicles" is 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 31-3-130. Special plate for Cranston Cares. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Cranston Cares. The plates 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | shall be designed to reference the not-for-profit entity Cranston Cares. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same registration number assigned to the 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | vehicle for which it was issued and shall be used in place of and in the same manner as the 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | registration plates issued to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The registration certificate 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle in accordance with § 31-3-9. The registration certificate 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shall be in effect for the special plate. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) The Cranston Cares motor vehicle plates shall be the same size as regular motor vehicle 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | plates and shall be designed by Cranston Cares in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles, 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | with the design approved by the Rhode Island state police. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (d) The Cranston Cares plates shall be subject to compliance with § 31-3-117 relating to 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | the number of minimum prepaid orders of plates per plate type (i.e., passenger, commercial, etc.) 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and any required payment. The Cranston Cares plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by Cranston Cares and shall not be submitted 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum order(s) have been met and the 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | proper paper work submitted to the division. 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop prepayment procedures and any other 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | procedures deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee, Cranston Cares 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | plates shall be subject to a forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge. 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be allocated as follows: twenty 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general fund and the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | shall be distributed annually to Cranston Cares for community initiatives. 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | to Cranston Cares. 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Cranston Cares plates, 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | Cranston Cares must use any Rhode Island-sourced funds in and for the benefit of Rhode Island-13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | based charitable organizations. 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (j) Cranston Cares will be required to submit an annual accounting report before such 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | monies are distributed. 16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of Cranston Cares plates. 17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 18 |
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| 69 | 69 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 70 | 70 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 71 | 71 | | OF |
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| 72 | 72 | | A N A C T |
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| 73 | 73 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER V EHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
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| 74 | 74 | | *** |
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| 75 | 75 | | This act would allow the division of motor vehicles to make special motor vehicle 1 |
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| 76 | 76 | | registration plates for the not-for-profit entity Cranston Cares provided they meet the minimum 2 |
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| 77 | 77 | | order requirements. 3 |
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| 78 | 78 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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