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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0072 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000236 |
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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 FEES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Felag, Raptakis, Ciccone, Tikoian, and Britto |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: January 23, 2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 31-6-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-6 entitled "Registration 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Fees" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 31-6-8. Disabled veterans. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) Any veteran who has been honorably discharged from the service of the armed forces 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | or the Merchant Marine of the United States in any of the wars or campaigns in which the United 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | States has been engaged and who, while engaged in these wars or campaigns or as a result of 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | engagement in these wars or campaigns, by reason of amputation, has lost one or both of the 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | veteran’s arms, hands, feet, or legs, or who, by reason of other permanent injury, has lost the use 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of one or both of the veteran’s arms, hands, feet, or legs, or to whom has been granted a motor 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | vehicle under chapter 870-2D, United States Public Laws 663, enacted 1946, 79th Congress, or has 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | suitable documentation from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to establish that the veteran: 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (1) Has a combined service connected disability rating of one hundred percent (100%); or 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (2) Is considered “individually unemployable” due to the veteran’s service-connected 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | disability, shall be exempt from the payment of any fee for the annual registration of and a license 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | to operate that motor vehicle. 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) The administrator for the division of motor vehicles shall issue to an eligible veteran 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | for use on an automobile, or on a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of twelve thousand 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less, registration plates designated “Disabled Veteran.” Provided that: 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) Upon certification that the veteran is no longer able to operate a vehicle, the "Disabled 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Veteran" plates may be transferred, during their lifetime, to the veteran's spouse; and 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) Upon the death of the holder initial registrant of the “Disabled Veteran” plates, the 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | plates may be transferred to the veteran’s surviving spouse for the spouse’s lifetime or until the 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | spouse remarries. Only one set of 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (3) “Disabled Veteran” plates shall be issued to an eligible veteran and or their spouse as 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | provided for in subsection (b)(1) of this section only after certification of eligibility from the 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Veterans’ Administration or other satisfactory documentation of eligibility is presented. 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 8 |
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| 57 | 57 | | LC000236 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 58 | 58 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 59 | 59 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 60 | 60 | | OF |
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| 61 | 61 | | A N A C T |
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| 62 | 62 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES - REGISTRATION FEES |
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| 63 | 63 | | *** |
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| 64 | 64 | | This act would permit upon certification that the veteran is no longer able to operate a 1 |
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| 65 | 65 | | vehicle, the transfer of the plate to the veteran's spouse. Additionally, a disabled veteran license 2 |
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| 66 | 66 | | plate may be issued to an eligible veteran or their spouse. 3 |
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| 67 | 67 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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