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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0915 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002631 |
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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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| 13 | 13 | | |
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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: Senators Felag, Ciccone, Euer, Thompson, Lauria, Appollonio, |
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| 17 | 17 | | LaMountain, and Murray |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 27, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Special Legislation and Veterans Affairs |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 31-3-62 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-3 entitled "Registration 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Vehicles" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 31-3-62. National Guard plates. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered and authorized to 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | make available to all active and retired members of the Rhode Island Army and Air National Guard 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | a special motor vehicle registration plate for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | automobile or a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | or less. Upon the death of the holder of “National Guard” plates, the plates may be transferred to 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | the surviving spouse of the member of the National Guard for the spouse’s lifetime or until the 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | spouse remarries. 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) The special motor vehicle registration plate shall carry on it the designation “National 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Guard” and shall also carry on it an emblem on the left-hand side of the plate to be designed and 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by the office of the adjutant general, with the numerals to the right of it. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue the plate upon the 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | payment of a service charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) and a transfer charge of five dollars ($5.00) 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | for the plate. All revenues shall be deposited as general revenues. 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (d) For the purposes of this section an active or retired member of the Rhode Island Army 17 |
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| 40 | 40 | | and Air National Guard shall be defined as any person certified by the adjutant general as currently 18 |
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| 41 | 41 | | serving or having retired under honorable conditions in either the Rhode Island Army or Air 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC002631 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 45 | 45 | | National Guard. 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (e)(d) In a state of emergency, any active member of the Army or Air National Guard 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | driving a vehicle bearing the special motor vehicle registration plate shall be authorized and 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | empowered to travel upon the highways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | any state or municipal authority. 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (e) The applicant shall not be required to pay a registration fee or service charge for the 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | plates. 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 8 |
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| 54 | 54 | | LC002631 |
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| 58 | 58 | | LC002631 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 60 | 60 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 61 | 61 | | OF |
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| 62 | 62 | | A N A C T |
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| 63 | 63 | | RELATING TO MOTOR AN D OTHER VEHICLES -- REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES |
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| 64 | 64 | | *** |
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| 65 | 65 | | This act would eliminate the registration and service charge fees for National Guard plates. 1 |
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| 66 | 66 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 2 |
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| 68 | 68 | | LC002631 |
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