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§31-3-102  Special plate for the Boston Bruins Foundation. –


Published: 2015

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TITLE 31

Motor and Other vehicles

CHAPTER 31-3

Registration of Vehicles

SECTION 31-3-102



   § 31-3-102  Special plate for the Boston

Bruins Foundation. –

(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make

available special motor vehicle registration plates for the Boston Bruins

Foundation. The plates shall be designed to reference The Boston Bruins

Foundation.



   (b) The special plate shall be displayed upon the same

registration number assigned to the vehicle for which it was issued and shall

be used in place of, and in the same manner as, the registration plates issued

to the vehicle. The original registration plates for the vehicle shall be

removed from the vehicle and returned to the division of motor vehicles. The

registration certificate for the plates shall be carried in the vehicle in

accordance with § 31-3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect

for the special plate.



   (c) The Boston Bruins Foundation motor vehicle plates shall

be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates and shall be designed by the

Boston Bruins Foundation, in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles,

with design approval by the Rhode Island state police.



   (d) The Boston Bruins Foundation plates shall be subject to a

minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate

type (i.e. passenger, commercial, etc.). The Boston Bruins Foundation plates

shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met. The

initial order will be handled by the Boston Bruins Foundation and shall not be

submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production until the minimum

order(s) have been met and the proper paperwork submitted to the division.



   (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop

prepayment procedures and any other procedures deemed necessary to carry out

the purposes of this section.



   (f) In addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle

registration fee, the Boston Bruins Foundation plates shall be subject to a

forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge.



   (g) The forty dollar ($40.00) issuance surcharge shall be

allocated as follows: Twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be allocated to the general

fund and the remaining twenty dollars ($20.00) shall be distributed annually to

the Boston Bruins Foundation in furtherance of its mission to assist charitable

organizations in Rhode Island that demonstrate a strong commitment to enhancing

the quality of life for children.



   (h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent

registration renewals shall be allocated to the Boston Bruins Foundation.



   (i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the

registration of Boston Bruins Foundation license plate, the foundation must use

any Rhode Island sources funds in, and for the benefit of, Rhode Island

based-charitable organizations.



   (j) The Boston Bruins Foundation will be required to submit

an annual accounting report before such monies are distributed.



   (k) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of

Boston Bruins Foundation plates.



History of Section.

(P.L. 2014, ch. 350, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 386, § 1.)