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.)