TITLE 31

Motor and Other vehicles

CHAPTER 31-3

Registration of Vehicles

SECTION 31-3-79



   § 31-3-79  Special plate for Audubon

Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay. –

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

available special motor vehicle registration plates based upon two (2)

not-for-profit entities, the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay.

The plate shall be designed to reference both entities.



   (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 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 Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay motor

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

be designed in conjunction with the division of motor vehicles.



   (d) Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay plates shall

be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) plates.

Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay plates shall not be issued unless

the minimum order requirements are met.



   (e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop

application forms, pre-payment 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, Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay 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

and equally; ten dollars ($10.00) per plate to the Audubon Society of Rhode

Island; and ten dollars ($10.00) per plate to Save the Bay, to assist the

Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay in furtherance of their

mission of preserving the state's natural scenic beauty, fish and wildlife, and

to continue the educational efforts of these respective entities. The

distributions to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay shall be

placed in separate restricted accounts for each entity and shall be paid to the

Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay.



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

registration renewals shall be allocated equally; five dollars ($5.00) per

registration to the Audubon Society of Rhode Island; and five dollars ($5.00)

per registration to Save the Bay.



   (i) Both the Audubon Society of Rhode Island and Save the Bay

will be required to submit an annual audit, prepared by a certified public

accountant before such monies are distributed.



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

Audubon Society of Rhode Island/Save the Bay plates.



History of Section.

(P.L. 2006, ch. 384, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 437, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch.

353, § 1.)