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§31-3-86  Special plate for Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. –


Published: 2015

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TITLE 31

Motor and Other vehicles

CHAPTER 31-3

Registration of Vehicles

SECTION 31-3-86



   § 31-3-86  Special plate for Friends of

Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. –

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

available special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for profit

Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. The plates shall be designed to

reference Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc.



   (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 Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. motor vehicle

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

designed by the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. in conjunction with the

division of motor vehicles, with the design approved by theRhode Island state

police.



   (d) The Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. 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 Friends of Plum

Beach Lighthouse, Inc. plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order (s)

requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Friends of Plum

Beach Lighthouse, Inc., 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 the division 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, the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. 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 Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. to assist in the fiscal needs

required to maintain and protect this historic site for all to enjoy, and to

continue in the fostering of the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse's, Inc.

presence as an asset to Rhode Island's economic growth and prosperity. (The

distribution to the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. shall be placed in a

restricted account and shall be paid to the Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse,

Inc.)



   (h) The Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. will be

required to submit an annual accounting report before such monies are

distributed.



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

Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. plates.



History of Section.

(P.L. 2009, ch. 221, § 1; P.L. 2009, ch. 222, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch.

446, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 483, § 1.)