2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-3 - Registration of Vehicles
Chapter 31-3-86 - Special plate for Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc.

§ 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.

(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) 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 the Rhode Island state police.

(d) Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least nine hundred (900) plates. Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, Inc. plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order requirements are met.

(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, 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 financial statement 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.)