§ 31-3-47. Judiciary plates.
(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available
to each justice of the supreme, superior, family, and district courts, to each judge
of the workers' compensation court, the general magistrate of the family court, and
to each judge or magistrate of the traffic tribunal of the state of Rhode Island,
so long as that member is serving, a special motor vehicle registration plate.
(b) Each special motor vehicle registration plate shall carry thereon the design and the
seal of the state of Rhode Island and the word, "judiciary.�
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§ 31-3-47. Judiciary plates.
(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available
to each justice of the supreme, superior, family, and district courts, to each judge
of the workers' compensation court, the general magistrate of the family court, and
to each judge or magistrate of the traffic tribunal of the state of Rhode Island,
so long as that member is serving, a special motor vehicle registration plate.
(b) Each special motor vehicle registration plate shall carry thereon the design and the
seal of the state of Rhode Island and the word, "judiciary.�
(c) The special motor vehicle registration plate shall have consecutive numbers starting
with one through the combined number of people entitled to said plates. Numbers one
through five (5) shall be assigned to the supreme court; numbers six (6) through eight
(8) shall be assigned to the presiding justice of superior court, chief judge of family
court, and chief judge of district court, number nine (9) shall be assigned to the
chief judge of the workers' compensation court; number ten (10) shall be assigned
to the chief magistrate of the traffic tribunal. Each remaining member of the judiciary,
and the remaining members of the workers' compensation court, and the remaining judges
and magistrates of the traffic tribunal and the general magistrate of the family court
will then be awarded a number according to seniority. The administrator of the division
of motor vehicles shall reassign numbers no more than every four (4) years after the
initial distribution.
(d) Each member of the judiciary, workers' compensation court, the general magistrate
of the family court and traffic tribunal, as provided in this section, shall have
the option of displaying at any time that plate or the private registration plate
assigned to his or her vehicle.
(e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue the judiciary plate
upon payment, in addition to the regular prescribed motor vehicle registration fee,
of a service charge of ten dollars ($10.00) for each issue and for each registration
renewal.