§ 31-3-90. Special plate for the Red Sox Foundation.
(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available
special motor vehicle registration plates for passenger vehicles based upon the not-for-profit
entity, the Red Sox Foundation for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as
an automobile or commercial vehicle having a gross weight of ten thousand pounds (10,000
lbs.) or less.
(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 §â€‚31-3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate. The administrator
shall be authorized to retain newly issued plate numbers, at his or her discretion,
for the purpose of conducting auctions of the right to use and display those numbers
under such terms and conditions as the administrator may permit.
Auction proceeds shall be apportioned and distributed for charitable purposes, in
the discretion of the administrator, in accordance with such agreements as may be
entered into with those entities holding ownership rights to the logos. The administrator
is hereby authorized to enter into agreements for the use of logos on Rhode Island
registration plates.
(c) The Red Sox Foundation 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,
with design approval by the Rhode Island State Police.
(d) Red Sox Foundation plates shall be subject to a minimum pre-paid order of at least
nine hundred (900) plates. Red Sox Foundation plates shall not be issued unless the
minimum order requirements are met. The initial order will be handled by the Red Sox
Foundation and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for the production
until the minimum order has been met and the proper paperwork submitted to the division.
Subsequent Red Sox Foundation plate orders will be handled by the division of motor
vehicles.
(e) The administrator of motor vehicles shall develop application forms, 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, Red Sox 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 Red Sox Foundation in furtherance of
their mission of assisting the youth and families of New England through donations
that foster cultural diversity, education, family and health.
(h) A ten dollar ($10.00) surcharge for subsequent registration renewals shall be allocated
to the Red Sox Foundation.
(i) In consideration of the receipt of funds from the registration of Red Sox Foundation,
the foundation must use any Rhode Island sourced funds in and for the benefit of Rhode
Island based charitable organizations.
(j) The Red Sox 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 Red Sox Foundation plates.