§ 31-3-99. Special plate for the wildlife rehabilitators association of Rhode Island (WRARI).
(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available
special motor vehicle registration plates for the not-for-profit Wildlife Rehabilitators
Association of Rhode Island. The plates shall be designed to reference Wildlife Rehabilitators
Association of Rhode Island.
(b) The special plates 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 §â€‚31-3-9. The registration certificate shall be in effect for the special plate.
(c) The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island motor vehicle plates shall
be the same size as regular motor vehicle plates, and shall be designed by the Wildlife
Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island in conjunction with the division of motor
vehicles and with final approval from the Rhode Island state police.
(d) The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island plates shall be subject to
a minimum prepaid order of at least nine hundred (900) sets of plates per plate type
(i.e. passenger, commercial, etc.). The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode
Island plates shall not be issued unless the minimum order(s) requirements are met.
The initial order will be handled by the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode
Island, and shall not be submitted to the division of motor vehicles for production
until the minimum order(s) has been met, and the proper paperwork submitted to the
division.
(e) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall develop 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 fees, the Wildlife
Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island 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 to the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
of Rhode Island to help further their efforts in caring for injured and orphaned wildlife.
All of the money raised shall be spent in Rhode Island.
(h) The Wildlife Rehabilitators Association of Rhode Island will be required to submit
an annual accounting report before such monies are distributed.
(i) There shall be no refunds for early cancellation of the Wildlife Rehabilitators Association
of Rhode Island plates.