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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2008

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A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS'

LICENSES

     Introduced By: Senators Doyle, Tassoni, and McBurney

     Date Introduced: January 02, 2008

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Sections 31-10-30 and 31-10-31 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-10

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entitled "Operators' and Chauffeurs' Licenses" are hereby amended to read as follows:

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     31-10-30. Expiration and renewal of licenses. -- Every operator's and chauffeur's first

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license to operate a motor vehicle shall be by the issuance of a temporary license for the period

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beginning at the date of issuance and expiring on the birthday of the licensee in the second year

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following the issuance of the temporary license. Every operator's and chauffeur's license issued

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after expiration of the temporary license shall expire on the birthday of the licensee in the fifth

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year following the issuance of the license, with the exception of any person seventy (70) seventy-

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five (75) years of age or older whose license shall expire on the birthday of the licensee in the

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second year following the issuance of the license, and shall be renewable on or before expiration

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upon application and payment of the fee required by this chapter. The administrator of the

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division of motor vehicles, having good cause to believe the applicant for renewal is incompetent

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or otherwise not qualified, may require an examination of the applicant as upon an original

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application. The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized to adopt any

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regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. Violations of this section are

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subject to fines enumerated in section 31-41.1-4.

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     31-10-31. Fees. -- The following fees shall be paid to the division of motor vehicles:

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      (1) For every operator's first license to operate a motor vehicle, twenty-five dollars

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($25.00);

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      (2) For every chauffeur's first license, twenty-five dollars ($25.00); provided, that when

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a Rhode Island licensed operator transfers to a chauffeur's license, the fee for the transfer shall be

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two dollars ($2.00);

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      (3) For every learner's permit to operate a motorcycle, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

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      (4) For every operator's first license to operate a motorcycle, twenty-five dollars

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($25.00);

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      (5) For every renewal of an operator's or chauffeur's license, thirty dollars ($30.00); with

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the exception of any person seventy (70) seventy-five (75) years of age or older for whom the

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renewal fee will be eight dollars ($8.00);

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      (6) For every duplicate operator's or chauffeur's license, twenty-five dollars ($25.00);

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      (7) For every road test, other than the road test included in the first license examination,

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two dollars ($2.00);

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      (8) For every certified copy of any license, permit, or application issued under this

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chapter, ten dollars ($10.00);

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      (9) For every duplicate instruction permit, ten dollars ($10.00);

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      (10) For every first license examination, five dollars ($5.00);

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      (11) For every routine information update, i.e., name change or address change, five

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dollars ($5.00).

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      (12) For surrender of an out-of-state license, in addition to the above fees, five dollars

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($5.00).

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES - OPERATORS' AND CHAUFFEURS'

LICENSES

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     This act would raise the age in which a drivers' license must be issued biennially from

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age seventy (70) to age seventy-five (75). Renewal fees would also be discounted at age seventy-

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five (75).

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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