§ 31-3-64 - Combination plates. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 31-3-64

   § 31-3-64  Combination plates. – (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue:

   (1) For any motor vehicle eligible for registration as acommercial vehicle having a gross weight of eight thousand eight hundred pounds(8,800 lbs.) or less, plates designated as "combination" upon application andproper form furnished by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles toapplicants. The combination plates will allow those vehicles to drive for bothcommercial and pleasure purposes; or

   (2) For any motor vehicle eligible for registration as acommercial vehicle having a gross weight over eight thousand eight hundredpounds (8,800 lbs.) up to eleven thousand four hundred pounds (11,400 lbs.)plates designated as "combination" upon application, proof of ownership of acamping trailer, fifth wheel camper trailer, travel trailer or truck camper asdefined in § 31-1-3, and proper form furnished by the administrator of thedivision of motor vehicles to applicants. The combination plates will allowthose vehicles to drive for pleasure purposes only.

   (b) The fees for commercial vehicles registering for acombination plate shall be identical to those established for other commercialvehicles of the same weight. A combination registration transaction shall beconsidered a change to a new registration classification and not a plate changetransaction. A combination registration shall be renewable during the month ofMarch each year.