§ 31-2-22. Authority to enter into reciprocity agreements.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the administrator of the division of motor vehicles is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of the state with the duly authorized representatives of any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a state or a province of a foreign country, providing for the registration of vehicles on an apportionment or allocation basis. In exercising this authority, the administrator of the division of motor vehicles is expressly authorized to enter into and to become a member of the International Registration Plan, or any other designation that may, from time to time, be given to such a plan. The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is further authorized to promulgate and to enforce any rules and regulations that may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the International Registration Plan or any other agreement entered into under authority set forth in this section.
(b) The International Registration Plan, and any other agreement authorized to be entered into by the administrator of the division of motor vehicles, shall take precedence over any state law or regulation that may be in conflict with the aforementioned agreements.
History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 294, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-2 - Division of Motor Vehicles
Section 31-2-1. - Establishment — Duties — Chief of division.
Section 31-2-2. - Subordinates and investigators.
Section 31-2-3. - Enforcement duties of administrator.
Section 31-2-4. - Rules and regulations — Exception to authority.
Section 31-2-5. - Official seal.
Section 31-2-8. - Oaths and acknowledgments.
Section 31-2-9. - Certified copies of licenses, applications and certificates.
Section 31-2-10. - Abstracts of operator’s records.
Section 31-2-12. - Destruction of obsolete records.
Section 31-2-13. - Report to tax assessors of vehicles registered.
Section 31-2-14. - Investigation of applications — Rejection.
Section 31-2-15. - Seizure of documents and plates.
Section 31-2-16. - Publication of laws.
Section 31-2-17. - Summons of witnesses — Taking of testimony.
Section 31-2-18. - Service of notice.
Section 31-2-19. - Appeal from administrator of the division of motor vehicles.
Section 31-2-20. - Registration and license information — Fee.
Section 31-2-21. - Record of hearings.
Section 31-2-22. - Authority to enter into reciprocity agreements.
Section 31-2-23. - Denial of license or registrations for nonpayment of delinquent child support.
Section 31-2-24. - Service fees on returned checks.
Section 31-2-25. - Surrender of suspended license.
Section 31-2-26. - Surrender of suspended registration.