§ 31-5-34. Application for license — Fee — Expiration.
(a)(1) Any person, firm, or corporation requiring a license pursuant to this chapter shall apply to the department upon a form specifying any information that the department shall require. The department may require with an application, or otherwise, information relating to the applicant’s solvency, his or her or its financial standing, or any other matter that the department may deem pertinent to safeguard the public interest, all of which may be considered by the department in determining the fitness of the applicant to be licensed pursuant to this chapter. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred dollars ($100). All licenses shall be granted or refused within thirty (30) days after the application, and shall expire, unless sooner revoked or suspended, on December 31 of the calendar year for which they are granted.
(2) Commencing January 1, 2015, licenses shall be valid, unless sooner revoked or suspended, until December 31, 2017, and shall be renewable thereafter every three (3) years. Commencing January 1, 2015, the license fee for the three-year (3) license duration shall be three hundred dollars ($300) and shall be payable in installments of one hundred dollars ($100) per year.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or public law to the contrary, the authority to issue licenses for the rental or leasing of motorized bicycles and/or motorized tricycles in the town of New Shoreham shall be vested exclusively in the town council of the town of New Shoreham pursuant to the provisions of chapter 19.3 of title 31.
History of Section.P.L. 1962, ch. 233, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 207, § 1; P.L. 1984 (S.S.), ch. 457, § 2; P.L. 1989, ch. 334, § 1; P.L. 1991, ch. 44, art. 14, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 356, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 409, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-5 - Dealers’, Manufacturers’, and Rental Licenses
Section 31-5-1. - Definitions.
Section 31-5-2. - Duties of department of revenue.
Section 31-5-2.1. - Motor vehicle dealers license and hearing board.
Section 31-5-3, 31-5-4. - Repealed.
Section 31-5-5. - Dealers’ license required — “Dealer” defined.
Section 31-5-6. - Application for license.
Section 31-5-7. - Duration of license.
Section 31-5-8. - License — Fee.
Section 31-5-9. - Location specified — Display of license.
Section 31-5-10. - License required for dealers’ plates.
Section 31-5-11. - Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
Section 31-5-12. - Responsibility of licensee for acts of agents.
Section 31-5-13. - Procedure for suspension or revocation of license.
Section 31-5-14. - Penalties for violations by dealers.
Section 31-5-15. - Examination of records — Altered or reset odometers.
Section 31-5-16. - Complaint to set aside department order.
Section 31-5-17. - Witnesses before department — Report of findings.
Section 31-5-17.1. - Repealed.
Section 31-5-18. - Records of transactions maintained by dealers.
Section 31-5-18.1. - Inspection of records and premises.
Section 31-5-18.2. - Sale of used motor vehicles — Annual reports.
Section 31-5-18.3. - Sale of all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s).
Section 31-5-19. - Sunday business permitted.
Section 31-5-19.1. - Auction of antique and classic motor vehicles.
Section 31-5-20. - Appropriations for dealer licensing law.
Section 31-5-21. - Manufacturer’s license required.
Section 31-5-22. - Application for license — Fee — Expiration.
Section 31-5-23. - Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
Section 31-5-24. - Denial of license — Hearing.
Section 31-5-25. - Hearing on suspension or revocation of license.
Section 31-5-26. - Appeal from the department of revenue.
Section 31-5-27. - Criminal liability for violations.
Section 31-5-28 - — 31-5-32.7. Repealed.
Section 31-5-33. - Rental of motor vehicles — Licenses required.
Section 31-5-34. - Application for license — Fee — Expiration.
Section 31-5-35. - Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation of license.
Section 31-5-36. - Denial of license — Hearing.
Section 31-5-37. - Hearing on suspension or revocation of license.