§ 31-6-8. Disabled veterans.
(a) Any veteran who has been honorably discharged from the service of the armed forces or the merchant marine of the United States in any of the wars or campaigns in which the United States has been engaged and who, while engaged in these wars or campaigns or as a result of engagement in these wars or campaigns, by reason of amputation, has lost one or both of his or her arms, hands, feet, or legs, or who, by reason of other permanent injury, has lost the use of one or both of his or her arms, hands, feet, or legs, or to whom has been granted a motor vehicle under chapter 870-2D, United States Public Laws 663, enacted 1946, 79th Congress, or has suitable documentation from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to establish that the veteran:
(1) Has a combined service connected disability rating of one hundred percent (100%); or
(2) Is considered “individually unemployable” due to his or her service-connected disability, shall be exempt from the payment of any fee for the annual registration of and a license to operate that motor vehicle.
(b) The administrator for the division of motor vehicles shall issue to an eligible veteran for use on an automobile, or on a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of six thousand three hundred pounds (6,300 lbs.) or less, registration plates designated “Disabled Veteran.” Upon the death of the holder of “Disabled Veteran” plates, the plates may be transferred to his or her surviving spouse for his or her lifetime or until he or she remarries. Only one set of “Disabled Veteran” plates shall be issued to an eligible veteran and only after certification of eligibility from the Veterans’ Administration or other satisfactory documentation of eligibility is presented.
History of Section.P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 14, § 4; P.L. 1952, ch. 2937, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 31-6-8; P.L. 1993, ch. 134, § 1; P.L. 2004, ch. 537, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 119, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 224, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 31-6 - Registration Fees
Section 31-6-1. - Amount of registration and miscellaneous fees.
Section 31-6-2. - Computation of gross weight.
Section 31-6-3. - Gross weight of tractors to be used with semi-trailers.
Section 31-6-4. - Fees payable by jitney operators in interstate commerce.
Section 31-6-5. - Reduced fees for portion of year.
Section 31-6-6. - Vehicles exempt from fees.
Section 31-6-7. - Motorized wheel chairs.
Section 31-6-8. - Disabled veterans.
Section 31-6-9. - Blind veterans.
Section 31-6-10. - Police vehicles — Fire apparatus — Trackless trolleys.
Section 31-6-11. - Transfer of registration.
Section 31-6-12. - Business and special license fees.
Section 31-6-13. - Disposition of fees.
Section 31-6-14. - Return of rejected or erroneously collected fees.
Section 31-6-15. - Payment of fees by credit card. [Contingent effective date; see note.]