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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-31 > Chapter-31-3 > 31-3-62SECTION 31-3-62
§ 31-3-62 National guard plates. –(a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered andauthorized to make available to all active and retired members of the RhodeIsland army and air national guard a special motor vehicle registration platefor any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an automobile or acommercial vehicle having a gross weight of eight thousand-five hundred pounds(8,500 lbs.) or less.
(b) The special motor vehicle registration plate shall carryon it the designation "National Guard" and shall also carry on it an emblem onthe left-hand side of the plate to be designed and provided by the office ofthe adjutant general, with the numerals to the right of it.
(c) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shallissue the plate upon the payment of a service charge of twenty dollars ($20.00)and a transfer charge of five dollars ($5.00) for the plate. All revenues shallbe deposited as general revenues.
(d) For the purposes of this section an active or retiredmember of the Rhode Island army and air national guard shall be defined as anyperson certified by the adjutant general as currently serving or having retiredunder honorable conditions in either the Rhode Island army or air nationalguard.
(e) In a state of emergency, any active member of the army orair national guard driving a vehicle bearing the special motor vehicleregistration plate shall be authorized and empowered to travel upon thehighways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by any state ormunicipal authority.
