Section 31-2-22 Authority to enter into reciprocity agreements.

RI Gen L § 31-2-22 (2019) (N/A)

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§ 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.)

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