A certificate shall be issued only after written application for a certificate, accompanied by a fee of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250), has been made by the owner of the jitney; provided, however, that this fee shall not apply to any city or town, or any agency or department of any city or town of the state, or any nonprofit jitney service utilized for the transportation of senior citizens. All revenues received under this section shall be deposited as general revenues. No certificate shall be issued to any person who is not a citizen resident within this state, nor to any association, unless all members of the association are citizens resident within this state, nor to any corporation, unless either all stockholders thereof are citizens resident within this state or the corporation has been created by a special act of the general assembly, upon petition for the same, the pendency of which petition shall be notified in such manner as the general assembly may by general law or special act prescribe.

History of Section.
P.L. 1922, ch. 2221, § 3; G.L. 1923, ch. 254, § 3; P.L. 1936 (s. s.), ch. 2463; G.L. 1938, ch. 125, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 39-13-4; P.L. 1960, ch. 71, art. 3, § 33; P.L. 1969, ch. 240, § 14; P.L. 1986, ch. 34, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 133, art. 34, § 6; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 40, § 119; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 26, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 485, § 3.