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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1139
BY REPRESENTATIVE GREENE
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Provides for amendments to the Rotary 6200 special
prestige license plate provisions
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 47:463.102, relative to the Rotary District 6200 special prestige2
license plate; to provide for the name; to provide for eligibility; to provide for3
distribution and use of royalty fees; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 47:463.102 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง463.102. Special prestige license plates; Louisiana Rotary District 62007
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall8
establish a special prestige license plate, to be known as the Louisiana Rotary9
District 6200, hereafter referred to as the "organization", plate, subject to the10
provisions of this Section. The license plate shall be restricted to passenger cars,11
pickup trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The color and design of the license12
plate shall be selected by Rotary District 6200 the Louisiana Rotary organization13
hereafter referred to as the "organization". The license plate shall contain the14
organization's logo, provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3), and shall15
bear the words "SERVICE ABOVE SELF".16
B. The license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any member in17
good standing of the organization citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any18
other motor vehicle license plate and as provided for in this Section.19
C. A one-time royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for use of the organization's20
logo shall be collected from the applicant and forwarded to the organization the21
Rotary District 6200 Foundation, for each license plate issued and renewed as22 HLS 10RS-1409 REENGROSSED
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provided in this Section, and shall be accompanied by identification of the parish in1
which the applicant is domiciled. The department shall also collect the standard2
motor vehicle registration license fee provided for in R.S. 47:463 and a handling fee3
of three dollars and fifty cents. The handling fee shall be retained by the department4
to offset a portion of administrative costs.5
D. The monies received from the royalty fees by the organization foundation,6
shall be used solely for charitable purposes for residents of the state of Louisiana and7
shall be distributed to the Rotary district in the parish of the applicant's domicile, as8
reported to the foundation by the department. The organization foundation shall be9
responsible for establishing and disbursing the funds for charitable purposes.10
E. The secretary shall establish a prestige license plate for the organization11
in accordance with the provisions of this Section when all of the following12
conditions are met:13
(1) All necessary contracts regarding use of the organization's logo have14
been executed.15
(2) The secretary has received a minimum of one thousand applications for16
the license plate.17
F. The secretary shall establish rules and regulations as are necessary to18
implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules and19
regulations governing the collection and disbursement of royalty fees, verification20
that an applicant is a member of the organization, the transfer and disposition of such21
license plates, the colors available, and the design criteria.22
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Greene HB No. 1139
Abstract: Provides for changes to the Rotary District 6200 license plate. Changes the name
of the plate to the La. Rotary District license plate. Provides for eligibility, issuance,
distribution, and use of royalty fees. HLS 10RS-1409 REENGROSSED
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Present law establishes a special prestige license plate to be known as the Rotary District
6200 license plate.
Proposed law changes the name of the plate to the "La. Rotary" license plate.
Present law provides that the license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any member
in good standing of the organization.
Proposed law provides that the license plate shall be issued to any citizen of La. in the same
manner as any other motor vehicle license plate and as provided for in present law.
Present law provides for the royalty fee to be forwarded to the organization for each issued
license plate.
Proposed law provides for the royalty fee to be forwarded to the Rotary District 6200
Foundation to be accompanied by identification of the parish in which the license plate was
issued or renewed and to be distributed to the parish where the applicant is domiciled.
(Amends R.S. 47:463.102)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways
and Public Works to the original bill.
1. Changed the information forwarded to the foundation for identification from city
to parish in which the applicant is domiciled.
2. Changed the location for the distribution of collected royalty fees from the rotary
district in which the city of issuance or renewal of the license plate is situated to
the parish of the applicant's domicile.