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ACT No. 841
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1165
BY REPRESENTATIVES ARNOLD, ABRAMSON, ANDERS, ARMES, AUBERT,
AUSTIN BADON, BOBBY BADON, BALDONE, BARRAS, BARROW,
BILLIOT, BROSSETT, HENRY BURNS, TIM BURNS, CARMODY,
CHAMPAGNE, CHANDLER, CHANEY, CONNI CK, CORTEZ, DIXON,
DOERGE, DOWNS, EDWARDS, FANNIN, FRANKLIN, GALLOT, GISCLAIR,
GUILLORY, GUINN, HARDY, HENDERSON, HENRY, HI LL, HINES,
HOFFMANN, HOWARD, GIROD JACKSON, MICHAEL JACKSON, JOHNSON,
ROSALIND JONES, SAM JONES, KATZ, LABRUZZO, LAFONTA, LEBAS,
LEGER, LIGI, LOPINTO, LORUSSO, MILLS, MONICA, MONTOUCET,
MORRIS, NORTON, PEARSON, POPE, PUGH, RICHARDSON, RICHMOND,
ROBIDEAUX, SCHRODER, SIMON, GARY SMITH, JANE SMITH, PATRICIA
SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, STIAES, TALBOT, TEMPLET, THIBAUT, THIERRY,
TUCKER, WADDELL, WILLIAMS, WILLMOTT, AND WOOTON AND
SENATORS CROWE AND MURRAY
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.141, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to honor2
the 2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints; to provide for the creation and3
issuance of such plates; to provide for the design of such plates; to provide relative4
to the fee and application of the fee for such plates; to authorize the promulgation of5
rules and regulations; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 47:463.141 is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง463.141. Special prestige license plate; "World Champion New Orleans Saints";9
distribution of royalty fees10
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall11
establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to commemorate the New12
Orleans Saints World Football Champions for the 2009 season, provided that there13
is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such plates. The license plate shall be14
restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.15
B. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any person,16
in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.17 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1165
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C. The license plate shall be designed by the New Orleans Saints in1
consultation with the state of Louisiana, through the office of motor vehicles.2
D. The charge for the special prestige license plate shall be the standard3
motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of4
Louisiana plus an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for each plate, to be5
collected by the department every two years upon renewal of the plate. A handling6
fee of three dollars and fifty cents shall also be charged and retained by the7
department to offset a portion of administrative cost.8
E. The first three hundred plates shall be reserved for purchase at the9
direction of the New Orleans Saints.10
F. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and deposited11
into the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District License Plate Fund. The money12
received from the royalty fees shall be used solely to pay debt service on state debt13
issued to fund improvements to the Louisiana Superdome.14
G. There is hereby created, as a special fund within the state treasury, the15
Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District License Plate Fund, hereafter sometimes16
referred to as the "Fund". Notwithstanding any other provision of law, after17
compliance with the requirements of Article VII, Section 9(B) of the Constitution of18
Louisiana relative to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund, and after a sufficient19
amount is allocated to pay all of the obligations secured by the full faith and credit20
of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall21
pay an amount equal to the annual royalty fee collected by the department into the22
Fund. All of the monies in the Fund shall be appropriated each year by the23
legislature to the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District for application first to24
pay principal and interest on any debt issued by the Louisiana Stadium and25
Exposition District and second to pay any operating expenses of the Louisiana26
Stadium and Exposition District.27
H. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to28
implement the provisions of this Section.29 ENROLLEDHB NO. 1165
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor1
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,2
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.3
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: