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ACT No. 104
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1204
BY REPRESENTATIVES EDWARDS, ANDERS, ARMES, ARNOL D, AUBERT,
BOBBY BADON, BALDONE, BARRAS, BARROW, BI LLIOT, BROSSETT,
HENRY BURNS, TIM BURNS, BURREL L, CARMODY, CHAMPAGNE,
CHANDLER, CHANEY, CONNICK, CORTEZ, CROMER, DIXON, DOERGE,
DOVE, ELLINGTON, FANNIN, GALLOT, GISCLAIR, GUILLORY, GUINN,
HARDY, HARRISON, HENDERSON, HENRY, HILL, HINES, HOFFMANN,
HOWARD, MICHAEL JACKSON, JOHNSON, ROSALIND JONES, SAM JONES,
KATZ, LABRUZZO, LAFONTA, LANDRY, LEBAS, LEGER, LIGI, LOPINTO,
LORUSSO, MILLS, MONICA, MONTOUCET, NORTON, PEARSON, POPE,
PUGH, RICHARD, RICHARDSON, RICHMOND, RITCHIE, ROBIDEAUX,
ROY, SCHRODER, SIMON, SMILEY, GARY SMITH, JANE SMITH, PATRICIA
SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, STIAES, TALBOT, TEMPLET, THIBAUT, TUCKER,
WADDELL, WILLIAMS, WILLMOTT, AND WOOTON AND SENATORS
ADLEY, ERDEY, MCPHERSON, MOUNT, SHAW, AND THOMPSON
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:490.22, relative to military license plates; to provide for the establishment2
of a military support license plate for military veterans; to provide for the design and3
issuance of the license plate; to provide relative to fees for the license plate; to4
authorize the promulgation of rules and regulations; and to provide for related5
matters. 6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 47:490.22 is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง490.22. Military support license plates; Support Our Veterans9
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall10
establish a military support license plate to be known as the "Support Our Veterans"11
license plate. The license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup12
trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans. The license plate shall be a13
color and design selected by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The secretary of14
the department shall be prohibited from changing the design and color of the license15
plates within a five-year period after the date of acceptance of a specific color and16
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B. The license plates shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen of1
Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.2
C. A one-time royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for use of the prestige plate3
shall be collected from the applicant and forwarded to the Louisiana Military Family4
Assistance Fund for each license plate issued as provided for in this Section. The5
department shall also collect the standard motor vehicle registration license fee6
provided for in R.S. 47:463 and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents to7
offset a portion of the department's administrative costs.8
D. The money received from the royalty fees by the Louisiana Military9
Family Assistance Fund shall be used solely in accordance with the provisions of10
R.S. 46:121 et seq.11
E. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the12
provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules governing the transfer13
of the license plates from one vehicle to another and the disposition of such license14
plates.15
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: