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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 198
BY REPRESENTATIVE THIBAUT
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates a special prestige license plate for active duty
military
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:490.22, relative to military honor licence plates; to provide for the2
establishment of a military honor license plate for members of the United States3
Armed Forces; to provide for the design and issuance of 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 honor license plates; United States Armed Forces9
A. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to the members of the10
five active-duty services and their respective guard and reserve units of the Armed11
Forces of the United States.12
B. Upon application of an active duty member of the United States Armed13
Forces, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall14
establish a military honor license plate to be known as the "United States Armed15
Forces" license plate. The license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars,16
pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans. The secretary shall design the plates,17
which shall bear the likeness of the official emblem of the United States Armed18
Forces on the left side of the license plate and the words "U.S. Armed Forces" shall19 HLS 10RS-858 ENGROSSED
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be printed across the bottom of the license plate under the numbers and the words1
"Active Duty" shall be printed underneath the words "U.S. Armed Forces".2
C. The fee for the license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle3
registration license fee as provided for in R.S. 47:463 and a handling fee of three4
dollars and fifty cents to offset a portion of the department's administrative costs.5
D. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the6
provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules governing the transfer7
of the license plates from one vehicle to another and the disposition of such license8
plates.9
E.(1) Any applicant who qualifies for the military honor license plate10
authorized by this Section may be issued a plate for each vehicle registered in the11
applicant's name.12
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, each military honor13
license plate issued under this Section shall be returned to the secretary upon the14
death of the person to whom the plate was issued. A surviving spouse of a person15
to whom a license plate was issued under this Section may retain a license plate16
issued under this Section, provided the surviving spouse has not remarried and17
provided the surviving spouse applies to the secretary for a transfer of the license18
plate to the surviving spouse. A military honor license plate transferred under this19
Subsection to a surviving spouse shall be returned to the secretary upon the death or20
remarriage of the surviving spouse.21
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)]
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Abstract: Creates the military honor license plate to be known as the "U.S. Armed Forces"
license plate. Provides for the issuance, creation, and design of the license plate.
Proposed law requires the secretary of DPS&C to issue military honor license plates for
members of the U.S. Armed Forces. The license plate shall be known as the "U.S. Armed
Forces" license plate. HLS 10RS-858 ENGROSSED
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Proposed law provides for the design of the "U.S. Armed Forces" license plate. The plate
shall bear the likeness of the official emblem of the U.S. Armed Forces on the left side of
the license plate and the words "U.S. Armed Forces" centered on the bottom of the plate
under the license plate number and the words "Active Duty" centered on the bottom of the
plate under the words "U.S. Armed Forces".
Proposed law provides that the fee shall be the regular motor vehicle license fee and a
handling fee of $3.50 to offset a portion of the department's administrative costs.
Proposed law provides that the secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the
provisions provided in proposed law, including rules governing the transfer and disposition
of such license plates.
Proposed law provides that any applicant who qualifies for a U.S. Armed Forces license
plate shall be issued a plate for each vehicle registered in the applicant's name. Further
provides that each military honor license plate issued under the provisions of proposed law
shall be returned to the secretary upon the death of the person to whom it was issued. A
surviving spouse may retain the military license plate, provided the surviving spouse has not
remarried and provided the surviving spouse applies for a transfer. The transferred license
plate shall also be returned to the secretary upon the death or remarriage of the surviving
spouse.
(Adds R.S. 47:490.22)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways
and Public Works to the original bill.
1. Added a handling fee of $3.50 to offset a portion of the department's
administrative costs.