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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 252
BY REPRESENTATIVE LORUSSO
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the Washington Artillery license plate
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:490.22, relative to military honor license plates; to provide for the2
establishment of a military honor license plate for members of the Washington3
Artillery; to provide for the design and issuance of the license plate; to authorize the4
promulgation of rules and regulations; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 47:490.22 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง490.22. Military honor license plates; Washington Artillery8
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall9
establish a military honor license plate to be known as the "Washington Artillery"10
plate.11
B. Upon application of a Washington Artillery member, the secretary of the12
Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall issue a military honor license13
plate to be used in lieu of a regular motor vehicle registration plate. The license14
plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational15
vehicles, and vans. The military honor license plate shall be known as the16
"Washington Artillery" license plate and shall bear a likeness of the Washington17
Artillery Battalion logo centered on the left side of the license plate and the words18
"Washington Artillery" centered on the bottom of the plate under the license plate19 HLS 10RS-346 REENGROSSED
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number and the words "TRY US" centered on the bottom of the plate under the1
words "Washington Artillery".2
C. The fee for the license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle3
registration license fee provided for in R.S. 47:463 and a handling fee of three dollars4
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)]
Lorusso HB No. 252
Abstract: Creates the military honor license plate to be known as the "Washington
Artillery" 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 Washington Artillery. The license plate shall be known as the "Washington
Artillery" license plate. HLS 10RS-346 REENGROSSED
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Proposed law provides for the design of the "Washington Artillery" license plate. The plate
shall bear the likeness of the Washington Artillery Battalion logo centered on the left side
of the license plate and the words "Washington Artillery" centered on the bottom of the plate
under the license plate number and the words "TRY US" centered on the bottom of the plate
under the words "Washington Artillery".
Proposed law provides that the fee shall be the regular motor vehicle license fee, plus a
handling fee of $3.50 to offset the department's administrative costs. 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 Washington Artillery 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
House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill.
1. Added a $3.50 handling fee to offset the department's administrative costs.