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ACT No. 978
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 252
BY REPRESENTATIVE LORUSSO AND SENATOR THOMPSON
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
number and the words "TRY US" centered on the bottom of the plate under the20
words "Washington Artillery".21
C. The fee for the license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle22
registration license fee provided for in R.S. 47:463.23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 252
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D. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the1
provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules governing the transfer2
of the license plates from one vehicle to another and the disposition of such license3
plates.4
E.(1) Any applicant who qualifies for the military honor license plate5
authorized by this Section may be issued a plate for each vehicle registered in the6
applicant's name.7
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, each military honor8
license plate issued under this Section shall be returned to the secretary upon the9
death of the person to whom the plate was issued. A surviving spouse of a person10
to whom a license plate was issued under this Section may retain a license plate11
issued under this Section, provided the surviving spouse has not remarried and12
provided the surviving spouse applies to the secretary for a transfer of the license13
plate to the surviving spouse. A military honor license plate transferred under this14
Subsection to a surviving spouse shall be returned to the secretary upon the death or15
remarriage of the surviving spouse.16
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: