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ACT No. 89
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 96
BY REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.141, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to provide2
for the creation and issuance of such plates; to provide for the design of such plates;3
to provide relative to the fee and application of the fee for such plates; to authorize4
the 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. 47:463.141 hereby enacted to read as follows:7
`ยง463.141. Special prestige license plate; "State Employee Retired"8
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall9
establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "State10
Employee Retired" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants11
for such plates. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars,12
pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.13
B. The special prestige license plate shall be known as the "State Employee14
Retired" license plate and shall bear the likeness of the shape of the state of15
Louisiana centered on the left side of the license plate and shall display the state seal16
centered inside of the outline of the state shape. The words "State Employee Retired"17
shall be centered under the "Louisiana" name logo at the top of the plate. The center18
of the plate shall display a number, with the first issued plate displaying the number19
one and shall continue in consecutive numerical order for each plate. Centered at the20
bottom of the plate below the number shall be the words "Louisiana State Employees21
Retirement System".22
C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen23
of Louisiana who can provide proof that the applicant is a member of the Louisiana24 ENROLLEDHB NO. 96
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State Employees Retirement System and who is receiving retirement benefits1
payments.2
D. The department shall collect the following fees for this license plate:3
(1) An initial fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall be disbursed in4
accordance with Subsection E of this Section.5
(2) A handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents to be retained by the6
department to offset a portion of administrative costs.7
(3) A renewal fee, which shall be the same as the fee for renewing a regular8
motor vehicle license plate.9
E. The monies received from the additional twenty-five dollar fee shall be10
annually disbursed to the Louisiana State Employees Retirement System and used11
solely for the purpose of paying down a portion of the state's unfunded liability12
obligation.13
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to14
implement the provisions of this Section.15
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: