Louisiana 2010 Regular Session

Louisiana Senate Bill SB251 Latest Draft

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Regular Session, 2010	ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 251
BY SENATORS DORSEY, ALARIO, AMEDEE, APPEL, BROOME, ERDEY, B.
GAUTREAUX, HEITMEIER, JACKSON, LAFLEUR, LONG,
MARIONNEAUX, MCPHERSON, MICHOT, MORRISH, MOUNT,
MURRAY, NEVERS, QUINN, RISER, SHAW, SMITH, THOMPSON
AND WALSWORTH AND REPRESENTATIVES AUBERT, DIXON,
GISCLAIR, GUINN, HILL, MONTOUCET AND ST. GERMAIN 
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 annual fee and disposition of such fee for such plates; to4
provide for 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. 47:463.141 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง463.141. Special prestige license plate; Relay For Life9
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections10
shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the11
"Relay For Life" plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on12
passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.13
B. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any14
citizen of Louisiana, in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license15
plate.16
C. The secretary shall design the plates, which shall bear the official17
emblem of the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division's "Relay For18
Life". The license plate shall be designed in consultation with the American19
Cancer Society, Mid-South Division.20
D. The charge for this special license plate shall be the standard motor21
vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of22
ACT No. 20 SB NO. 251	ENROLLED
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Louisiana, plus an annual fee of twenty-five dollars for each plate, and a1
handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents to be retained by the department to2
offset a portion of administrative cost.3
E. The annual fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded to4
the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division.  The money received from5
the annual fee shall be used solely by the American Cancer Society, Mid-South6
Division's mission delivery programs within the state of Louisiana.7
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to8
implement the provisions of this Section.9
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: