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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 506
BY SENATOR CROWE AND REPRESENTATI VE ARNOLD
MOTOR VEHICLES. Creates the special prestige license plate honoring the World
Champion New Orleans Saints with proceeds to go to charity. (7/1/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.141, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates honoring2
the 2009 World Campion New Orleans Saints; to provide for the creation and3
issuance of such plates; to provide for the design of such plates; to provide relative4
to the fee and application of the fee for such plates; to create a foundation and5
provide for foundation members; to authorize the promulgation of rules and6
regulations; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 47:463.141 is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
ยง463.141. Special prestige license plates;"World Champion New Orleans10
Saints"; distribution of royalty fees11
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections12
shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to commemorate the13
New Orleans Saints World Football Champions for the 2009 season, provided14
that there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such plates. These15
license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks,16
recreational vehicles, and vans.17 SB NO. 506
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B. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any1
person, in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.2
C. The licence plate shall be designed by the New Orleans Saints in3
consultation with the state of Louisiana, through the office of motor vehicles.4
D. The charge for the special prestige license plate shall be the standard5
motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution6
of Louisiana plus an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for each plate, to7
be collected by the department every two years upon renewal of the plate. A8
handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents shall also be charged and retained9
by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.10
E. The first 300 hundred plates shall be reserved for purchase at the11
direction of the New Orleans Saints.12
F. Within thirty days of the establishment of the special prestige license13
plate, a Louisiana nonprofit corporation, in the form of a foundation, will be14
created exclusively for the purpose of reviewing and awarding funds generated15
from the sale of the plates. The foundation's governing documents shall comply16
with the requirements for a tax exempt status pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(a) as17
an organization described by 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3).18
(G) The foundation board shall have a governing board which shall19
consist of the following members:20
(1) The governor shall appoint one member who is the head of a state21
agency that is associated with youth, fitness programs related to health and22
wellness education, or a parks and recreations director.23
(2) The speaker of the House of Representatives one member who is the24
head of a state agency that is associated with youth, fitness programs related to25
health and wellness education, or a parks and recreations director.26
(3) The president of the Senate shall appoint shall appoint one member27
who is the head of a state agency that is associated with youth, fitness programs28
related to health and wellness education, or a parks and recreations director.29 SB NO. 506
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(4) The New Orleans Saints shall appoint four members.1
H. (1) The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and2
forwarded to the foundation. The monies received from the royalty fees shall3
be used solely to provide grants to a nonprofit organization or organizations4
which are exempt from federal income taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)5
which are operating within Louisiana to promote and otherwise enhance youth6
fitness programs related to health and wellness education and enhance parks7
and encourage recreation.8
(2) To the extent possible, the intent is that the money to be distributed9
pursuant to Paragraph (1) of Subsection, will be distributed on a parish-by10
parish-basis, to be determined by the number of plates sold in that parish.11
I. The foundation shall perform an annual accounting verifying the12
funds collected and distributed pursuant to Subsection (G) of this Section. A13
copy of that accounting shall be mailed to the Legislative Auditor.14
J. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to15
implement the provisions of this Section.16
Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor17
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,18
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.19
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Carla S. Roberts.
DIGEST
Proposed law establishes a special prestige motor vehicle license plate honoring the 2009
World Campion New Orleans Saints, provided there is a minimum of 1,000 applicants for
the plates. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks,
recreational vehicles, and vans.
Proposed law requires the secretary of DPS&C to consult with the New Orleans Saints as
to the design of the plate.
Proposed law provides for the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed plus an annual
royalty fee of $25 for each plate to be collected every two years. A handling fee of $3.50
shall also be collected and retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative
costs.
Proposed law provides that the first 300 plates shall be reserved for purchase at the direction SB NO. 506
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of the New Orleans Saints.
Proposed law provides that, within 30 days of the establishment of the special prestige
license plate, a Louisiana nonprofit corporation, in the form of a foundation, will be created
exclusively for the purpose of reviewing and awarding funds generated from the sale of the
plates. The members of the foundation's governing board shall be as follows:
(1)The governor shall appoint the head of a state agency that is associated with youth,
fitness programs related to health and wellness education, or a parks and recreations
director.
(2)The speaker of the House of the House of Representatives shall appoint the head of
a state agency that is associated with youth, fitness programs related to health and
wellness education, or a parks and recreations director.
(3)The president of the Senate shall appoint the head of a state agency that is associated
with youth, fitness programs related to health and wellness education, or a parks and
recreations director.
(4)The New Orleans Saints shall appoint four members.
Proposed law provides that an annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and
forwarded to the foundation. The monies received from the royalty fees shall be used solely
to provide grants to a nonprofit organization or organizations which are exempt from federal
income taxes pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3).
Proposed law provides that the foundation shall perform an annual accounting verifying the
funds collected and distributed. A copy of that accounting shall be mailed to the Legislative
Auditor.
Proposed law provides that, to the extent possible, the intent is that the money to be
distributed, will be distributed on a parish-by parish-basis, to be determined by the number
of plates sold in that parish.
Proposed law requires the secretary to adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to
implement proposed law.
Effective July 1, 2010.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.141)