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Regular Session, 2010
SENATE BILL NO. 714
BY SENATORS CLAITOR, AMEDEE AND HEITMEIER
MOTOR VEHICLES. Creates a special prestige license plate to commemorate the 2009
World Champion New Orleans Saints. (7/1/10)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.141, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to2
commemorate the 2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints; to provide for the3
creation and issuance of such plates; to provide for the design of such plates; to4
provide relative to the fees and disposition of the fees for such plates; to authorize5
the promulgation of rules and regulations; and to provide for related 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
§463.141. Special prestige license plate; 2009 World Champion New Orleans9
Saints; disposition of fees10
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections11
shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to commemorate the12
2009 World Champion New Orleans Saints, provided that there is a minimum13
of one thousand applicants for such plates. The license plate shall be restricted14
to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.15
B. Except as provided in Subsection E of this Section, the prestige license16
plate shall be issued, upon application, to any person, in the same manner as17 SB NO. 714
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any other motor vehicle license plate.1
C. The license plate shall be designed by the New Orleans Saints in2
consultation with the state of Louisiana, through the office of motor vehicles.3
However, the first three hundred plates shall have a color design which shall be4
reversed for subsequent plates.5
D. Except as provided in Subsection E of this Section, the charge for the6
special prestige license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle license tax7
imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana plus an8
additional annual fee of twenty-five dollars for each plate which shall be9
collected by the department every two years upon renewal of the plate. A10
handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents shall also be charged and retained11
by the department to offset a portion of administrative cost.12
E. The department shall reserve the first three hundred of the plates for13
purchase at the direction of the New Orleans Saints. Notwithstanding the14
provisions of Subsection D of this Section, the charge for the first three hundred15
plates reserved pursuant to this Subsection shall be the standard motor vehicle16
license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana17
plus an additional annual fee of two hundred fifty dollars for each plate which18
shall be collected by the department every two years upon renewal of the plate.19
A handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents shall be charged and retained by20
the department to offset a portion of administrative cost.21
F. The additional fee of twenty-five dollars or two hundred fifty dollars22
shall be collected by the department and deposited into the state treasury. The23
money received from such additional fees shall be used solely to pay debt service24
on state debt issued to fund improvements to the Louisiana Superdome and the25
Professional Sports Facilities in Jefferson and Orleans Parishes owned by the26
Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District.27
G. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to28
implement the provisions of this Section.29 SB NO. 714
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2010; if vetoed by the governor1
and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on July 1,2
2010, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.3
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative
instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Proposed law establishes a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to commemorate the
2009 World Champion 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 the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to
consult with the New Orleans Saints as to the design of the plate. Provides that the first 300
plates shall have a color design which shall be reversed for subsequent plates.
Proposed law provides for the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII §5
of the Constitution of Louisiana plus an additional annual fee of $25 for each plate to be
collected every two years upon renewal of the plate. A handling fee of $3.50 shall also be
collected and retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative cost.
Proposed law provides that the first 300 plates shall be reserved for purchase at the direction
of the New Orleans Saints and that an additional annual fee of $250 shall be charged for
such plates. A handling fee of $3.50 shall also be collected and retained by the department
to offset a portion of administrative cost.
Proposed law provides that the additional annual fee of $25 or $250 shall be collected by the
department and deposited into the state treasury. The money received from such additional
fees shall be used solely to pay debt service on state debt issued to fund improvements to the
Louisiana Superdome and the Professional Sports Facilities in Jefferson and Orleans
Parishes owned by the Louisiana Stadium and Exposition District.
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)