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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 124
BY REPRESENTATIVES EDWARDS, GISCLAIR, HILL, HODGES, HONORE,
HOWARD, LEOPOLD, MACK, RICHARDSON, AND ST. GERMAI N
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the Korean Defense Service license plate
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:490.25, relative to military honor license plates; to provide for the Korean2
Defense Service license plate; to provide for qualified applicants; to provide for rules3
and regulations; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 47:490.25 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง490.25. Military honor license plates; Korean Defense Service7
A. The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to Korean Defense8
Service Medal recipients.9
B. Upon application of a Korean Defense Service Medal recipient, the10
secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall issue a military11
honor license plate to be used in lieu of a regular motor vehicle registration plate.12
The license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks,13
recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans. The military honor license plate shall14
be known as the "Korean Defense Service" license plate and shall bear a likeness of15
the Korean Defense Service Medal centered on the left side of the license plate and16
the words "Korean Defense Service Veteran" centered on the bottom of the plate17
under the license plate number.18
C. The charge for this license plate shall be the regular motor vehicle19
registration license fee.20 HLS 12RS-78 ENGROSSED
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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. In the event that a Korean Defense Service16
Medal recipient holds more than one military honor license plate at the time the17
Korean Defense Service Medal recipient dies, the surviving spouse may determine18
which of the license plates the surviving spouse wishes to retain.19
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Edwards HB No. 124
Abstract: Creates the Korean Defense Service military honor plate. The bill limits the
issuance of the plate to recipients of the Korean Defense Service Medal.
Propose law requires the secretary for DPS&C to issue military honor license plates for
recipients of the Korean Defense Service Medal. The license plates for Korean Defense
Service Medal recipients shall be known as the "Korean Defense Service" license plate.
Proposed law provides for the design of the Korean Defense Service license plate. The
plate shall bear the likeness of the Korean Defense Service Medal centered on the left side
of the license plate and the words "Korean Defense Service Veteran" centered on the bottom
of the plate under the plate number. HLS 12RS-78 ENGROSSED
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Proposed law provides that the fee shall be the regular motor vehicle license fee and the
secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions provided in proposed
law, including rules governing the transfer and disposition of such license plates.
Proposed law provides that any applicant who qualifies for a Korean Defense Service license
plate shall be issued a plate for each vehicle registered in the applicant's name. Further
provides that each military honor license plate issued under the provisions of proposed law
shall be returned to the secretary upon the death of the person to whom it was issued. A
surviving spouse may retain the military license plate, provided the surviving spouse has not
remarried and provided the surviving spouse applies for a transfer. The transferred license
plate shall also be returned to the secretary upon the death or remarriage of the surviving
spouse.
(Adds R.S. 47:490.25)