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ACT No. 484
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 124
BY REPRESENTATIVES EDWARDS, CHAMPAGNE, GI SCLAIR, HILL, HODGES,
HONORE, HOWARD, LEOPOLD, MACK, RICHARDSON, AND ST. GERMAI N
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 tax.20
D. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the21
provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules governing the transfer22 ENROLLEDHB NO. 124
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of the license plates from one vehicle to another and the disposition of such license1
plates.2
E.(1) Any applicant who qualifies for the military honor license plate3
authorized by this Section may be issued a plate for each vehicle registered in the4
applicant's name.5
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Subsection, each military honor6
license plate issued under this Section shall be returned to the secretary upon the7
death of the person to whom the plate was issued. A surviving spouse of a person8
to whom a license plate was issued under this Section may retain a license plate9
issued under this Section, provided the surviving spouse has not remarried and10
provided the surviving spouse applies to the secretary for a transfer of the license11
plate to the surviving spouse. A military honor license plate transferred under this12
Subsection to a surviving spouse shall be returned to the secretary upon the death or13
remarriage of the surviving spouse. In the event that a Korean Defense Service14
Medal recipient holds more than one military honor license plate at the time the15
Korean Defense Service Medal recipient dies, the surviving spouse may determine16
which of the license plates the surviving spouse wishes to retain.17
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: