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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 234
BY REPRESENTATIVE HODGES
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates a prestige license plate to protect the honeybee
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.155, relative to motor vehicle special prestige plates; to provide for the2
creation, issuance, and design of such license plates; to provide relative to the fee and3
distribution of fees for such plates; to authorize the promulgation of rules and4
regulations; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 47:463.155 is hereby enacted to read as follows:7
ยง463.155. Special prestige license plate; "Protect the Honeybee"8
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall9
establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "Protect10
the Honeybee" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for11
such plates. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup12
trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.13
B. The secretary shall design the plates, which shall be of a color and design14
selected jointly by the North Live Oak Elementary School of Watson, Louisiana, and15
the Louisiana Beekeepers Association, Incorporated, provided that it is in16
compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3).17
C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen18
of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.19 HLS 12RS-251 ORIGINAL
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D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars,1
which shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee2
shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII,3
Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and4
fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of5
administrative costs.6
E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded7
to the Louisiana Beekeepers Association, Incorporated, or its successor organization.8
The monies received from the royalty fees shall be used solely for academic or9
financial need-based scholarships. The organization shall be responsible for10
establishing and disbursing the funds for the scholarship program.11
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to12
implement the provisions of this Section.13
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)]
Hodges HB No. 234
Abstract: Creates the special prestige license plate to be known as the "Protect the
Honeybee" license plate. Provides for the fees, distribution of fees, issuance,
creation, and design of the license plate and promulgation of rules.
Proposed law requires the secretary of DPS&C to issue special prestige license plates to be
known as the "Protect the Honeybee" license plate.
Proposed law provides that the prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any
citizen of La. in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.
Proposed law provides for the secretary to design the "Protect the Honeybee" license plate,
with the color and design to be selected jointly by the North Live Oak Elementary School
of Watson, La., and the La. Beekeepers Association, Inc.
Proposed law provides that an annual royalty fee of $25 shall be collected by the department
and forwarded to the La. Beekeepers Association, Inc. The monies received from the royalty
fees shall be used solely for scholarships. Further provides for the standard registration
license fee and a handling fee of $3.50 to be retained by the department.
Proposed law provides that the secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the
provisions provided in proposed law.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.155)