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ACT No. 246
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 234
BY REPRESENTATIVES HODGES, KATRINA JACKSON, MORENO, NORTON,
SMITH, AND ST. GERMAIN
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; "Save 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 "Save the10
Honeybee" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such11
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
D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars,20
which shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee21
shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII,22
Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and23 ENROLLEDHB NO. 234
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fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of1
administrative costs.2
E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded3
to the Louisiana Beekeepers Association, Incorporated, or its successor organization.4
The money received shall be used solely for financial aid for graduate students5
working on applied honey bee research projects at the United States Department of6
Agriculture Agricultural Research Service Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and7
Physiology Research Laboratory in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Louisiana8
Beekeepers Association, Incorporated, shall establish and disburse the funds for the9
scholarship program.10
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to11
implement the provisions of this Section.12
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: