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ACT No. 398
Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 499
BY REPRESENTATIVES HENRY BURNS, ADAMS, BARROW, BERTHELOT,
BILLIOT, BROADWATER, BROWN, BURFORD, CHAMPAGNE, CHANEY,
COX, CROMER, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO, GISCLAIR, GUINN,
HAVARD, HENRY, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN, HOLLIS, HONORE,
HOWARD, HUNTER, KATRINA JACKSON, JAMES, JEFFERSON, JONES,
KLECKLEY, TERRY LANDRY, LEBAS, LEOPOLD, LORUSSO, MACK,
MILLER, NORTON, PEARSON, POPE, PRICE, PUGH, PYLANT, REYNOLDS,
RICHARD, RICHARDSON, RITCHIE, SCHEXNAYDER, SCHRODER,
SEABAUGH, SHADOIN, SMITH, ST. GERMAIN, THOMPSON, AND
WHITNEY
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:412(K) and R.S. 40:1321(K), relative to drivers' licenses and special2
identification cards; to authorize the designation of "Veteran" on drivers' licenses and3
special identification cards; to provide for rules; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 32:412(K) is hereby enacted to read as follows:6
§412. Amount of fees; credit or refund; duration of license; disbursement of funds;7
renewal by mail or electronic commerce of Class "D" or "E" drivers' licenses;8
disposition of certain fees; exception9
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K. Upon request, the word "Veteran" shall be exhibited in the color black11
below the person's photograph on the driver's license regardless of its class, upon12
presentation of a copy of the person's DD Form 214, issued by the United States13
Department of Defense, or equivalent, as established by administrative rule. No14
additional fee shall be charged to include such designation. The deputy secretary of15
the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall16
comply with the provisions of this Subsection. The deputy secretary of the17
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall establish18
rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Subsection.19 ENROLLEDHB NO. 499
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Section 2. R.S. 40:1321(K) is hereby enacted to read as follows:1
§1321. Special identification cards; issuance; fees; expiration and renewal;2
exceptions; promulgation of rules; promotion of use; persons less than3
twenty-one years of age; the Protect and Save our Children Program;4
Selective Service Registration5
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K. Upon request, the word "Veteran" shall be exhibited in the color black7
below the person's photograph on a special identification card upon presentation of8
a copy of the person's DD Form 214, issued by the United States Department of9
Defense, or equivalent, as established by administrative rule. No additional fee shall10
be charged to include such designation. The deputy secretary of the Department of11
Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall comply with the12
provisions of this Subsection. The deputy secretary of the Department of Public13
Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall establish rules and regulations14
as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Subsection.15
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: