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Regular Session, 2012
SENATE BILL NO. 557
BY SENATORS ERDEY, ADLEY, BROWN, BUFFINGTON, HEITMEIER, NEVERS
AND GARY SMITH
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides relative to special prestige license plate for Boy Scouts of
America. (8/1/12)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 47:463.71(C), relative to the special prestige license plate for the2
Boy Scouts of America; to provide for an annual royalty fee and for distribution of3
collections; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R. S. 47:463.71(C) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง463.71. Special prestige license plate; Boy Scouts of America7
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C. The charge for this special license plate shall be the standard motor9
vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of10
Louisiana plus a one-time an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for each11
plate, to be collected by the department every two years upon renewal of the12
plate. The annual royalty fee shall be paid by the department to the appropriate13
Louisiana council of the Boy Scouts of America as determined by the zip code14
of the purchaser's parish of origin. which shall be in addition to the regular motor15
vehicle registration license fee charged under the provisions of R.S. 47:463 and a16
A handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents shall also be charged and which shall17 SB NO. 557
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be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.1
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Erdey (SB 557)
Present law establishes a special prestige license plate for the Boy Scouts of America.
Present law requires the payment of a one-time fee of $25 for each plate in addition to the
regular motor vehicle registration license fee.
Proposed law requires the payment of an annual royalty fee of $25 in addition to the regular
motor vehicle registration license tax.
Proposed law requires distribution of royalty fees collected by the DPSC to the appropriate
Louisiana council of the Boy Scouts of America as determined by the zip code of the
purchaser's parish of origin.
Effective August 1, 2012.
(Amends R.S. 47:463.71(C))