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Regular Session, 2013
SENATE BILL NO. 201
BY SENATOR MILLS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MOTOR VEHICLES. Authorizes "I'm a Cajun" on driver's license and identification cards.
(1/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 32:412(L) and R.S. 40:1321(L), relative to "I'm a Cajun" on a driver's license2
and identification card; to provide for the exhibition of the designation "I'm a Cajun"3
on a driver's license and identification card; to authorize collection of a fee for the4
"I'm a Cajun" designation; to provide for the disbursement of fees collected to the5
Council for the Development of French in Louisiana; and to provide for related6
matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 32:412(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
§412. Amount of fees; credit or refund; duration of license; veteran designation;10
"I'm a Cajun" designation; disbursement of funds; renewal by mail11
or electronic commerce of Class "D" or "E" drivers' licenses;12
disposition of certain fees; exception13
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L. (1) Upon request and payment of an additional fee, the designation15
"I'm a Cajun" shall be exhibited in the color black below the person's16
photograph on the driver's license regardless of its class. The deputy secretary17 SB NO. 201
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of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall1
comply with the provisions of this Subsection.2
(2) The department shall collect an annual fee of five dollars for inclusion3
of the designation "I'm a Cajun" on any class of driver's license, which fee shall4
be disbursed in accordance with Paragraph (3) of this Subsection. This fee shall5
be in addition to the payment of any driver's license fee.6
(3) The monies received from the additional fee shall be disbursed7
quarterly by the department to the Council for the Development of French in8
Louisiana.9
(4) The deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and10
Corrections, public safety services, shall establish rules and regulations as are11
necessary to implement the provisions of this Subsection.12
Section 2. R.S. 40:1321(L) is hereby enacted to read as follows:13
§1321. Special identification cards; issuance; veteran designation; "I'm a Cajun"14
designation; fees; expiration and renewal; exceptions; promulgation15
of rules; promotion of use; persons less than twenty-one years of age;16
the Protect and Save our Children Program; Selective Service17
Registration18
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L. (1) Upon request and payment of an additional fee, the designation20
"I'm a Cajun" shall be exhibited in the color black below the person's21
photograph on the special identification card. The deputy secretary of the22
Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall23
comply with the provisions of this Subsection.24
(2) The department shall collect an annual fee of five dollars for inclusion25
of the designation "I'm a Cajun" on the special identification card, which fee26
shall be disbursed in accordance with Paragraph (3) of this Subsection. This fee27
shall be in addition to the payment of any other special identification card fee.28
(3) The monies received from the additional fee shall be disbursed29 SB NO. 201
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quarterly to the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana.1
(4) The deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and2
Corrections, public safety services, shall establish rules and regulations as are3
necessary to implement the provisions of this Subsection.4
Section 3. This Act shall become effective on January 1, 2014.5
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Proposed law provides for exhibition of the designation "I'm a Cajun" in the color black
below the person's photograph on a driver's license or identification card, upon request and
payment of an additional annual fee of five dollars.
Proposed law provides for collection of the fee by the Department of Public Safety and
Corrections (DPSC) and quarterly disbursement of fees collected to the Council for the
Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL).
Proposed law requires the DPSC to establish rules and regulations as necessary for
implementation.
Effective January 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 32:412(L); R.S. 40:1321(L))