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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1112
BY REPRESENTATIVE MACK
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the National Rifle Association special prestige
license plate
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.165, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to provide2
for the "National Rifle Association" special prestige license plate; to provide for the3
creation, issuance, and design of such license plates; to provide relative to the fee and4
distribution of fees for such plates; to authorize the promulgation of rules and5
regulations relative to the creation and implementation of a special prestige license6
plate; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 47:463.165 is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
ยง463.165. Special prestige license plates; "National Rifle Association"10
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall11
establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "National12
Rifle Association" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for13
such plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup14
trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.15
B. The license plate color and design shall be selected by the National Rifle16
Association State Fund Committee provided it is in compliance with R.S.17
47:463(A)(3). The design shall include the initials, "NRA".18
C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application to any citizen19
of Louisiana, in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.20 HLS 14RS-1884 ORIGINAL
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D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of thirty dollars, which1
shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee shall be2
in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section3
5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents4
for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative5
costs.6
E. The annual royalty fee collected by the department shall be forwarded to7
the National Rifle Association to be used for the NRA Foundation State Fund8
Account for Louisiana.9
F. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to10
implement the provisions of this Section.11
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)]
Mack HB No. 1112
Abstract: Creates the "National Rifle Association" special prestige license plate.
Proposed law provides for the design, creation, and issuance of the "National Rifle
Association" special prestige license plate provided there is a minimum of 1,000 applicants.
Proposed law provides the 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 collection of a $30 royalty fee, as well as a handling fee of
$3.50 for each plate, to be retained by the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to offset
a portion of administrative costs.
Proposed law provides that monies collected by the department and forwarded to the
National Rifle Association be used for the NRA Foundation State Fund Account for La.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.165)