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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1150
BY REPRESENTATIVES LORUSSO, ADAMS, ARMES, BROADWATER, BROWN,
HENRY BURNS, BURRELL, CARMODY, CARTER, CHANEY, COX, DOVE,
EDWARDS, FANNIN, FOIL, FRANKLIN, GAINES, GAROFALO, GISCLAIR,
GREENE, HARRISON, HAVARD, HAZEL, HILL, HODGES, HOFFMANN,
HOLLIS, HONORE, HOWARD, HUNTER, KATRINA JACKSON, JEFFERSON,
JOHNSON, TERRY LANDRY, LEBAS, LEGER, LEOPOLD, LOPINTO,
MORENO, JAY MORRIS, NORTON, ORTEGO, POPE, PYLANT, REYNOLDS,
RICHARD, SEABAUGH, SHADOIN, ST. GERMAIN, THOMPSON, WHITNEY,
AND WILLMOTT
MOTOR VEHICLES: Provides relative to military honor license plates for service during
the Cold War
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:490.26, relative to military honor license plates; to provide for the2
establishment of a military honor license plate for military service during the Cold3
War; to require the secretary to promulgate rules and regulations relative to the4
creation and implementation of this military honor license plate; to provide for the5
creation, issuance, and design of such plates; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 47:490.26 is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง490.26. Military honor license plates; "Cold War Veteran"9
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall10
establish a military honor license plate to be known as the "Cold War Veteran" plate.11
B. Upon application of a person showing reasonable proof of honorable12
service in the Armed Forces of the United States for no less than two years of active13
duty during the period September 2, 1945, to December 26, 1991, the secretary of14
the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall issue a military honor license15
plate to be used in lieu of a regular motor vehicle registration plate. The license plate16 HLS 14RS-2419 REENGROSSED
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shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles,1
motorcycles, and vans. The military honor license plate shall be known as the "Cold2
War Veteran" license plate and shall bear a likeness of the Cold War Victory Medal,3
centered on the left side of the license plate and the words "COLD WAR4
VETERAN" centered on the bottom of the plate. The colors of the plate shall be red,5
white, and blue. 6
C. The fee for the license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle7
registration license fee provided for in R.S. 47:463. In addition to the standard fee8
imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the constitution, in accordance with9
47:463(3)(b), a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents for each plate shall be10
assessed and retained by the department to offset a portion of the administrative11
costs.12
D. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the13
provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules governing the transfer14
of license plates from one vehicle to another and the disposition of such license15
plates.16
E.(1) Any applicant who qualifies for the military honor license plate17
authorized by this Section may be issued a plate for each vehicle registered in the18
applicant's name.19
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph, each military honor20
license plate issued pursuant to this Section shall be returned to the secretary upon21
the death of the person to whom the plate was issued. A surviving spouse of a22
person to whom a license plate was issued pursuant to this Section may retain a23
license plate issued pursuant to this Section, provided the surviving spouse has not24
remarried and provided the surviving spouse applies to the secretary for a transfer25
of the license plate to the surviving spouse. A military honor license plate26
transferred pursuant to this Paragraph to a surviving spouse shall be returned to the27
secretary upon the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse.28 HLS 14RS-2419 REENGROSSED
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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)]
Lorusso HB No. 1150
Abstract: Creates a "COLD WAR VETERAN" military honor license plate.
Proposed law provides for the design and issuance of the "COLD WAR VETERAN" license
plate. Specifies that in order for the secretary to issue the license plate, a person must show
reasonable proof of honorable service in the armed forces for no less than two years of active
duty during the period of Sept. 2, 1945, to Dec. 26, 1991.
Proposed law provides that the license plate shall be restricted to use on passenger cars,
pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans. The plate shall bear a likeness
of the Cold War Victory Medal, centered on the left side of the plate and the words "COLD
WAR VETERAN" centered on the bottom of the plate. The plate shall be red, white, and
blue.
Proposed law provides that the fee for such plate shall be the standard motor vehicle
registration license fee. Provides for an additional handling fee of $3.50 to be retained by
the department.
Proposed law provides that the secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the
plate.
Proposed law provides that any applicant who qualifies for the plate may be issued a plate
for each vehicle registered in the applicant's name. Each plate shall be returned to the
secretary upon the death of the person to whom the plate was issued, but a surviving spouse
of a person to whom the plate was issued may retain the plate provided he or she has not
remarried and provided he or she applies to the secretary for a transfer of the plate. The
plate shall be returned to the secretary upon the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse.
(Adds R.S. 47:490.26)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill.
1. Provided for an additional handling fee of $3.50 to be retained by the
department.