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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 1237
BY REPRESENTATIVES WOODRUFF AND ABRAMSON
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates a prestige license plate for Saint Katharine
Drexel Preparatory School
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.165, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to provide2
for the "Saint Katharine Drexel Prep" special prestige license plate; to provide for3
the creation, issuance, and design of such license plates; to provide relative to the fee4
and distribution of fees for such plates; to authorize the promulgation of rules and5
regulations; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 47:463.165 is hereby enacted to read as follows:8
ยง463.165. Special prestige license plates; "Saint Katharine Drexel Prep"9
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall10
establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "Saint11
Katharine Drexel Prep" plate. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S.12
47:463(A)(3)(b), the plate shall be made available once there is a minimum of one13
hundred applicants for such plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on14
passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.15
B. The license plate color and design shall be selected by the administration16
of Saint Katharine Drexel Preparatory School provided it is in compliance with R.S.17
47:463(A)(3). The design shall include the words "XUP/SKDP, Celebrating 10018
years of education excellence, 1915-2015" and the school's logo. 19
C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application to any citizen20
of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.21 HLS 14RS-2137 REENGROSSED
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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
Saint Katharine Drexel Preparatory School, to be used towards the school's general8
operating fund.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)]
Woodruff HB No. 1237
Abstract: Creates the "Saint Katharine Drexel Prep" special prestige license plate.
Proposed law provides for the design, creation, and issuance of the "Saint Katharine Drexel
Prep" special prestige license plate provided there is a minimum of 100 applicants.
Proposed law provides the license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen of
Louisiana 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 Saint
Katharine Drexel Preparatory School, or its successor organization, shall be used towards
the school's general operating fund.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.165)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation, Highways
and Public Works to the original bill.
1. Changed the wording of the plate to read "XUP/SKDP, Celebrating 100 years of
educational excellence, 1915-2015". HLS 14RS-2137 REENGROSSED
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House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill.
1. Changed the minimum applicant requirement from 1,000 to 100.