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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 146
BY REPRESENTATIVE THOMPSON
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana" license
plate
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.166, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to provide2
for the "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana" special prestige plate; to provide for3
creation, issuance, and design of such license plates; to provide relative to the fee for4
such plates; to authorize the promulgation of rules and regulations relative to the5
creation and implementation of such prestige license plate; and to provide for related6
matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 47:463.166 is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
ยง463.166. Special prestige license plates; "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana"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 "Hunters12
for the Hungry Louisiana" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand13
applicants for such plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger14
cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.15
B. The license plate color and design shall be selected by the board of16
directors of the Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana, a nonprofit corporation qualified17
as tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided18
it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3) and shall bear the words "Hunters for the19
Hungry Louisiana".20 HLS 14RS-127 ENGROSSED
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C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen1
of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.2
D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars,3
which shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee4
shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII,5
Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and6
fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of7
administrative costs.8
E. The annual royalty fee collected by the department shall be forwarded to9
the Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund special account known as the "Hunters10
for the Hungry Louisiana Account". No more than ten percent of the monies in the11
account shall be used for administrative costs. The balance shall be used solely by12
Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana to pay for the processing and distribution of meats,13
when such meats shall be used by a nonprofit entity or charitable organization in14
food or meal distribution at no cost to an individual pursuant to R.S. 56:644.15
F. The secretary shall establish rules and regulations as are necessary to16
implement the provisions of this Section.17
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)]
Thompson HB No. 146
Abstract: Creates the Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana special prestige license plate.
Provides for fees, distribution of fees, issuance, creation, and design of the license
plate and promulgation of rules.
Proposed law requires the secretary of Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to issue
special prestige license plates to be known as the "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana" 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
Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.
Proposed law requires the department to collect an annual royalty fee of $25, as well as a
handling fee of $3.50 for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of
administrative costs. HLS 14RS-127 ENGROSSED
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Proposed law provides that monies collected by the department and forwarded to the
Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund special account known as the "Hunters for the
Hungry Louisiana Account". Provides that no more than 10% of the monies in the account
can be used for administrative costs. Specifies that the balance be used solely for Hunters
for the Hungry Louisiana to pay for the processing and distribution of meats when such
meats are used by a nonprofit entity or charitable organization in food or meal distribution
at no cost to an individual pursuant to present law.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.166)