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ACT No. 343
Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 818
BY REPRESENTATIVES LEGER, ADAMS, BADON, BARRAS, BARROW,
BERTHELOT, BILLIOT, STUART BISHOP, W ESLEY BISHOP,
BROADWATER, BROWN, HENRY BURNS, BURRELL, CARMODY, CARTER,
CHAMPAGNE, CHANEY, CROMER, DOVE, EDWARDS, GAROFALO,
GISCLAIR, GREENE, GUINN, HARRIS, HARRISON, HAZEL, HUNTER,
JAMES, JEFFERSON, JOHNSON, JONES, KLECKLEY, NANCY LANDRY,
LEOPOLD, LORUSSO, MORENO, NORTON, ORTEGO, POPE, PUGH,
PYLANT, REYNOLDS, RITCHIE, SCHEXNAYDER, SMITH, THIBAUT,
WHITNEY, AND PATRICK WILLIAMS AND SENATORS ALARIO, APPEL,
BROOME, BROWN, CLAITOR, CORTEZ, CROWE, DONAHUE, DORSEY-
COLOMB, HEITMEIER, JOHNS, LONG, MILLS, MORRELL, MORRISH,
MURRAY, NEVERS, PEACOCK, PERRY, RISER, GARY SMITH, TARVER,
THOMPSON, WARD, AND WHI TE
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.165, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to provide2
for the "George Rodrigue Foundation" special prestige 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 plate; "George Rodrigue Foundation"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 "George12
Rodrigue Foundation" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants13
for such plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars,14
pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.15
B. The license plate color and design shall be selected by the George16
Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts, provided it is in compliance with R.S.17
47:463(A)(3). The design shall include the words "George Rodrigue Foundation".18 ENROLLEDHB NO. 818
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C. The prestige plate shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen of1
Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.2
D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of thirty dollars that3
shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee shall be4
in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section5
5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents6
for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative7
costs.8
E. The annual royalty fee collected by the department shall be forwarded to9
the George Rodrigue Foundation of the Arts or its successor organization. The10
monies received from the royalty fees shall be used to plan, develop, and implement11
a series of unique educational art programs that are specially designed to enhance12
and expand art curriculums and expose children to education in the arts.13
F. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to14
implement the provisions in this Section.15
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: