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Regular Session, 2014
HOUSE BILL NO. 965
BY REPRESENTATIVE KATRINA JACKSON
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates a domestic violence awareness 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 Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence special prestige plate for3
domestic violence awareness; to provide for the creation, issuance, and design of4
such license plates; to provide relative to the fee and distribution of fees for such5
plates; to authorize the promulgation of rules and regulations relative to the creation6
and implementation of a special prestige license plate; and to provide for related7
matters.8
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:9
Section 1. R.S. 47:463.165 is hereby enacted to read as follows:10
ยง463.165. Special prestige license plate; Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic11
Violence12
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall13
establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the Louisiana14
Coalition Against Domestic Violence plate, provided there is a minimum of one15
thousand applicants for such plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on16
passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.17
B. The license plate color and design shall be selected by the Louisiana18
Coalition Against Domestic Violence, provided it is in compliance with R.S.19
47:463(A)(3). The design shall include the letters "LCADV". 20 HLS 14RS-1265 ENGROSSED
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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, which3
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 feel collected by the department shall be forwarded to9
the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, or its successor organization.10
The monies received from the royalty fees shall be used to eliminate domestic11
violence through public education, systems change, social change, and public policy.12
F. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to13
implement the provisions of this Section.14
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)]
Katrina Jackson HB No. 965
Abstract: Creates the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence special prestige
license plate for domestic violence awareness.
Proposed law provides for the design and creation of the Louisiana Coalition Against
Domestic Violence special prestige license plate provided there is a minimum of one
thousand 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 the
Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence, or its successor organization, are to be used
to eliminate domestic violence through public education, systems change, social change, and
public policy. HLS 14RS-1265 ENGROSSED
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Proposed law requires the secretary to adopt rules and regulations to implement proposed
law.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.165)