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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 327
BY SENATOR GARY SMITH
MOTOR VEHICLES. Creates a prestige license plate for Multiple Sclerosis. (8/1/14)
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 47:463.165, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to provide2
for the creation, issuance, and design of such license plates; to provide relative to the3
fee and distribution of such plates; to authorize the promulgation of rules and4
regulations relative to the creation and implementation of a special prestige license5
plate; 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; Multiple Sclerosis9
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections10
shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate for the National11
Multiple Sclerosis Society, provided there is a minimum of one thousand12
applicants for such plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on13
passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.14
B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the National Multiple15
Sclerosis Society to select the color and design of the plate, provided that it is in16
compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3).17 SB NO. 327
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C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any1
citizen 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-five3
dollars for this special prestige license plate that shall be disbursed in4
accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee shall be in addition to the5
standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the6
Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents for7
each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative8
cost.9
E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and10
forwarded to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The monies received from11
the royalty fees shall be used solely for the support of programs and research12
administered by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.13
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to14
implement the provisions of this Section.15
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
Gary Smith (SB 327)
Proposed law requires the secretary of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to issue
special prestige license plates to be known as the Multiple Sclerosis license plate.
Proposed law provides that the prestige 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 secretary to work in conjunction with the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society to select the color and design of the plate.
Proposed law requires the department to collect an annual royalty fee of $25 for each plate
issued and specifies that such fees be collected by the department and forwarded to the
National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Specifies that the monies received from the royalty fees
shall be used solely for the support of programs and research administered by the National
Multiple Sclerosis Society. Further provides for the standard registration license fee and a
handling fee of $3.50 to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative
cost.
Proposed law requires the secretary to adopt rules and regulations to implement the
provisions provided in proposed law. SB NO. 327
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Effective August 1, 2014.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.165)