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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 7
BY SENATORS PEACOCK AND BUFFI NGTON AND REPRESENTATI VES
FRANKLIN, GISCLAIR, GUINN AND NORTON
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; Sci-Port Discovery Center in9
Shreveport10
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections11
shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate for the Sci-Port12
Discovery Center in Shreveport provided there is a minimum of one thousand13
applicants for such plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on14
passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.15
B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the Sci-Port Discovery16
Center in Shreveport to select the color and design of the plate provided that it17
is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3).18
C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any19
citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.20
D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five21
dollars for this special prestige license plate that shall be disbursed in22
accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee shall be in addition to the23
standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the24
Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents for25
each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative26
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cost.1
E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and2
forwarded to the Sci-Port Discovery Center in Shreveport. The monies received3
from the royalty fees shall be used solely for the support of programs4
administered by the Sci-Port Discovery Center in Shreveport.5
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to6
implement the provisions of this Section.7
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: