2016 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 389
BY SENATORS ERDEY, BROWN, CORTEZ, FANNIN, HEWITT, LONG AND GARY
SMITH
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 47:490.30, relative to motor vehicles; to create a military honor license plate
3 for a veteran who is one hundred percent disabled; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 47:490.30 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 ยง490.30. Military honor license plates for certain disabled veterans; one
7 hundred percent disabled
8 A. For the purpose of this Section, a qualified disabled veteran shall be
9 any veteran who has a service-connected disability of one hundred percent as
10 determined by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and who is a
11 resident of this state.
12 B. Upon the application of a qualified disabled veteran, the secretary
13 shall issue to such veteran a military honor license plate, restricted to passenger
14 cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans, to be used in
15 lieu of the regular motor vehicle registration license plate. The military honor
16 license plate shall contain the designation "100% DAV" and shall bear the
17 international symbol of accessibility followed by such numbers as the secretary
18 finds expedient. The applicant shall comply with all state laws relating to
19 registration and licensing of motor vehicles and shall, at the time of application,
20 present such proof of status as a qualified disabled veteran as shall be
21 acceptable to the secretary.
22 C. No fee shall be charged for the license plates authorized by this
23 Section and such plates shall not be subject to the renewal requirements
24 applicable to standard plates.
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1 D. The secretary shall establish such rules and regulations as are
2 necessary to implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited
3 to rules and regulations governing the transfer and disposition of such license
4 plates.
5 E. The secretary may issue a military honor license plate, as provided for
6 in this Section, for each vehicle registered in the applicant's name, and the
7 holder of such license plate shall be accorded the same privileges as holders of
8 license plates for persons with mobility impairments. The secretary shall also
9 issue a hang tag as provided in R.S. 47:463.4(B)(1), which bears the
10 international symbol of accessibility, to a one hundred percent disabled veteran
11 who has or is issued such a plate and who requests the hang tag. No fee shall be
12 charged for the hang tag, and it shall be exempt from renewal requirements
13 applicable to hang tags issued pursuant to R.S. 47:463.4. However, lost,
14 destroyed, or mutilated hang tags shall be replaced according to the provisions
15 of R.S. 47:463.4(C), including payment of the reissuance fee. A person using the
16 hang tag in a vehicle with a one hundred percent disabled veteran license plate
17 is not required to obtain or possess a mobility impairment driver's license or
18 identification card.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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