RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 118 (HB 28) 2017 Regular Session Emerson
Existing law provides for the creation of special prestige license plates for La. parochial,
public, and private high schools, including Archbishop Hannan High School, Jesuit High
School, Mount Carmel Academy, the Academy of the Sacred Heart, and Saint Katharine
Drexel Preparatory School.
New law adds Acadiana High School to the list of high schools for which a special prestige
license plate will be established. Additionally, all existing law provisions applicable to
special prestige license plates; such as creation, issuance, design, fees, distribution, and rule
promulgation, are applicable to the "Acadiana High School" plate.
Existing law provides that royalty fees collected for private high school license plates be
forwarded directly to the private school.
New law adds that royalty fees collected for parochial school license plates be forwarded
directly to the parochial school.
Existing law provides that upon the signing of a contract authorizing the use of a public or
private high school, the secretary of the Dept. of Transportation and Development must
establish the prestige plate.
New law revises existing law such that upon the signing of a contract authorizing the use of
a parochial, public, or private high school, the secretary of the Dept. of Transportation and
Development must establish the prestige plate.
Effective January 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 47:463.73(D), (F), and (G))