ENROLLED
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 476
BY REPRESENTATIVES HAZEL, TERRY BROWN, CARPENTER, STEVE CARTER,
HALL, MARCELLE, PIERRE, POPE, AND STEFANSKI AND SENATORS
APPEL, CARTER, CHABERT, CORTEZ, ERDEY, FANNIN, HEWITT, JOHNS,
LAMBERT, LONG, MILKOVICH, MILLS, MIZELL, PEACOCK, RISER, GARY
SMITH, JOHN SMITH, THOMPSON, WALSWORTH, WARD, AND WHITE
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:122(A)(1) and R.S. 47:463.131(A), (B)(2), and (D), relative
3 to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund; to provide relative to the Support
4 Our Troops special prestige license plate; to provide for the design of the license
5 plate; to provide for the license plate fee; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 46:122(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 §122. Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund
9 A.(1) Funds received by the state treasurer pursuant to the provisions of R.S.
10 47:120.31 and 306.3, or received by the treasurer or the Louisiana Military Family
11 Assistance Board from other public or private donations, gifts, grants, appropriations
12 or other revenue, including revenue derived from the Support Our Troops special
13 prestige license plate as provided for in R.S. 47:463.131, shall be deposited and
14 credited to a special fund hereby created in the state treasury to be known as the
15 Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund. The money in the fund shall be used
16 solely as provided for in Subsection B of this Section. In addition to funds from any
17 other source, public or private donations, gifts, or grants from individuals,
18 corporations, nonprofit organizations, or other business entities may be made to the
19 fund and accepted by the fund for military family relief and assistance as provided
20 in this Part.
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22 Section 2. R.S. 47:463.131(A), (B)(2), and (D) is hereby amended and reenacted to
23 read as follows:
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1 §463.131. Special prestige license plates; Support Our Troops
2 A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall
3 establish a special prestige license plate to be known as the Support Our Troops
4 plate. He shall not require any minimum number of applicants prior to establishing
5 or issuing this plate. The license plate shall be restricted for passenger cars, pickup
6 trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The secretary shall design the plate, and it
7 shall bear the logo of a soldier and a child as developed by Support Our Troops, Inc.
8 and the words "Support Our Troops".
9 B.
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11 (2) Application for the Support Our Troops prestige license plate on or after
12 January 1, 2018, constitutes prior written consent and instruction by the applicant to
13 the department to provide his name, address, and birth date to Support Our Troops,
14 Inc. the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Board. The secretary shall ensure that
15 the application for the plate includes a statement granting such consent.
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17 D. The monies received from the additional twenty-five dollar fee shall be
18 disbursed to Support Our Troops, Inc. the Louisiana Military Family Assistance
19 Fund.
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21 Section 3. The provisions of this Act shall become effective on January 1, 2018.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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