HLS 17RS-677 ORIGINAL
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 496
BY REPRESENTATIVE NORTON
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Provides with respect to special license plates for
firefighters with twenty years of service
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 47:463(D) and 463.23(D), relative to the special active full-time professional
3 and retired firefighter license plate; to exempt certain firefighters from the annual
4 motor vehicle registration license fee or tax; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 47:463(D) and 463.23(D) are hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 §463. Private passenger vehicles; amputee veterans exempted; church, church
8 school, and religious order vehicles
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10 D. Any active, full-time professional or retired firefighter of this state who
11 has served in a professional capacity as a firefighter for twenty or more years and
12 who is issued a special active full-time professional or retired firefighter license plate
13 in accordance with R.S. 463.23 shall be exempt from the annual motor vehicle
14 registration license fee or tax on that particular specialty license plate. Nothing in
15 this Subsection shall be construed to exempt any firefighter obtaining this special
16 prestige license plate from payment of the initial one-time fee at the time the license
17 plate is issued as required by R.S. 463.23(B).
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19 §463.23. Special license plates for active and retired firefighters
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are additions. HLS 17RS-677 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 496
1 D. Any active, full-time professional or retired firefighter who is issued a
2 special active full-time professional or retired firefighter license plate pursuant to this
3 Section, and has served in a professional capacity as a firefighter for twenty or more
4 years shall be exempt from the annual motor vehicle registration license fee or tax
5 required by R.S. 47:461 et seq., for that particular specialty license plate. A special
6 motor vehicle license plate issued to any firefighter pursuant to this Subsection shall
7 be issued for the lifetime of the firefighter.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 496 Original 2017 Regular Session Norton
Abstract: Exempts firefighters issued a special active full-time professional or retired
firefighter license plate from the motor vehicle registration license fee or tax.
Present law provides for an annual motor vehicle registration license fee or tax on all private
passenger vehicles.
Present law further provides for the issuance of a special firefighters license plate for active
and retired firefighters. Present law requires firefighters issued the plate to pay a one-time
fee of $25 in addition to the annual motor vehicle registration license fee or tax.
Proposed law allows those firefighters issued a special firefighters license plate pursuant to
present law and who have served for 20 or more years to be exempt from the annual motor
vehicle registration license fee or tax.
Proposed law clarifies that proposed law does not exempt any firefighter receiving a
specialty license plate from the initial one-time fee in present law.
Proposed law provides for the issuance of a lifetime specialty firefighters license plate to
those firefighters who have served for 20 or more years.
(Adds R.S. 47:463(D) and 463.23(D))
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