ENROLLED
ACT No. 283
2018 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 777
BY REPRESENTATIVE FALCONER
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 47:463.196, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to
3 establish the "Seymore D'Fair Foundation One Hundred Percent Me Drug Free"
4 special prestige plate; to provide for creation, issuance, design, fees, distribution, and
5 rule promulgation applicable to such license plates; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.196 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง463.196. Special prestige license plate; "Seymore D'Fair Foundation One Hundred
10 Percent Me Drug Free"
11 A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall
12 establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "Seymore
13 D'Fair Foundation One Hundred Percent Me Drug Free" plate, provided there is a
14 minimum of one thousand applicants for such plate. The plate shall be restricted to
15 use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.
16 B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the Seymore D'Fair
17 Foundation to select the color and design of the plate, provided it is in compliance
18 with R.S. 47:463(A)(3). The design shall include the words "Seymore D'Fair
19 Foundation One Hundred Percent Me Drug Free".
20 C. The special prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any
21 citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.
22 D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars
23 that shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee
24 shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII,
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1 Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and
2 fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of
3 administrative costs.
4 E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded
5 to the Seymore D'Fair Foundation. The monies received from the royalty fees shall
6 be dedicated to drug prevention education in elementary and middle schools in the
7 state of Louisiana.
8 F. The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are
9 necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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