SLS 20RS-39 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 25
BY SENATOR MORRIS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MOTOR VEHICLES. Provides relative to the Ducks Unlimited special prestige license
plate. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:463.53(D) and to repeal R.S. 56:10(B)(8), relative to the
3 Ducks Unlimited special prestige license plate; to redirect the monies realized from
4 the additional fee imposed for the plate from the special "waterfowl account" created
5 within the Conservation Fund to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.; to repeal the special
6 "waterfowl account" created within the Conservation Fund; and to provide for related
7 matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.53(D) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
10 ยง463.53. Special prestige license plates; Ducks Unlimited
11 * * *
12 D. The revenues realized from the additional fifty-dollar fee imposed by
13 Subsection C of this Section shall be remitted to the state as provided by law. The
14 state treasurer shall place an amount equal to those revenues in the Conservation
15 Fund, after complying with the requirements of R.S. 56:10(B), and shall credit that
16 amount to the "waterfowl account" which is created within the Conservation Fund
17 through the provisions of R.S. 56:10(B)(8). The department shall collect and
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 25
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1 forward the additional fee imposed by Subsection C of this Section to Ducks
2 Unlimited, Inc. The funds monies raised from the license plates shall be used solely
3 for the purpose of conserving, restoring, and enhancing migratory waterfowl habitat
4 in Louisiana.
5 * * *
6 Section 2. R.S. 56:10(B)(8) is hereby repealed.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Sharon F. Lyles.
DIGEST
SB 25 Original 2020 Regular Session Morris
Present law requires the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
(DPS&C) to establish a Ducks Unlimited special prestige license plate for use on passenger
cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans and to charge an additional $50 fee for
the plate.
Present law requires remission of the revenues realized from the additional fee imposed for
the plate to the state treasurer for credit to the "waterfowl account" created within the
Conservation Fund, after complying with R.S. 56:10(B).
Proposed law changes present law to require the DPS&C to collect and forward the
additional fee to Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Amends R.S. 47:463.53(D); repeals R.S. 56:10(B)(8))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.