SLS 20RS-713 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 474
BY SENATOR JOHNS
MOTOR VEHICLES. Creates the "Utility Lineman" special prestige license plate. (8/1/20)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 47:463.209, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plate; to provide
3 for the establishment of the "Utility Lineman" special prestige license plate; to
4 provide for creation, issuance, design, fees, distribution, and rule promulgation
5 applicable to such license plates; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.209 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง463.209. Special prestige license plate; "Utility Lineman"
9 A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall
10 establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "Utility
11 Lineman" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for the plate.
12 The plate shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational
13 vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.
14 B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the Utility Lineman Association
15 or any association affiliated with Utility Lineman to select the color and design of the
16 plate, provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3). The design shall include the
17 words "Utility Lineman".
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SLS 20RS-713 ORIGINAL
1 C. The special prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any
2 citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.
3 D. The charge for the special plate shall be the regular motor vehicle license fee
4 charged under the provisions of R.S. 47:463. The department shall collect a handling
5 fee of three dollars and fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to
6 offset a portion of administrative costs.
7 E. The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are
8 necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Xavier I. Alexander.
DIGEST
SB 474 Original 2020 Regular Session Johns
Proposed law requires the secretary of the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to issue
special prestige license plates to be known as the "Utility Lineman" license plate, provided
there is a minimum of 1,000 applicants for the plate.
Proposed law requires the secretary work in conjunction with the Utility Lineman
Association or any affiliate of the Utility Lineman to select the color and design of the plate.
Requires the design include the words "Utility Lineman".
Proposed law specifies that the license plate be issued, upon application, to any citizen of
Louisiana.
Proposed law requires that the department collect a $3.50 handling fee for each plate to be
retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.
Proposed law requires the secretary promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to implement
the provisions provided in proposed law.
Effective August 1, 2020.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.209)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.