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ACT No. 118
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 601
BY REPRESENTATIVE GOUDEAU
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 47:463.210, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to
3 establish the "New Orleans Pelicans" specialty license plate; to provide for the
4 creation, issuance, design, fees, implementation, distribution, and rule promulgation
5 applicable to such license plate; to provide direction on when the plate can be
6 created; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.210 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง463.210. Special prestige license plate; "New Orleans Pelicans"
10 A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall
11 establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "New
12 Orleans Pelicans" plate, provided there are a minimum of one thousand applicants
13 for such plate. The plate shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks,
14 recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.
15 B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the vice president of
16 governmental relations and business operations for the New Orleans Saints and New
17 Orleans Pelicans to select the color and design of the plate, provided the design is in
18 compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3).
19 C. The special prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any
20 citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.
21 D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars
22 that shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee
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1 shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII,
2 Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana and a handling fee of three dollars and
3 fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of
4 administrative costs.
5 E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded
6 to the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Fund and the Louisiana Early
7 Childhood Education Fund in equal disbursements.
8 F. The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are
9 necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
10 Section 2. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
11 vehicles, is hereby directed to create the special prestige license plate when the applicable
12 statutory provisions are met and its system is updated to accommodate the creation of new
13 plates.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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