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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 163
BY REPRESENTATIVE PHELPS
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Sickle Cell Disease Association" specialty
license plate
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 47:463.214, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to
3 establish the "Sickle Cell Disease Association" specialty license plate; to provide for
4 the creation, issuance, design, fees, implementation, distribution, and rule
5 promulgation applicable to such license plate; to provide an effective date; and to
6 provide for related matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.214 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง463.214. Special prestige license plate; "Sickle Cell Disease Association"
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 "Sickle
12 Cell Disease Association" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand
13 applicants for such plate. The plate shall be restricted to use on passenger cars,
14 pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.
15 B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the Sickle Cell Disease
16 Association of America, Inc., Northwest Louisiana Chapter to select the color and
17 design of the plate, provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3). The design
18 shall include the Sickle Cell Disease of America, Inc. official logo.
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.
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1 D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars
2 that shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee
3 shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII,
4 Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and
5 fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of
6 administrative costs.
7 E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded
8 to the Baton Rouge Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, the Sickle Cell Disease
9 Association of America, Inc., Northwest Louisiana Chapter, the Southwest Louisiana
10 Sickle Cell Anemia, Inc., the Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Technical
11 Resource Foundation, Inc., and the Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation in equal
12 payments. The monies received from the royalty fees shall be used to assist the local
13 sickle cell foundations with operational costs and to support programs for sickle cell
14 clients and their families in their efforts to live productive and stable lives.
15 F. The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are
16 necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
17 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
18signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
19by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
20vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
21effective on the day following such approval.
22 Section 3. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
23vehicles, is hereby directed to create the special prestige license plate when the applicable
24statutory provisions are met and its system is updated to accommodate the creation of new
25plates.
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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 163 Reengrossed 2022 Regular Session Phelps
Abstract: Creates the "Sickle Cell Disease Association" special prestige license plate.
Provides for the creation, issuance, design, implementation, fees, distribution, and
promulgation of rules applicable to this license plate.
Proposed law requires the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections to issue a special prestige
license plate to be known as the "Sickle Cell Disease Association" license plate, provided
there is a minimum of 1,000 applicants for such plate.
Proposed law requires that the secretary work in conjunction with Sickle Cell Disease
Association of America, Inc., Northwest Louisiana Chapter to select the color and design of
the plate. Proposed law requires the design include the Sickle Cell Disease of America, Inc.
official logo.
Proposed law specifies that the license plate will be issued, upon application, to any citizen
of La. in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.
Proposed law requires the department to collect an annual royalty fee of $25 in addition to
the standard motor vehicle license tax and a $3.50 handling fee for each plate to be retained
by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.
Proposed law requires monies received from the royalty fees to be forwarded to the Baton
Rouge Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc.,
Northwest Louisiana Chapter, the Southwest Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia, Inc., the
Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Technical Resource Foundation, Inc., and the Sickle
Cell Anemia Research Foundation in equal payments. Specifies that the monies received
from the royalty fees will be used to assist the local sickle cell foundations with operational
costs and to support programs for sickle cell clients and their families in their efforts to live
productive and stable lives.
Proposed law requires the secretary to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to
implement the provisions provided in proposed law.
Directs the Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, to create the
"Sickle Cell Disease Association" speciality license plate when the applicable statutory
provisions are met and its system is updated to accommodate the creation of new plates.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.214)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The House Floor Amendments to the engrossed bill:
1. Change the sickle cell foundation name from Sickle Cell Anemia Research
Foundation, Alexandria to Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation.
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