ENROLLED
2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 810
BY REPRESENTATIVES BROWN, AMEDEE, BRYANT, COUSSAN, EDMONSTON,
EMERSON, FISHER, GAINES, GLOVER, GOUDEAU, GREEN, HORTON,
HUGHES, JORDAN, LARVADAIN, RISER, ROMERO, AND THOMPSON AND
SENATORS BARROW, BERNARD, BOUDREAUX, CARTER, FIELDS, FOIL,
HARRIS, HENRY, HEWITT, JACKSON, LUNEAU, MILLIGAN, FRED MILLS,
ROBERT MILLS, MIZELL, MORRIS, PEACOCK, SMITH, STINE, TALBOT,
TARVER, AND WOMACK
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 47:463.214, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to provide
3 for the "International Association of Firefighters" special prestige license plate; to
4 provide for the creation, issuance, design, implementation, fees, distribution, and rule
5 promulgation applicable to such license plate; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.214 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
8 ยง463.214. Special prestige license plate; "International Association of Firefighters"
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
11 "International Association of Firefighters" plate, provided there is a minimum of one
12 thousand applicants for such plate. The plate shall be restricted to use on passenger
13 cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.
14 B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the president of the
15 Professional Firefighters Association of Louisiana to select the color and design of
16 the plate, provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3). The design shall
17 include the words "International Association of Firefighters" and shall contain the
18 logo of the International Association of Firefighters.
19 C. The special prestige license plate shall be issued and renewed, upon
20 application and receipt of a letter of good standing from the president of the
21 Professional Firefighters Association of Louisiana, to a citizen of Louisiana certified
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1 as a member of the International Association of Firefighters in the same manner as
2 any other motor vehicle license plate.
3 D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars
4 that shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This royalty
5 fee shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article
6 VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars
7 and fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of
8 administrative costs.
9 E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded
10 to the Professional Firefighters Association of Louisiana. The monies received from
11 the royalty fees shall be used to provide relief for members of the International
12 Association of Firefighters who have suffered catastrophic injuries due to significant
13 losses resulting from a hurricane, flood, tornado, fire, or loss of a minor child.
14 F. The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are
15 necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
16 Section 2. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
17 vehicles, is hereby directed to create the special prestige license plate when the applicable
18 statutory provisions are met and its system is updated to accommodate the creation of new
19 plates.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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