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2022 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 857
BY REPRESENTATIVE HORTON
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates the "Louisiana Wild Turkey Federation"
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 "Louisiana Wild Turkey Federation" specialty license plate; to provide
4 for 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; "Louisiana Wild Turkey Federation"
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 "Louisiana
12 Wild Turkey Federation" 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 secretary of the
16 Louisiana Wild Turkey Federation, Inc. to select the color and design of the plate,
17 provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3). The design shall include
18 NWTF Conserve.Hunt.Share. and the Louisiana Wild Turkey Federation official
19 logo.
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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 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 fee
5 shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII,
6 Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and
7 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 Louisiana Wild Turkey Federation. The monies received from the royalty fees
11 shall be used to aid in conservation of the wild turkey through management and
12 habitat improvement, collaborative work with other conservation organizations and
13 government entities, research, and the preservation of the National Wild Turkey
14 Federation hunting heritage that supports the traditions of safe, ethical hunting and
15 teach conservation principals.
16 F. The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are
17 necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
18 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
19signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
20by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
21vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
22effective on the day following such approval.
23 Section 3. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
24vehicles, is hereby directed to create the special prestige license plate when the applicable
25statutory provisions are met and its system is updated to accommodate the creation of new
26plates.
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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 857 Original 2022 Regular Session Horton
Abstract: Creates the "Louisiana Wild Turkey Federation" 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 "La. Wild Turkey Federation" license plate, provided there
is a minimum of 1,000 applicants for such plate.
Proposed law requires that the secretary work in conjunction with La. Wild Turkey
Federation to select the color and design of the plate. Proposed law requires the design
include NWTF Conserve.Hunt.Share. and the La. Wild Turkey Federation 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 La. Wild
Turkey Federation, Inc. Specifies that the monies received from the royalty fees will be used
to aid in conservation of the wild turkey through management and habitat improvement,
collaborative work with other conservation organizations and government entities, research,
and the preservation of the National Wild Turkey Federation hunting heritage that supports
the traditions of safe, ethical hunting and teach conservation principals.
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
"La. Wild Turkey Federation" 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)
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