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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 302
BY SENATOR BARROW
FEES/LICENSES/PERMITS. Provides for changing the special prestige license plate for
Girl Scouts. (8/1/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact 47:463.56(A), (D) and (F), relative to the "Girl Scouts of USA"
3 special prestige license plate; to change the distribution of the royalty fee to Girl
4 Scouts Louisiana East; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.56 (A), (D) and (F) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
7 as follows:
8 ยง463.56. Special prestige license plate for Girl Scouts of U.S.A.
9 A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall
10 establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plates for the Girl Scouts of U.S.A.
11 plate to be known as the "Girl Scouts of U.S.A." plate, when the applicable
12 statutory provisions are met and its system is updated to accommodate the
13 creation of new plates. The license plates plate shall be restricted to passenger cars,
14 pick-up trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The license plate shall be of a
15 secretary shall work in conjunction with the Executive Director of Girl Scouts
16 Louisiana East to select the color and design of the plate selected by the Girl Scout
17 Councils of Louisiana, provided that it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3), and
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1 shall include the Girl Scouts of U.S.A. logo and the words "FOR HER FUTURE
2 Making the World a Better Place".
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4 D. A royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for the use of the official logo of the
5 Girl Scouts of U.S.A. shall be collected by the department and shall be forwarded to
6 the Audubon Girl Scout Council, Inc. Girl Scouts Louisiana East for each license
7 plate issued as provided in this Section. This royalty fee shall be in addition to the
8 standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the
9 Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents for
10 each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative
11 costs.
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13 F. The monies received from the royalty fees by Audubon Girl Scout
14 Council shall be used solely for the support of programs established and
15 administered by the Girl Scout Councils of Louisiana Girl Scouts Louisiana East.
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The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana D. Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 302 Original 2022 Regular Session Barrow
Present law creates the "Girl Scouts of U.S.A." special prestige license plate.
Present law directs the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to
disburse funds to the Audubon Girl Scout Council, Inc.
Proposed law replaces Audubon Girl Scout Council, Inc. in present law with Girl Scouts
Louisiana East.
Present law provides the design of the plate shall include the words "For Her Future".
Proposed law deletes present law and provides the design of the plate shall include the words
"Making the World a Better Place".
Proposed law provides for technical corrections.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 47:463.56(A), (D), and (F))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.