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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 R.S. 47:463.56(A), (D), and (F), and to enact R.S. 47:463.56(H),
3 relative to the "Girl Scouts of USA" special prestige license plate; to change the
4 distribution of the royalty fee to Girl Scouts Louisiana East and Girl Scouts of
5 Louisiana - Pines to the Gulf; and to provide for related matters.
6 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.56(A), (D), and (F) are hereby amended and reenacted and
8 R.S. 47:463.56(H) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
9 ยง463.56. Special prestige license plate for Girl Scouts of U.S.A.
10 A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall
11 establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plates for the Girl Scouts of U.S.A.
12 plate to be known as the "Girl Scouts of U.S.A." plate, when the applicable
13 statutory provisions are met and its system is updated to accommodate the
14 creation of new plates. The license plates plate shall be restricted to passenger cars,
15 pick-up trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The license plate shall be of a
16 secretary shall work in conjunction with the executive director of Girl Scouts
17 Louisiana East and the executive director of Girl Scouts of Louisiana - Pines to
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1 the Gulf to select the color and design of the plate selected by the Girl Scout
2 Councils of Louisiana, provided that it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3), and
3 shall include the Girl Scouts of U.S.A. logo and the words "FOR HER FUTURE
4 Making the World a Better Place".
5 * * *
6 D. A royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for the use of the official logo of the
7 Girl Scouts of U.S.A. shall be collected by the department and shall be forwarded to
8 the Audubon Girl Scout Council, Inc. Girl Scouts Louisiana East or Girl Scouts
9 of Louisiana - Pines to the Gulf based on the parish domicile of the vehicle as set
10 forth in Subsection H of this Section for each license plate issued as provided in
11 this Section. This royalty fee shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle
12 license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana,
13 and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents for each plate to be retained
14 by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.
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16 F. The monies received from the royalty fees by Audubon Girl Scout
17 Council shall be used solely for the support of programs established and
18 administered by the Girl Scout Councils of Louisiana Girl Scouts Louisiana East
19 or Girl Scouts of Louisiana - Pines to the Gulf.
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21 H. (1) The royalty fee provided for in Subsection D of this Section shall
22 be remitted to the Girl Scouts Louisiana East if the parish domicile of the
23 vehicle is Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville,
24 Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines, Pointe Coupee, St.
25 Bernard, St. Charles, St. Helena, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary
26 Parish, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Terrebonne, Washington, West Baton
27 Rouge, and West Feliciana.
28 (2) The royalty fee provided for in Subsection D of this Section shall be
29 remitted to the Girl Scouts of Louisiana - Pines to the Gulf if the parish domicile
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1 of the vehicle is Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo,
2 Calcasieu, Caldwell, Cameron, Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, East
3 Carroll, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Iberia, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle,
4 Lafayette, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Ouachita, Rapides, Red
5 River, Richland, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, Tensas, Union, Vermilion,
6 Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, and Winn.
The original instrument was prepared by Archana Cadge. The following
digest, which does not constitute a part of the legislative instrument, was
prepared by Dawn Romero Watson.
DIGEST
SB 302 Reengrossed 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 and Girl Scouts of Louisiana - Pines to the Gulf.
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".
Present law provides for a royalty fee of $25 for the use of the official logo of the Girl scouts
of U.S.A. to be collected by the department and forwarded to the Audubon Girl Scout
Council, Inc.
Proposed law retains the present law fee but provides that it shall be forwarded to the Girl
Scouts Louisiana East or Girl Scouts of Louisiana - Pines to the Gulf based on the parish
domicile of the vehicle. Lists the domicile parishes for the royalty fee to go to Girl Scouts
Louisiana East and those for the royalty fee to go to Girl Scouts of Louisiana - Pines to the
Gulf.
Proposed law adds a handling fee of $3.50 for each license plate to be retained by the
department to offset a portion of administrative costs.
Proposed law provides for technical corrections.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 47:463.56(A), (D), and (F); adds R.S. 47:463.56(H))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Senate Floor Amendments to engrossed bill
1. Adds Girl Scouts of Louisiana - Pines to the Gulf as beneficiary of prestige
plate.
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2. Adds proposed law regarding vehicle's domicile parish for determining
recipient of royalty fee.
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