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2022 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 84
BY SENATORS CORTEZ AND MCMATH
MOTOR VEHICLES. Creates the "Maddie's Footprints" special prestige license plate.
(8/1/22)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 47:463.214, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plate; to provide
3 for the establishment of the "Maddie's Footprints" special prestige license plate; to
4 provide for creation, issuance, design, fees, distribution, and rule promulgation
5 applicable to the license plates; 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; "Maddie's Footprints"
9 A.(1) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections
10 shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the
11 "Maddie's Footprints" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand
12 applicants for such plates. The license plate shall be restricted to use on
13 passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.
14 (2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
15 vehicles, shall create the special prestige license plate when the applicable
16 statutory provisions are met and the department's electronic vehicle and title
17 registration system is updated to accommodate the creation of new plates.
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1 B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the executive director
2 of Maddie's Footprints nonprofit organization in Louisiana to select the color
3 and design of the plate, provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3). The
4 design shall include the words "Maddie's Footprints".
5 C. The special prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to
6 any citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license
7 plate.
8 D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five
9 dollars that shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section.
10 This fee shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed
11 by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of
12 three dollars and fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to
13 offset a portion of administrative costs.
14 E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and
15 forwarded to the Maddie's Footprints nonprofit organization in Louisiana.
16 F. The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are
17 necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana D. Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 84 Engrossed 2022 Regular Session Cortez
Proposed law creates the "Maddie's Footprints" special prestige license plate.
Proposed law requires the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections to
issue special prestige license plates, provided there is a minimum of 1000 applicants.
Proposed law provides that the office of motor vehicles will create the plate when their
electronic vehicle and title registration system is updated.
Proposed law provides the design of the plate shall include the words "Maddie's Footprints".
Proposed law directs the department to collect the annual royalty fee and forward to the
Maddie's Footprint nonprofit organization in Louisiana.
Effective August 1, 2022.
(Adds R.S. 47:463.214)
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Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Transportation,
Highways, and Public Works to the original bill
1. Provides that the office of motor vehicles will create the plate when their
electronic vehicle and title registration system is updated.
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words in boldface type and underscored are additions.