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2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 532
BY REPRESENTATIVE CHARLES OWEN
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Provides relative to fees charged for certain military
honor license plates and the processing of plates at the office of motor vehicle state
headquarters
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 47:490.9(B), 490.11(B), 490.13(B), 490.14(B), and 505(B)(2),
3 relative to the office of motor vehicles; to remove fees and renewal requirements for
4 certain military honor plates; to require notification of plate removals; and to provide
5 for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 47:490.9(B), 490.11(B), 490.13(B), 490.14(B), and 505(B)(2) are
8hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
9 §490.9. Military honor license plates; World War II veterans
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11 B. The charge for this license plate shall be the regular motor vehicle
12 registration license fee as provided for under the provisions of R.S. 47:463. No fee
13 shall be charged for the military honor license plates authorized by this Section, and
14 such plates shall not be subject to the renewal requirements applicable to standard
15 plates.
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17 §490.11. Military honor license plates for Laos War veterans
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1 B. The license plates shall be issued in the same manner as other motor
2 vehicle license plates. Veterans applying for the plates shall present to the issuing
3 official a certified copy of their discharge from active service with one of the armed
4 forces of the United States. The charge for the license plate shall be the regular
5 motor vehicle registration license fee. No fee shall be charged for military honor
6 license plates authorized by this Section, and such plates shall not be subject to the
7 renewal requirements applicable to standard plates.
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9 §490.13. Military honor license plates for veterans of the Vietnamese Conflict
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11 B. The license plates shall be issued in the same manner as other motor
12 vehicle license plates. Retired members of the armed services of the United States
13 applying for the plates shall present to the issuing official a copy of their active duty
14 retirement orders or other proof of retirement from active service with one of the
15 armed forces of the United States. Veterans of the armed services of the United
16 States who are not retired shall present to the issuing official a copy of their
17 discharge from active service with one of the armed forces of the United States. The
18 charge for the military honor license plate shall be the regular motor vehicle
19 registration license fee. No fee shall be charged for military honor license plates
20 authorized by this Section, and such plates shall not be subject to the renewal
21 requirements applicable to standard plates.
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23 §490.14. Military honor license plates for veterans of the Korean War
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25 B. The license plates shall be issued in the same manner as other motor
26 vehicle license plates. Retired members of the armed services of the United States
27 applying for the plates shall present to the issuing official a copy of their active duty
28 retirement orders or other proof of retirement from active service with one of the
29 armed forces of the United States. Veterans of the armed services of the United
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1 States who are not retired shall present to the issuing official a copy of their
2 discharge from active service with one of the armed forces of the United States. The
3 charge for this license plate shall be the same as for regular license plates. No fee
4 shall be charged for military honor license plates authorized by this Section, and such
5 plates shall not be subject to the renewal requirements applicable to standard plates.
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7 §505. Number plates
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9 B.
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11 (2) Any dealer of motor vehicles who receives a lease return or a previously
12 owned vehicle with the intention of reselling such vehicle shall remove the license
13 or number plate from such vehicle before resale and destroy the plate. After the
14 dealer so removes the plate, he shall submit electronic notification to the Department
15 of Public Safety and Corrections, which states he has received the vehicle, removed
16 the license or number plate from such vehicle, and intends to resell the vehicle. The
17 dealer shall attach the title and registration to the electronic notification. He shall
18 electronically notify the secretary promptly upon the removal monthly of all plates
19 so removed and destroyed. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, upon
20 receipt of the electronic notification of a transfer on such vehicle, shall issue a new
21 plate to the new owner in the same manner as if the vehicle had no plate issued to it.
22 The knowing submission of a false electronic notification shall be false swearing
23 under R.S. 14:125.
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25 Section 2. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
26vehicles shall promulgate and adopt, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act,
27any rules and regulations necessary to bring existing rules in conformity with the provisions
28of this Act.
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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 532 Original 2023 Regular Session Charles Owen
Abstract: Removes the registration fee and renewal requirements for military honors
licenses plates for veterans of World War II, the Laos War, the Vietnamese Conflict,
and the Korean War.
Present law (R.S. 47:490.9(B)) specifies that the charge for the World War II license plates
is the regular motor vehicle fee.
Present law (R.S. 47:490.11(B)) requires veterans applying for the Laos War license plate
to present to the issuing official a certified copy of their discharge from active service with
one of the armed forces of the U.S. Specifies that the charge for the license plate is the
regular motor vehicle registration license fee.
Present law (R.S. 490.13(B)) requires license plates be issued in the same manner as other
motor vehicle license plates. Requires retired members of the armed services of the U.S.
applying for the plates present to the issuing official a copy of their active duty retirement
orders or other proof of retirement from active service with one of the armed forces of the
U.S. Requires veterans of the armed services of the U.S. who are not retired present to the
issuing official a copy of their discharge from active service with one of the armed forces
of the U.S. Specifies that the charge for this license plate is the same for regular license
plates.
Present law (R.S. 490.14(B)) requires license plates be issued in the same manner as other
motor vehicle license plates. Requires retired members of the armed services of the U.S.
applying for the plates present to the issuing official a copy of their active duty retirement
orders or other proof of retirement from active service with one of the armed forces of the
U.S. Requires veterans of the armed services of the U.S. who are not retired present to the
issuing official a copy of their discharge from active service with one of the armed forces
of the U.S. Specifies that the charge for this license plate is the same for regular license
plates.
Proposed law removes provisions in present law that specify that the charge for the plate is
the same as regular license plates and instead specifies that no fee can be charged for such
plates. Further specifies that such plates are not subject to the renewal requirements
applicable to standard plates.
Present law (R.S.505(B)(2)) requires any dealer of motor vehicles who receives a lease
return or previously owned vehicle with the intention of reselling such vehicle must remove
the license or number plate from the vehicle before resale. Requires the dealer attach the title
and registration to the electronic notification and electronically notify the secretary monthly
of all plates so removed and destroyed.
Proposed law modifies present law by requiring the dealer destroy the plate. Changes the
monthly notification requirement to promptly upon the removal.
Proposed law requires the secretary promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to
implement the provisions of proposed law.
(Amends R.S. 47:490.9(B), 490.11(B), 490.13(B), 490.14(B), and 505(B)(2))
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