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ACT No. 174
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 532
BY REPRESENTATIVES CHARLES OWEN, AMEDEE, BRYANT, BUTLER, COX,
CREWS, EDMONSTON, EMERSON, FIRMENT, FRIEMAN, GOUDEAU,
HARRIS, HILFERTY, HORTON, JENKINS, MIKE JOHNSON, KNOX,
LARVADAIN, MARCELLE, GREGORY MILLER, MOORE, RISER,
SCHAMERHORN, SEABAUGH, SELDERS, THOMPSON, WHITE, AND
WRIGHT
1 AN ACT
2 To 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.
6 Be 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
8 hereby 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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19 B. The license plates shall be issued in the same manner as other motor
20 vehicle license plates. Veterans applying for the plates shall present to the issuing
21 official a certified copy of their discharge from active service with one of the armed
22 forces of the United States. The charge for the license plate shall be the regular
23 motor vehicle registration license fee. No fee shall be charged for military honor
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1 license plates authorized by this Section, and such plates shall not be subject to the
2 renewal requirements applicable to standard plates.
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4 §490.13. Military honor license plates for veterans of the Vietnamese Conflict
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6 B. The license plates shall be issued in the same manner as other motor
7 vehicle license plates. Retired members of the armed services of the United States
8 applying for the plates shall present to the issuing official a copy of their active duty
9 retirement orders or other proof of retirement from active service with one of the
10 armed forces of the United States. Veterans of the armed services of the United
11 States who are not retired shall present to the issuing official a copy of their
12 discharge from active service with one of the armed forces of the United States. The
13 charge for the military honor license plate shall be the regular motor vehicle
14 registration license fee. No fee shall be charged for military honor license plates
15 authorized by this Section, and such plates shall not be subject to the renewal
16 requirements applicable to standard plates.
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18 §490.14. Military honor license plates for veterans of the Korean War
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20 B. The license plates shall be issued in the same manner as other motor
21 vehicle license plates. Retired members of the armed services of the United States
22 applying for the plates shall present to the issuing official a copy of their active duty
23 retirement orders or other proof of retirement from active service with one of the
24 armed forces of the United States. Veterans of the armed services of the United
25 States who are not retired shall present to the issuing official a copy of their
26 discharge from active service with one of the armed forces of the United States. The
27 charge for this license plate shall be the same as for regular license plates. No fee
28 shall be charged for military honor license plates authorized by this Section, and such
29 plates shall not be subject to the renewal requirements applicable to standard plates.
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1 §505. Number plates
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3 B.
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5 (2) Any dealer of motor vehicles who receives a lease return or a previously
6 owned vehicle with the intention of reselling such vehicle shall remove the license
7 or number plate from such vehicle before resale and destroy the plate. After the
8 dealer so removes the plate, he shall submit electronic notification to the Department
9 of Public Safety and Corrections, which states he has received the vehicle, removed
10 the license or number plate from such vehicle, and intends to resell the vehicle. The
11 dealer shall attach the title and registration to the electronic notification. He shall
12 electronically notify the secretary within twenty-four hours after the removal
13 monthly of all plates so removed and destroyed. The Department of Public Safety
14 and Corrections, upon receipt of the electronic notification of a transfer on such
15 vehicle, shall issue a new plate to the new owner in the same manner as if the vehicle
16 had no plate issued to it. The knowing submission of a false electronic notification
17 shall be false swearing under R.S. 14:125.
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19 Section 2. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
20 vehicles shall promulgate and adopt, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act,
21 any rules and regulations necessary to bring existing rules in conformity with the provisions
22 of this Act.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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