2013 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 47 - Revenue and Taxation
RS 47:463.81 - Special prestige license plates; Fraternal Order of Police

§463.81. Special prestige license plates; Fraternal Order of Police

A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a prestige license plate for the Fraternal Order of Police when the department has received a minimum of one hundred applications for such plate. The license plate shall be issued to passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, recreational vehicles, and motorcycles.

B. Each applicant for the special prestige license plate, along with his application and any renewal thereof, shall submit a certificate of good standing as a member of the Fraternal Order of Police.

C. The fee for the plate shall be twenty-five dollars which shall be assessed every two years in addition to the standard motor vehicle registration license fee provided for in R.S. 47:463 and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents. The handling fee shall be retained by the department to offset a portion of the administrative costs.

D. The department shall collect the twenty-five-dollar application and renewal fee for each prestige license plate and forward it to the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police Foundation. The monies shall be used solely for programs supported by the Louisiana Fraternal Order of Police Foundation.

E. The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited to the design and color of the plate.

Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 85, §1; Acts 2010, No. 43, §1.