2019 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation
§463.167. Special prestige license plates; "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana"

RS 463.167 - Special prestige license plates; "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana"

A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.

B. The license plate color and design shall be selected by the board of directors of the Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana, a nonprofit corporation qualified as tax exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3), and shall bear the words "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana".

C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.

D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents for each plate to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.

NOTE: Subsection E eff. until July 1, 2020. See Acts 2018, No. 612.

E. The annual royalty fee collected by the department shall be forwarded to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries with ninety percent to be deposited into a special escrow account known as the "Hunters for the Hungry Escrow Account". No more than ten percent of the monies forwarded to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from the annual royalty fee shall be deposited into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. After a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall, prior to placing such remaining funds in the state general fund, pay ten percent of the annual royalty fees into the Conservation Fund which shall be used for administrative costs of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. The balance in the escrow fund shall be used solely by Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana to pay for the processing and distribution of meats, when such meats shall be used by a nonprofit entity or charitable organization in food or meal distribution at no cost to an individual pursuant to R.S. 56:644.

NOTE: Subsection E eff. July 1, 2020. See Acts 2018, No. 612; See Acts 2019, No. 362 and No. 404, eff. July 1, 2020.

E. The annual royalty fee collected by the department shall be forwarded to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries with ninety percent to be deposited into a special escrow account known as the "Hunters for the Hungry Escrow Account". No more than ten percent of the monies forwarded to the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from the annual royalty fee shall be deposited into the state treasury and shall be credited to the Bond Security and Redemption Fund. After a sufficient amount is allocated from that fund to pay all obligations secured by the full faith and credit of the state which become due and payable within any fiscal year, the treasurer shall, prior to placing such remaining funds in the state general fund, pay ten percent of the annual royalty fees into the Conservation Fund which shall be used for administrative costs. The balance in the escrow fund shall be used solely by Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana to pay for the processing and distribution of meats, when such meats shall be used by a nonprofit entity or charitable organization in food or meal distribution at no cost to an individual pursuant to R.S. 56:644.

F. The secretary shall establish rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

Acts 2014, No. 29, §1; Acts 2018, No. 612, §15, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 362, §§6, 7, eff. June 11, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.

NOTE: See Acts 2018, No. 612 and Acts 2019, No. 404 providing for the effects of the conversion of certain dedicated funds to special statutorily dedicated fund accounts.