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2020 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 47 - Revenue and Taxation
§490.26. Military honor license plates; "U.S. Army Ranger"

Universal Citation:
LA Rev Stat § 47:490.26 (2020)
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RS 490.26 - Military honor license plates; "U.S. Army Ranger"

A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a military honor license plate to be known as the "U.S. Army Ranger" plate.

B. Upon application of a person authorized to wear a Ranger Tab pursuant to Army Regulation 600-8-22 Paragraph 8-48, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall issue a military honor license plate to be used in lieu of a regular motor vehicle registration plate. The license plate shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans. The "U.S. Army Ranger" plate shall bear a likeness of the United States Army Ranger Tab as set forth in Department of the Army Pamphlet 670-1, Paragraph 22-16, centered on the left side of the license plate and the words "U.S. Army Ranger" centered on the bottom of the plate under the license plate number. The colors of the plate shall be black and gold.

C. The fee for the license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle registration license fee provided for in R.S. 47:463.

D. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules governing the transfer of license plates from one vehicle to another and the disposition of such license plates.

E.(1) Any applicant who qualifies for the military honor license plate authorized by this Section may be issued a plate for each vehicle registered in the applicant's name.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Paragraph, each military honor license plate issued pursuant to this Section shall be returned to the secretary upon the death of the person to whom the plate was issued. A surviving spouse of a person to whom a license plate was issued pursuant to this Section may retain a license plate issued pursuant to this Section, provided the surviving spouse has not remarried and provided the surviving spouse applies to the secretary for a transfer of the license plate to the surviving spouse. A military honor license plate transferred pursuant to this Paragraph to a surviving spouse shall be returned to the secretary upon the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse.

Acts 2014, No. 51, §1.

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