Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:463.141 – Special prestige license plate; Relay For Life
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:463.141
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, acting directly through its duly authorized officers and agents, or whatever state board, official, or body may hereafter be authorized by law to exercise the functions now devolving upon it under the law. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self propelled. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person, property, or thing is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; provided, that for the purpose of this Chapter, a bicycle or a ridden animal shall not be deemed a vehicle, and provided further that a trailer or semitrailer shall be held and deemed each to be and constitute a separate vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
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 “Relay For Life” plate. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.
B. 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.
C. The secretary shall design the plates, which shall bear the official emblem of the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division’s “Relay For Life”. The license plate shall be designed in consultation with the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division.
D. The charge for this special license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by La. Const. Art. VII, § 5 , plus an annual fee of twenty-five dollars for each plate, and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative cost.
E. The annual fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded to the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division. The money received from the annual fee shall be used solely by the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division’s mission delivery programs within the state of Louisiana.
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2010, No. 20, §1.