Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:463.2 – Special personalized prestige license plates for passenger vehicles; advertisement of availability
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:463.2
- Commissioner: means the secretary of the Department of Public Safety as provided for in Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- 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
- Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self propelled. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- Owner: means a person who holds the legal title to a vehicle or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale, lease, or transfer of the possession, howsoever, thereof with right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with the right of immediate possession vested in such vendee, lessee, possessor, or in the event such similar transaction is had by means of mortgage and the mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or possessor or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this Chapter. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- 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 commissioner shall establish and issue special personalized prestige license plates. The commissioner shall establish and promulgate rules and regulations for the procedures for application for and issuance of such special license plates and shall fix a date each year by which applications shall be made. The commissioner shall not issue a letter combination which might carry a connotation offensive to good taste and decency. A fee of two hundred fifty dollars a year shall be paid for each plate with a single letter, which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration license fee. A fee of twenty-five dollars a year shall be paid for each plate with more than one single letter, which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration license fee. Motor vehicle dealers may handle and transmit applications for special personalized prestige license plates in the same manner that motor vehicle dealers handle and transmit applications for regular license plates.
B. Any owner of a private passenger vehicle or a commercial passenger vehicle regulated under the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 47:466 may apply for the issuance of such plates to him, to be used in lieu of the regular motor vehicle registration license plates. No two owners shall be issued identical special personalized plates. Each owner shall make a new application and pay the fee for the special plates each time he desires to have such special plates issued to him. Once the owner obtains special plates, he shall have priority on these plates for each of the following years that he makes timely and appropriate application.
C. The commissioner shall provide by rules and regulations for the transfer of the special plates in the event the licensee replaces the automobile. The commissioner shall also provide by rules and regulations for the disposition of the special plates in the event of the sale, gift or other disposition of the vehicle by the owner before the expiration of the special plates, where the owner does not wish to transfer the plates to a new automobile.
D. The first twenty per centum of the proceeds of all fees collected for special license plates, not to exceed forty thousand dollars, realized from the fees collected for such plates shall be retained by the commissioner to defray the expense of manufacture and sale of such special license plates. Subject to the provisions of La. Rev. Stat. 47:480, the second ten per centum thereof to the Department of Corrections, and the remainder of the proceeds of the fees collected for such special license plates shall be paid to the state treasurer on or before the tenth day of each month following their collection and shall be credited to the state general fund.
E.(1) The deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, public safety services, shall establish and provide for advertisement of special prestige license plates in each office of motor vehicles location within the state in accordance with this Subsection. As used in this Subsection, “department” shall mean the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles.
(2) The advertisement for special prestige license plates provided for by this Subsection shall be in the form of brochures.
(3)(a) Organizations or entities that elect to have brochures placed in each office of motor vehicles location in the state shall submit a brochure design to the department for approval. The department shall inform the organization or entity if it approves of the design or not within sixty days of submission of the proposed design.
(b) If the department approves the design of the brochure, the organization or entity shall provide the department with brochures to be placed in each office of motor vehicles location in the state.
(c) All brochures shall comply with all rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this Subsection by the department.
(4)(a) The department shall adopt rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, subject to oversight by the House and Senate committees on transportation, highways and public works, as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Subsection, which shall be effective on or before March 1, 2013.
(b) The rules shall include, but not be limited to brochure specifications and the assessment of a reasonable fee to be charged to organizations and entities that elect to have their special prestige license plate advertised in each office of motor vehicles location in the state.
(c) Monies collected pursuant to rules and regulations required by this Subsection shall be used by the department to offset costs of implementing this Section and shall be assessed every two years.
(5) Advertisement for special prestige licenses plates as provided for by this Subsection shall be placed in each office of motor vehicles location no later than May 1, 2013.
(6) The advertisements shall be updated every two years to include newly established special prestige license plates or changes to any existing special prestige plates.
Added by Acts 1973, No. 146, §1. Amended by Acts 1980, No. 282, §1; Acts 1987, No. 89, §1; Acts 1989, No. 728, §1; Acts 1991, No. 547, §1, eff. July 15, 1991; Acts 1997, No. 218, §1; Acts 2003, No. 291, §1; Acts 2012, No. 284, §1.