La. Revenue and Taxation § 47:463.185

Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 47:463.185 - Special prestige license plate; Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Louisiana

A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Louisiana. The plate shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Louisiana to select the color and design of the plate, provided that the plate shall comply with all requirements of R.S. 47:463(A)(3).

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 charge for this special license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, plus an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for each plate, to be collected by the department every two years upon renewal of the plate, 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. The annual royalty fee shall be paid by the department to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul of Louisiana to the appropriate Louisiana society as determined by the zip code of the purchaser's parish of origin, and each society shall use the money solely to support its charitable programs.

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

La. Revenue and Taxation § 47:463.185

Acts 2015, No. 32, §1.

Added by Acts 2015, No. 32,s. 1, eff. 8/1/2015.