La. R.S. 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.