La. R.S. 47:490.33 — Military honor license plate for a "Combat Veteran"

A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish
a military honor license plate to be known as the "Combat Veteran" plate.
B. Upon application of a person presenting certification from the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs or the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs that the
applicant is a combat veteran, the secretary 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
military honor license plate shall include the words "COMBAT VETERAN" centered on the
bottom of the plate. The colors of the plate shall be red, white, and blue.
C. The charge for the license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle license tax
imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana as provided in R.S.
47:463, 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.
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. The surviving spouse of the person issued a military honor
license plate pursuant to this Section may retain the plate, provided the surviving spouse has
not remarried and applies to the secretary for a transfer of the plate. 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.