Louisiana HB 854: MTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES: Creates certain specialty license plates (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Bill Text

ENROLLED
ACT No. 87
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 854
BY REPRESENTATIVE WALTERS
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 47:463.73(A) and (G) and to enact R.S. 47:463.243 through
3 463.247, relative to motor vehicle special prestige license plates; to establish the
4 "Alzheimer's Awareness" specialty license plate; to establish the "Lupus
5 Awareness" specialty plate; to establish the "Krewe of Sobek", the "Mystic Krewe
6 of Imani", and the "Krewe of Harambee" specialty plates; to provide for the creation,
7 issuance, design, implementation, fees, distribution, and rule promulgation
8 applicable to such license plates; to establish the "Huntington High School",
9 "Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School", "Lincoln Preparatory School", and the "Green
10 Oaks Performing Arts Academy" specialty plates; to provide for the creation and
11 application of existing issuance, design, implementation, fee, distribution, and rule
12 promulgation applicable to Louisiana parochial, public, and private high school
13 license plates; and to provide for related matters.
14 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
15 Section 1. R.S. 47:463.73(A) and (G) are hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.
16 47:463.243 through 463.247 are hereby enacted to read as follows:
17 §463.73. Special prestige license plates; Louisiana parochial, public, and private
18 high schools
19 A.(1) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall
20 establish a special prestige license plate for the Louisiana parochial, public, and
21 private high schools which have a minimum of one hundred applicants for such
22 plate. The license plate shall be restricted to passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and
23 recreational vehicles. The license plate shall be of a color and design selected by the
24 respective high school student council subject to the approval of the respective high
25 school principal, provided that it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3).
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1 (2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
2 vehicles, shall create this special prestige license plate when the applicable statutory
3 provisions are met and the department's electronic vehicle and registration system
4 is updated to accommodate the creation of the new plates.
5 * * *
6 G. The secretary shall establish special prestige license plates for Archbishop
7 Hannan High School, Jesuit High School, Mount Carmel Academy, the Academy of
8 the Sacred Heart, Saint Katharine Drexel Preparatory School, Acadiana High School,
9 Baker High School, East Feliciana High School, Glen Oaks High School, Neville
10 High School, Carroll High School, Brusly High School, Port Allen High School,
11 Covington High School, Scotlandville Magnet High School, St. Michael the
12 Archangel High School, St. Mary's Dominican High School, St. Edmund Catholic
13 School, St. Paul's School, St. Scholastica Academy, St. Mary's Academy, Huntington
14 High School, Haynesville Jr./Sr. High School, Lincoln Preparatory School, Green
15 Oaks Performing Arts Academy, and any other parochial, public, or private
16 Louisiana high school in accordance with the provisions of this Section as it was
17 enacted.
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19 §463.243. Special prestige license plate; Alzheimer's Awareness
20 A.(1) The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall
21 establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the
22 "Alzheimer's Awareness" plate, provided that there is a minimum of one thousand
23 applicants for such plate. The plate shall be restricted to use on passenger cars,
24 pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.
25 (2) The Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor
26 vehicles, shall create this special prestige license plate when the applicable statutory
27 provisions are met and the department's electronic vehicle and registration system
28 is updated to accommodate the creation of the new plates.
29 B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the Alzheimer's Association
30 Louisiana Chapter to select the color and design of the plate, provided it is in
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1 compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3). The design shall include "Alzheimer's
2 Awareness" and the official purple Alzheimer's Awareness logo.
3 C. The special prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application to any
4 citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.
5 D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars
6 that shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee
7 shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII,
8 Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisian