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Code · Louisiana · Title 47 — Revenue and Taxation

RS 47:490.27

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RS 47:490.27
§490.27. Military honor license plates; "Distinguished Service Cross Recipient"
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a military honor license plate to be known as the "Distinguished Service Cross Recipient" plate.
B. Upon application of a Distinguished Service Cross recipient, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections 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 "Distinguished Service Cross Recipient" plate shall bear a likeness of the award centered on the left side of the license plate and the words "Distinguished Service Cross Recipient" centered on the bottom of the plate under the license plate number.
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 license 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 license plate was issued. A surviving spouse of a person to whom a license plate was issued pursuant to this Section may retain a license plate issued pursuant to this Section provided the surviving spouse has not remarried and provided the surviving spouse applies to the secretary for a transfer of the license plate to the surviving spouse. 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.
Acts 2014, No. 409, §1.
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