Louisiana § RS 47:463.131 - Special prestige license plates; Support Our Troops
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§ RS 47:463.131. Special prestige license plates; Support Our Troops
A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige license plate to be known as the Support Our Troops plate. He shall not require any minimum number of applicants prior to establishing or issuing this plate. The license plate shall be restricted for passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The secretary shall design the plate, and it shall bear the words "Support Our Troops".
B.(1) 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.
(2) Application for the Support Our Troops prestige license plate on or after January 1, 2018, constitutes prior written consent and instruction by the applicant to the department to provide his name, address, and birth date to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Board. The secretary shall ensure that the application for the plate includes a statement granting such consent.
C. The department shall collect an annual fee of twenty-five dollars for this special prestige license plate, which shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection D of this Section. This fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle license fee provided in R.S. 47:463 and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.
D. The monies received from the additional twenty-five dollar fee shall be disbursed to the Louisiana Military Family Assistance Fund.
E. The department shall establish rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this Section.
Acts 2006, No. 303, §1; Acts 2017, No. 3, §2, eff. Jan. 1, 2018.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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