§463.73. Special prestige license plates; Louisiana parochial, public, and private high schools

            A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige license plate for the Louisiana parochial, public, and private high schools which have a minimum of one hundred applicants for such plate. The license plate shall be restricted to passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The license plate shall be of a color and design selected by the respective high school student council subject to the approval of the respective high school principal, provided that it is in compliance with 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 and as provided for in this Section.

            C.(1) The charge for the plate shall be the standard motor vehicle license fee imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents which shall be retained by the department to offset the administrative costs.

            (2) A royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for the use of the institution's design by the department shall be paid for each license plate issued as provided in this Section. At the option of any Louisiana parochial, public, or private high school, this royalty fee shall be collected annually by the department.

            D. The royalty fee collected by the department for each public high school prestige license plate shall be paid to the respective school board of the school for which the plate was issued and the school board shall forward such fee to the institution. Royalty fees collected for parochial or private high school prestige license plates shall be forwarded directly to such parochial or private high school. The fees shall be used solely for school and instructional activities.

            E. The secretary shall establish rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules and regulations governing the collection and disbursement of royalty fees for these plates, the transfer and disposition of such license plates, the colors available, and the design criteria.

            F. Upon the signing of a contract authorizing the use of the logo of any parochial, public, or private high school, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish prestige plates for such high school in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The contract shall include an agreement on the part of the school to use the royalty fee as provided in Subsection D of this Section.

            G. The secretary shall establish special prestige license plates for Archbishop Hannan High School, Jesuit High School, Mount Carmel Academy, the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Saint Katharine Drexel Preparatory School, Acadiana High School, Baker High School, East Feliciana High School, Glen Oaks High School, Neville High School, Carroll High School, Brusly High School, Port Allen High School, Covington High School, Scotlandville Magnet High School, St. Michael the Archangel High School, St. Mary's Dominican High School, St. Edmund Catholic School, St. Paul's School, St. Scholastica Academy, St. Mary's Academy, and any other parochial, public, or private Louisiana high school in accordance with the provisions of this Section as it was enacted.

            Acts 1999, No. 945, §1; Acts 2007, No. 434, §1; Acts 2010, No. 22, §1, eff. July 1, 2010; Acts 2014, No. 76, §1; Acts 2014, No. 847, §1; Acts 2017, No. 118, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2018; Acts 2018, No. 70, §1; Acts 2018, No. 71, §1; Acts 2018, No. 78, §1; Acts 2018, No. 80, §1; Acts 2018, No. 81, §1; Acts 2018, No. 287, §1; Acts 2018, No. 389, §1; Acts 2019, No. 18, §1; Acts 2023, No. 167, §1; Acts 2024, No. 118, §1; Acts 2024, No. 141, §1.