§463.75.  Special prestige license plates; "Sons of Confederate Veterans"

A.  The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige license plate for motor vehicles, restricted to passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans, which may be issued upon application, to any member of a camp of the Sons of Confederate Veterans established in the state of Louisiana, provided that there is a minimum of one hundred applicants for such plate.  This prestige license plate shall be of a color and design which is in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 47:463(A)(3).  In addition, the plate shall bear the inscription "SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS" and the logo of the Sons of Confederate Veterans.  The department shall approve any logo, symbol, or design before such plate is produced.

B.  Each applicant for the special prestige license plate, along with his application, will submit a certificate of good standing as a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans signed and notarized by the camp commander of the Louisiana camp of which the applicant is a member.

C.  The charge for the special license plate shall be twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents which shall be assessed every two years in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration license fee charged as provided by R.S. 47:463.

D.  The department shall collect the fee for the special prestige license plate and shall retain three dollars and fifty cents for handling purposes and the remainder of the twenty-eight dollar and fifty cent fee imposed by Subsection C of this Section shall be forwarded and credited to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and shall be used solely for the purpose of providing Louisiana history textbooks which are to be used in approved elementary and secondary schools of this state.

E.  The secretary shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules and regulations governing the collection and disbursement of the fees and the transfer and disposition of the license plates.  The superintendent of the Department of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to implement the provisions of this Section regarding the purchase and distribution of Louisiana history textbooks.

Acts 1999, No. 1033, §1.