§490.33. Military honor license plate for a "Combat Veteran"

            A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a military honor license plate to be known as the "Combat Veteran" plate.

            B. Upon application of a person presenting certification from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs that the applicant is a combat veteran, the secretary 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 military honor license plate shall include the words "COMBAT VETERAN" centered on the bottom of the plate. The colors of the plate shall be red, white, and blue.

            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 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 plate was issued. The surviving spouse of the person issued a military honor license plate pursuant to this Section may retain the plate, provided the surviving spouse has not remarried and applies to the secretary for a transfer of the plate. 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 2019, No. 71, §1.