§463.214. Special prestige license plate; "Sickle Cell Disease Association"

            A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate to be known as the "Sickle Cell Disease Association" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such plate. The plate shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, motorcycles, and vans.

            B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., Northwest Louisiana Chapter to select the color and design of the plate, provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3). The design shall include the Sickle Cell Disease of America, Inc. official logo.

            C. The special prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen of Louisiana in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.

            D. The department shall collect an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars that shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section. This fee shall be in addition to the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, 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.

            E. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded to the Baton Rouge Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation, the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, Inc., Northwest Louisiana Chapter, the Southwest Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia, Inc., the Northeast Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Technical Resource Foundation, Inc., and the Sickle Cell Anemia Research Foundation in equal payments. The monies received from the royalty fees shall be used to assist the local sickle cell foundations with operational costs and to support programs for sickle cell clients and their families in their efforts to live productive and stable lives.

            F. The secretary shall promulgate and adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

            Acts 2022, No. 109, §1, eff. May 25, 2022.