§463.118.  Special prestige license plates; Progressive Baptist Church

A.  The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige license plate, to be known as the Progressive Baptist Church plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such plate.  The license plate shall be restricted to passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles.  The secretary shall design the plate, and it shall include the words "Progressive Baptist Church".

B.  The prestige plate shall be issued, upon application, to any member of the Progressive Baptist Church.

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 annually disbursed to the Dr. Murphy W. McCaleb Educational Fund for youth, mentoring, training, volunteer, and after school tutorial programs.

E.  The department shall establish rules and regulations as are necessary to implement this Section.

Acts 2003, No. 259, §1.