§492.  Amateur radio station plates for owners and operators

A.  The provisions of this Section shall be applicable to amateur radio station owners or operators.

B.  Upon application of an amateur radio station owner or operator, the secretary shall issue an amateur radio station plate, to be used in lieu of the regular motor vehicle registration license plates, which shall be inscribed with the official call letters of the amateur radio station owned or operated by such applicant, as assigned by the Federal Communications Commission, and the designation "Amateur Radio".  The applicant shall comply with the state laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and shall, at the time of application, present such proof of his status as an amateur radio station owner or operator as shall be acceptable to the secretary.

C.  For each plate, the department shall collect the regular motor vehicle registration license fee as provided in R.S. 47:463 and a three dollar and fifty cent fee to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.

D. The secretary shall establish such rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

E.  On the application of any person who is an amateur radio station owner or operator and who is also either a person with a mobility impairment as defined in R.S. 47:463.4(E) or a disabled veteran as defined in R.S. 47:490.4, the secretary shall issue to such applicant a special license plate in accordance with Subsection A of this Section which shall contain the appropriate symbol indicating that the applicant is also a person with a mobility impairment or a disabled veteran.

F.  The secretary shall on or before the first day of November of each year furnish to the sheriff of each parish in the state of Louisiana an alphabetically arranged list of the names, addresses, and call letters inscribed on the license plate of each person to whom a license plate is issued as provided in this Section for public information, inquiry, and use in case of emergency.

G.  Oversight  review of the secretary's  rules and regulations shall be conducted by the House and Senate Committees on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Acts 2006, No. 353, §1, eff. June 13, 2006; Acts 2010, No. 12, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §25, eff. June 23, 2014.