§463.167. Special prestige license plates; "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana"
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 "Hunters for the Hungry
Louisiana" plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such plate.
These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational
vehicles, and vans.
B. The license plate color and design shall be selected by the board of directors of
the Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana, a nonprofit corporation qualified as tax exempt
pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided it is in compliance with
R.S. 47:463(A)(3), and shall bear the words "Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana".
C. The 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, which
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 collected by the department shall be forwarded to Hunters
for the Hungry Louisiana. The monies received from the royalty fees shall be used solely for
the support of programs administered by Hunters for the Hungry Louisiana.
F. The secretary shall establish rules and regulations as are necessary to implement
the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2014, No. 29, §1; Acts 2018, No. 612, §15, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No.
362, §§6, 7, eff. June 11, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2020, 1st Ex.
Sess., No. 10, §9, eff. July 9, 2020.