§463.184. Special prestige license plate; "Louisiana Licensed Professional Geoscientist"

            A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige motor vehicle license plate for the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists when the department has received a minimum of one thousand applications for the plate. The license plate shall be restricted to passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The license plate shall be of a color and design selected by the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists, provided that it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3).

            B. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any Louisiana licensed professional geoscientist in good standing in the same manner as any other motor vehicle license plate.

            C. The charge for this special license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by Article VII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, plus an annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for each plate, and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents which shall be retained by the department to offset administrative costs.

            D. The annual royalty fee shall be collected by the department and forwarded to the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists or its successor, for use of the board's logo. The monies received from the royalty fees shall be used solely for the support of the programs established and administered by the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists.

            E. Upon the signing of a contract authorizing the use of the logo of the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists, the secretary shall establish the special prestige plate in accordance with this Section. The contract shall include an agreement on the part of the Louisiana Board of Professional Geoscientists to use the royalty fees as provided for in this Section.

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

            Acts 2015, No. 32, §1.