§463.119.  Special prestige license plates; Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.

A.  The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige license plate, to be known as the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated plate, subject to the provisions of this Section.  The license plate shall be restricted to passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles.  The color and design of the license plate shall be selected by the executive committee of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, provided it is in compliance with the provisions of R.S. 47:463(A)(3), and shall include the sorority's logo.

B.  The license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any member of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated.  Each person who applies for the prestige license plate shall present to the office of motor vehicles a membership identification card indicating such membership.

C.  An annual royalty fee of twenty-five dollars for the use of the sorority's logo shall be collected from the applicant and forwarded to the National Educational Fund of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated for each license plate issued as provided in this Section.  The department shall also collect the standard registration license fee provided for in R.S. 47:463 and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents.  The handling fee shall be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.

D.  The monies received from the royalty fees for issuance and renewal of the license plate by the National Educational Fund of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated shall be retained in the fund and used to support the national organization's scholarship and commitment to education program.

E.  The secretary shall establish a prestige license plate in accordance with the provisions of this Section when all of the following conditions are met:

(1)  All necessary contracts regarding use of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority's logo have been executed.

(2)  The secretary has received a minimum of one thousand applications for the license plate.

F.  The secretary shall establish rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules and regulations governing the collection and disbursement of royalty fees, verification that an applicant is a member of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, the transfer and disposition of such license plates, the colors available, and the design criteria.

Acts 2003, No. 259, §1.