§463.130.  Special prestige license plate; Children's Bureau

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 Children's Bureau plate when the department has received 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 license plate shall be of a color and design selected by the Children's Bureau, provided that it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3) and shall bear the Children's Bureau logo and words, "Helps Heal The Hurt".

B.  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.

C.  The department shall collect an annual fee of twenty-five dollars for each plate, which shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection D of this Section.  The fee shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration license fee provided in R.S. 47:463 and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents which shall be retained by the department to offset administrative costs.

D.  The monies received from the additional twenty-five dollar fee shall be annually disbursed to the Children's Bureau.

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

Acts 2005, No. 484, §1.