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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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 “K9s4COPS” plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such plates. The license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.
B. The secretary shall work in conjunction with the executive director of K9s4Cops to select the color and design of the plate, provided it is in compliance with R.S. 47:463(A)(3).
C. The special 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 that 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 shall be collected by the department and forwarded to K9s4COPS. The monies received from the royalty fees shall be used to place fully trained canines in law enforcement agencies and schools in the state of Louisiana.
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 47, § 463.188. Special prestige license plate; “K9s4COPS” - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/la/revised-statutes/la-rev-stat-tit-47-sect-463-188/
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