§463.121. Special prestige license plates; Beacon Light Baptist Church

A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish a special prestige license plate, to be known as the Beacon Light Baptist Church plate, subject to the provisions of this Section. The license plate shall be restricted to passenger cars, pickup trucks, vans, and recreational vehicles. The secretary shall design the plate, and it shall include the words "Beacon Light Baptist Church".

B. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any member of the Beacon Light Baptist Church.

C. An annual fee of twenty-five dollars shall be collected from the applicant and forwarded to the Beacon Light Baptist Church 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 annual fees by the Beacon Light Baptist Church shall be dedicated to the Light Foundation and be used solely for educational programs. The organization shall be responsible for establishing and disbursing the funds for educational programs.

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

(1) All necessary contracts regarding use of the organization's logo have been executed.

(2) The secretary has received a minimum of five hundred 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 annual fees, verification that an applicant is a member of the organization, the transfer and disposition of such license plate, the colors available, and the design criteria.

Acts 2003, No. 385, §1; Acts 2008, No. 700, §1.