§463.69. Special prestige license plates; "Don't Litter Louisiana"

A. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall establish the "Don't Litter Louisiana" prestige license plate, which shall have a minimum of one hundred applicants for such plate, for motor vehicles, restricted to passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans, to promote litter awareness. The license plate shall be of a color and design selected by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of motor vehicles, shall bear the words "Don't Litter Louisiana", and shall be in compliance with the requirements of R.S. 47:463(A)(3).

B. The charge for this special license plate shall be the standard motor vehicle registration license fee. However, no such plate shall be issued unless the application is accompanied by an annual donation of twenty-five dollars and a handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents. The donation shall be made as provided in Subsection C.

C. The department shall collect the twenty-five dollar annual donation and forward it to the state treasurer for immediate deposit into the state treasury. The state treasurer shall disburse an amount equal to those revenues to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office of state police, to be used solely for an antilitter campaign. The department shall retain the handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents to offset a portion of the administrative costs.

D. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to implement the provisions of this Section, including but not limited to rules governing the collection and disbursement of the donation, the transfer and disposition of such plates, the colors available, and the design criteria.

Acts 1999, No. 908, §1.