Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:463.148 – 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 “Share the Road” plate, provided
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:463.148
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development, acting directly through its duly authorized officers and agents, or whatever state board, official, or body may hereafter be authorized by law to exercise the functions now devolving upon it under the law. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self propelled. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Person: means every natural person, individual, firm, copartnership, corporation, company, association, or joint stock association or other organization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Vehicle: means every device in, upon, or by which any person, property, or thing is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks; provided, that for the purpose of this Chapter, a bicycle or a ridden animal shall not be deemed a vehicle, and provided further that a trailer or semitrailer shall be held and deemed each to be and constitute a separate vehicle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
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 “Share the Road” plate, provided there is a minimum of one thousand applicants for such plates. These license plates shall be restricted to use on passenger cars, pickup trucks, recreational vehicles, and vans.
B. The special prestige license plate shall be known as the “Share the Road” license plate and shall bear the likeness of a person on a bicycle riding on the road and a pedestrian walking centered on the left side of the license plate. The “Louisiana” name logo shall be at the top of the plate. The center of the plate shall display a number, with the first issued plate displaying the number one and shall continue in consecutive numerical order for each plate. Centered at the bottom of the plate below the number shall be the words “Share the Road”.
C. The prestige license plate shall be issued, upon application, to any citizen of Louisiana.
D. The department shall collect the following fees for this license plate:
(1) A royalty fee of twenty-five dollars, which shall be disbursed in accordance with Subsection E of this Section.
(2) A handling fee of three dollars and fifty cents to be retained by the department to offset a portion of administrative costs.
(3) The standard motor vehicle license tax imposed by La. Const. Art. VII, § 5 .
E. The monies received from the additional twenty-five-dollar fee shall be deposited into the Louisiana Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Account, La. Rev. Stat. 32:202, for use by the Department of Transportation and Development for the sole purpose of promoting bicycle and pedestrian safety.
F. The secretary shall adopt rules and regulations as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2010, No. 840, §2; Acts 2011, No. 244, §2; Acts 2018, No. 612, §15, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2019, No. 404, §1, eff. July 1, 2020.