Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3763 – State incentives
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:3763
- Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:1
A. The Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry, conditioned upon the availability of funds, is authorized to award demonstration grants to persons who purchase advanced biofuel variable blending pumps which dispense E10, E20, E30, and E85. The demonstration grant shall be for the purpose of conducting research connected with the monitoring of the equipment used to dispense the ethanol blends to ascertain that the equipment is suitable and capable of producing an accurate measurement. The grantee shall also develop guidelines for the installation and use of advanced biofuel variable blending pumps by complying with applicable National Type Evaluation Program and National Institute of Standards and Technology requirements and ASTM standards.
B. The Louisiana commissioner of agriculture and forestry, conditioned upon the availability of funds, is authorized to award demonstration grants to persons who purchase vehicles which operate on advanced biofuels. A grant shall be for the purpose of conducting research connected with the fuel or the vehicle and not for the purchase of the vehicle itself, except that the money may be used for the purchase of the vehicle if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(1) The Department of Agriculture and Forestry retains the title to the vehicle.
(2) The vehicle is used for continuing research.
(3) If the vehicle is sold or when the research related to the vehicle is completed, the proceeds of the sale of the vehicle shall be used for additional research.
Acts 2008, No. 382, §1.