Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:466 – Commercial passenger vehicles
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:466
- Commissioner: means the secretary of the Department of Public Safety as provided for in 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
- Semitrailer: means every single vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers and so designed in conjunction and used with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle and having itself one or more load-carrying axles. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:451
- Trailer: means every single vehicle without motive power designed for carrying property or passengers wholly on its own structure and designed to be drawn by a truck, tractor, or another motor vehicle and having two or more load carrying axles. 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. For each motor vehicle, semitrailer, or tandem semitrailer used primarily for the transportation of passengers, bus or passenger coach, and except trackless street or trolley cars and bona fide taxi cabs constructed and operated as such within the corporate limits of incorporated municipalities, an annual registration or license tax of six dollars and twenty-five cents per capacity passenger shall be collected by the commissioner, or through such agency as he might designate; provided that the minimum license or registration tax to be paid under this Section shall not be less than twenty-five dollars.
B. No registration or license tax shall apply, nor shall registration be afforded to any trailer for passenger carrying purposes, and it shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor, punishable as hereinafter provided, for any person to operate a trailer as a passenger carrying vehicle.
C. Any bus or passenger coach as described in this Section which has been converted to a noncommercial vehicle for personal use shall be eligible for military honor plates as provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 47:490.7 without payment of any additional fee.
Acts 1989, No. 723, §1; Acts 2005, No. 365, §1, eff. June 30, 2005.