§715.1. Reimbursement of funds; school buses

A. Contract drivers of all privately owned school buses transporting Louisiana students shall qualify for a refund of three-fourths of the gasoline tax and special fuels tax provided for in this Chapter. The reimbursement provided by this Section shall be paid from the Parish Transportation Fund allocable to the parish from which the reimbursement is claimed. This refund shall not extend to commercial buses which transport students only incidentally as a part of the operator's regular business. This refund shall extend to all contract school buses transporting Louisiana students whether such students are in public or private schools and whether they are preschool, elementary, secondary, or postsecondary school students.

B. The secretary of the Department of Revenue shall, upon receipt of a statement and supporting documentation of gasoline tax or special fuels purchases submitted to him by a contract driver and owner qualifying under this Section, refund three-fourths of the total amount of gasoline taxes and special fuels taxes paid by each pursuant to R.S. 47:711 et seq. and R.S. 47:801 et seq. This statement shall be submitted annually at the end of each school year on forms provided by the secretary. The secretary may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

Acts 1984, No. 927, §1; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2005, No. 375, §1, eff. July 1, 2005; Acts 2007, No. 303, §1, eff. July 9, 2007.