§818.120. School bus operators

A. The owner of any school bus, including school-board owned buses, used to transport Louisiana students and propelled by an internal combustion engine or motor capable of using liquefied natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, or compressed natural gas as fuel shall pay the tax levied on such fuel but shall be entitled to a credit equal to fifty percent of the taxes paid. The credit provided for in this Section shall be claimed on a return filed for the period in which a fuel purchase occurred.

B. The right to claim a credit pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall not be assignable.

C. Claims for refunds by school bus owners shall be submitted annually by the first day of August of each year on forms provided by the secretary and shall list the taxes paid during the academic school year ending no later than June thirtieth of the year for which the credit is being filed. The refund provided for in this Subsection shall be paid from the Parish Transportation Fund allocable to the parish from which the credit is claimed if the credit is from a public school district in this state and the fuel was delivered into the fuel supply tank of a school bus operated exclusively by the district.

D. The secretary may promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act specifying procedures and requirements to be fulfilled in order to file for and receive the credit.

Acts 2015, No. 147, §1, eff. July 1, 2015.