§463.5.  Private bus; recreational vehicles

A.  For each passenger carrying vehicle with a truck or tandem truck chassis which will seat seven or more people and/or with a body which is designed, constructed, converted, or equipped as a dwelling place, living abode, or sleeping place either permanently or temporarily, with a capacity of more than seven persons, and used primarily for recreational purposes, the collector of revenue shall collect, every two years, an annual license or registration fee of twenty-five dollars per vehicle.

B.  Such vehicle also shall be eligible for prestige plates as provided for in R.S. 47:463.2, 463.18, and 463.31 upon payment of a fee of twenty-five dollars a year for each plate, which shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration license fee.

C.  The provisions of this Section shall not apply to persons with mobility impairments registering specially equipped vans or buses with devices which are necessary for raising and lowering wheelchairs.

Added by Acts 1975, No. 7, §1.  Amended by Acts 1984, No. 665, §1; Acts 1985, No. 545, §1; Acts 1988, No. 551, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, No. 723, §1; Acts 1991, No. 1015, §1; Acts 1992, No. 1107, §1, eff. July 14, 1992; Acts 1995, No. 728, §1; Acts 2002, No. 77, §1, eff. July 1, 2002; Acts 2014, No. 811, §25, eff. June 23, 2014.