Appendix B
Current Louisiana State Government Initiatives
Pertaining To
Alternative Motor Vehicle Fuels
- 1.
Executive Order No. EWE 93 - 9, of March
29, 1993, by Governor Edwin Edwards, ordering the conversion of the state's
motor vehicle fleet to natural gas
- 2.
Act 927 of 1990 provides for the conversion
to alternative fuels of a certain percentage of state-owned vehicles, and
for the regulation of compressed natural gas
- 3.
Act 954 of 1990 provides for the conversion
to alternative fuels of a certain percentage of vehicles owned by political
subdivisions of the state
- 4.
Act No. 531 of 1990 provides for the
deregulation of direct sales of natural gas used in CNG fueled vehicles
- 5.
Act No. 1060 of 1991 provides an income
tax credit for conversion of vehicles to alternative fuels usage
- 6.
Act No. 169 of 1992 primarily provides
that the tax credit as provided for in Act No. 1060 for the purchase of qualified
clean burning motor vehicles or for certain costs incurred to convert motor
vehicles to use certain alternative fuels shall apply only to vehicles registered
in Louisiana
- 7.
Act No. 1067 of 1992 creates the Louisiana
Natural Gas Marketing Commission within DNR to promote and market natural
gas, including the development of incentives to convert motor vehicles to
natural gas
- 8.
Special Fuels Tax Law: R.S. 47:801 to 47:815,
as amended through the 1994 Regular Session, levies a tax on alternative vehicle
fuels and prescribes the method of collection
- 9.
Transportation Infrastructure Model for Economic
Development of 1989 (TIMED): R.S. 47:820.1 to 47:820.6, as amended
through the 1994 Regular Session, levies an additional tax on all motor vehicle
fuels
- 10.
Compressed Natural Gas Regulations of
DNR, Office of Conservation, Pipeline Division, January 1992
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