Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY
Part III - Motor Vehicles
Chapter 3 - License Plates and Removal of Plates, Registrations, and Title Transactions
Subchapter C - Tax Exemption for Certain Trucks and Trailers Used 80 Percent of the Time in Interstate Commerce
Section III-393 - Declaratory Orders

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code III-393

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

1. Any person desiring a ruling on the applicability of any statute, or the applicability or validity of any rule, to the regulation of the sales and use tax exemption of this Subchapter shall submit a written petition to the assistant secretary. The written petition shall cite all, constitutional provisions, statutes, ordinances, cases, and rules which are relevant to the issue presented or which the person wishes the assistant secretary to consider prior to rendering an order or ruling in connection with the petition. The petition shall be typed, printed or written legibly, and signed by the person seeking the ruling or order. The petition shall also contain the person's full printed name, the complete physical and mailing address of the person, and a daytime telephone number.

2. If the petition includes reference to a specific transaction handled by the department, or if the petition relates to the grant or denial of a sales and use tax exemption, then the person submitting the petition shall also submit proof that he has notified all of the persons involved in the transaction or issuance, revocation, cancellation, granting, or denial of the exemption by certified mail, return receipt requested. If the person is unable to notify the involved person or persons after otherwise complying with the notice requirement, he shall so state in his petition.

B. The assistant secretary may request the submission of legal memoranda to be considered in rendering any order or ruling. The assistant secretary or his designee shall base the order or ruling on the documents submitted including the petition and legal memoranda. If the assistant secretary or his designee determines that the submission of evidence is necessary for a ruling, the matter may be referred to a hearing officer prior to the rendering of the order or ruling for the taking of such evidence.

C. Notice of the order or ruling shall be sent to person submitting the petition as well as the persons receiving notice of the petition at the mailing addresses provided in connection with the petition.

D. The assistant secretary may decline to render an order or ruling if the person submitting the petition has failed to comply with any requirement in §393 of this Subchapter.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 47:305.50, R.S. 47:321, and R.S. 49:962.

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