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A. End users who purchase tax-paid gasoline or diesel fuel have the right to apply for a refund of applicable fuel taxes in the following circumstances:
(1)Contract drivers of all privately owned school buses transporting Louisiana students may qualify for a refund of three-fourths of the gasoline or diesel fuel tax provided for in this Subpart. This refund shall extend to all contract school buses transporting Louisiana students in public and nonpublic schools regardless of whether such students are preschool, elementary, secondary, or postsecondary students; however, this refund shall not extend to commercial buses that transport students only incidentally as a part of the operator's regular business. Claims for refund shall be submitted annually by the first day of August on forms prov
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A. End users who purchase tax-paid gasoline or diesel fuel have the right to apply for a refund of applicable fuel taxes in the following circumstances:
(1) Contract drivers of all privately owned school buses transporting Louisiana students may qualify for a refund of three-fourths of the gasoline or diesel fuel tax provided for in this Subpart. This refund shall extend to all contract school buses transporting Louisiana students in public and nonpublic schools regardless of whether such students are preschool, elementary, secondary, or postsecondary students; however, this refund shall not extend to commercial buses that transport students only incidentally as a part of the operator's regular business. Claims for refund shall be submitted annually by the first day of August on forms provided by the secretary and shall list the taxes paid during the academic school year ending no later than June 30 of the year in which the claim is being filed. The reimbursement provided for in this Paragraph shall be paid from the Parish Transportation Fund allocable to the parish from which the reimbursement is claimed.
(2) Gasoline used for operating or propelling aircraft; for operating or propelling any commercial fishing boat or any vehicle used by a licensed fisherman in the administration of business associated with commercial fishing; any boat used to transport children to or from school; any farm tractor or any farm machinery, including any stationary motor, used in the actual tilling of the soil and production of crops when the requirements of R.S. 47:1681 et seq. have been met.
(3) Any gasoline blend stock not used by any person to produce gasoline when such person establishes that the ultimate use of such gasoline blend stock is not to produce gasoline; however, prior to purchasing the gasoline blend stock, the user must:
(a) Make an application on forms prescribed by the secretary, stating the purposes for which such blend stock will be used.
(b) Receive approval from the secretary.
(c) Comply with the requirements established by the secretary for filing a claim for refund of the fuel taxes paid.
(4) Undyed diesel fuel used for nontaxable purposes when dyed diesel fuel is not available; however, prior to purchasing the undyed diesel fuel, the user must:
(a) Make an application on forms prescribed by the secretary, stating the purposes for which such fuel will be used.
(b) Receive approval from the secretary.
(c) Furnish a copy of the secretary's approval to his vendor prior to purchasing the fuel.
(d) Comply with the requirements established by the secretary for filing a claim for refund of the fuel taxes paid.
(5) Undyed diesel fuel used in any vehicle utilized by a licensed commercial fisherman in the administration of business associated with commercial fishing when the requirements of the secretary for making a claim have been met.
B. The secretary shall prescribe the time and the manner in which a claim for refund of taxes may be made.