Property stored in transit while moving in interstate commerce
La. R.S. 47:1951.3
in effect47:1951.3. Property stored in transit while moving in interstate commerce
For the purpose of ad valorem taxation, raw materials, goods, commodities and other articles held in this state for the purpose of being exported from this state to a point outside the continental United States, shall be regarded as severed from the mass of the property of this state from and after the time the same are placed upon the public property of a port authority or docks of any common carrier, or in a warehouse, grain elevator, dock, wharf, or other public storage facility in which same are being loaded, unloaded, or accumulated while being so exported.
All such property whether entitled to exemption or not shall be reported to the proper taxing authority on the forms required by law.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 162, §1; H.C.R. No. 88, 1993 R.S., eff. May 30, 1993; H.C.R. No. 1, 1994 R.S., eff. May 11, 1994; Acts 2019, No. 432, §1, see note.
NOTE: This Section was amended by Acts 2019, No. 432, to become effective upon adoption of the proposed amendment of Art. VII, §21(O) of the La. Const. contained in Acts 2019, No. 448. Act No. 448 was rejected by the electors at the statewide election held on Oct. 12, 2019, and did not become law.
Source: Louisiana State Legislature (legis.la.gov)URL: https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=101414Fetched: 10/20/2026