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2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 786
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
PUBLIC SERVICE COMN: Increases inspection and supervision fees
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 45:1177(A)(2), relative to the Public Service Commission; to
3 increase certain quarterly fees with respect to common and contract motor carriers
4 and public utilities; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related
5 matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 45:1177(A)(2) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1177. Inspection and supervision fees; Utility and Carrier Inspection and
9 Supervision Fund
10 A.
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12 (2) The fees for the first quarter gross receipts of each calendar year shall be
13 paid on or before June thirtieth; the fees for the second quarter gross receipts shall
14 be paid on or before September thirtieth; the fees for the third quarter gross receipts
15 shall be paid on or before December thirty-first; and the fees for the fourth quarter
16 gross receipts shall be paid on or before March thirty-first of the following calendar
17 year. The application of this schedule shall be based on and calculated according to
18 the cumulative gross receipts beginning with the first quarter of each calendar year.
19 In no event shall any utility or carrier pay less than twenty dollars each quarter. The
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1 fee to be paid by each common carrier, contract carrier, and public utility shall be
2 paid quarterly as follows:
3 (a) $4.94 $5.01 per $1000 for the first $100,000 or less of such gross
4 receipts.
5 (b) $4.16 $4.23 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess of $100,000 and
6 not more than $250,000.
7 (c) $3.38 $3.45 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess of $250,000 and
8 not more than $500,000.
9 (d) $2.61 $2.68 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess of $500,000 and
10 not more than $750,000.
11 (e) $2.22 $2.29 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess of $750,000 and
12 not more than $1,000,000.
13 (f) $1.83 $1.90 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess of $1,000,000 and
14 not more than $2,000,000.
15 (g) $1.44 $1.51 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess of $2,000,000 and
16 not more than $5,000,000.
17 (h) $1.06 $1.13 per $1000 of gross receipts in excess of $5,000,000 and not
18 more than $10,000,000.
19 (i) $.90 $.97 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess of $10,000,000 and
20 not more than $25,000,000.
21 (j) $.75 $.82 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess of $25,000,000 and
22 not more than $100,000,000.
23 (k) $.63 and one-half cents $.71 per $1000 of such gross receipts in excess
24 of $100,000,000.
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26 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on July 1, 2015.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 786 Original 2015 Regular Session Leger
Abstract: Increases certain fees relative to motor carriers and public utilities in the state of
La.
Present law requires certain motor carriers and public utilities subject to the control of the
Public Service Commission (commission) to pay certain fees for the inspection, control, and
supervision of their business service and rates.
Present law requires such fees to be paid quarterly and in a certain amount per $1000 for
gross receipts of carriers derived from activities subject to the control and jurisdiction of the
commission.
Proposed law increases the fees of present law by $.07 per $1000 for gross receipts in
amounts ranging from $1000 to $100,000,000.
Proposed law increases the fee of present law by $.08 per $1000 for gross receipts in excess
of $100,000,000.
Effective July 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 45:1177(A)(2))
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