Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:414.3

  • Commercial motor vehicle: means a motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used in commerce to transport passengers or property if the motor vehicle meets one of the following requirements:

                (a) Has a gross combination weight rating of twenty-six thousand one or more pounds inclusive of a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than ten thousand pounds. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:401

  • Motor vehicle: means and includes automobiles, trucks, truck-tractors, trailers, semitrailers, and motorcycles, propelled by steam, gasoline, electricity, or any other source of energy other than muscular power, except electric-assisted bicycles, farm implements temporarily operated or moved on a highway or vehicles operated only on rails or tracks constructed therefor. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:401
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10

A.  For purposes of this Section and La. Rev. Stat. 32:414.4 “employee” means an operator of a commercial motor vehicle, including an independent contractor while in the course of operating a commercial motor vehicle, who is employed by an employer.

B.  For purposes of this Section and La. Rev. Stat. 32:414.4, “employer” means any person, including the United States, a state, or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle, or assigns employees to operate a commercial motor vehicle.

Acts 1989, No. 293, §1, eff. June 27, 1989.