A.  The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the sale and chattel mortgaging of and the granting of a security interest on vehicles of the sort and kind required to be registered and licensed under the provisions of Chapter 4 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and prior to the time Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws (La. Rev. Stat. 10:9-101, et seq.) becomes effective,¹ to the chattel mortgaging of vehicles by dealers to secure floor plan loans, except that there is specifically excluded from the provisions of this Chapter the sale, but not the chattel mortgaging of or the granting of a security interest on a new vehicle prior to the first sale of such new vehicle to a user, as defined herein.  Such exclusion, however, does not exempt from the provisions of this Chapter such first sale made to a user as defined herein.  Floor plan loans entered into after Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial Laws becomes effective may be secured as provided therein.

B.  Repealed by Acts 2001, No. 128, §18, eff. July 1, 2001.

C.  The Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall promulgate rules and regulations to govern this Chapter pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 49:950 et seq.

Acts 1950, No. 342, §7.  Amended by Acts 1952, No. 140, §1; Acts 1972, No. 771, §2; Acts 1989, No. 137, §11, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1990, No. 964, §1; Acts 2001, No. 128, §18, eff. July 1, 2001.

¹January 1, 1990.