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LR 3203
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19. Tourist camp. "Tourist camp" means a place where tents or
tent houses, or camp cottages or other structures are located and
offered to the public or any segment thereof for human
habitation.

 
19-A. Tobacco. "Tobacco" means cigarettes, cigars, chewing or
pipe tobacco or any other item that contains tobacco.

 
19-B. Transportation equipment. "Transportation equipment"
means:

 
A. Locomotives and railcars that are used for the carriage
of persons or property in interstate commerce;

 
B. Trucks and truck tractors with a gross vehicle weight
rating of 10,001 pounds or more, trailers, semitrailers and
passenger buses that are:

 
(1) Registered through the International Registration
Plan; and

 
(2) Operated under authority of a carrier authorized
and certificated by the United States Department of
Transportation or another federal authority to engage
in the carriage of persons or property in interstate
commerce;

 
C. Aircraft that are operated by air carriers authorized and
certificated by the United States Department of
Transportation or another federal authority or a foreign
authority to engage in the carriage of persons or property
in interstate or foreign commerce; or

 
D. Containers designed for use on, and component parts
attached or secured to, any of the property described in
paragraphs A, B and C.

 
20. Trailer camp. "Trailer camp" means a place where space is
offered with or without service facilities to the public for
tenting or for the parking and accommodation of automobile
trailers which are used for living quarters and the rental price
shall include all service charges paid to the lessor.

 
20-A. Truck camper. "Truck camper" means a slide-in camper
designed to be mounted on a truck body to provide temporary
living quarters for recreational, camping, travel or other use.

 
21. Use. "Use" includes the exercise in this State of any
right or power over tangible personal property incident to its
ownership, including the derivation of income, whether received


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