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Tenn. Code Ann. § 67-3-1101

Alternative fuels — Part definitions

Known as the Petroleum Products and Alternative Fuels Tax Law

The act spans §§ 67-3-1001 to 67-3-912 (164 sections).

Acts 1997, ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-3-2201; Acts 2012, ch. 822, § 1.

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Commercial purposes” means use in a trade or business;

(2) “Dealer” means an entity or person who: Is the operator of a retail station or other retail outlet and who delivers liquified gas into the fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles;

(3) Delivers liquified gas into a dispenser capable of fueling motor vehicles; or

(4) Dispenses compressed natural gas to the public;

(5) “Liquified gas” means all combustible gases that exist in the gaseous state at sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60°F) and at a pressure of fourteen and seven-tenths pounds per square inch (14.7 p.s.i.) absolute, but does not include gasoline or diesel fuel or compressed natural gas;

(6) “Motor vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle licensed for highway use;

(7) “Passenger car” means a motor vehicle designed for carrying ten (10) or fewer passengers and used for the transportation of persons;

(8) “Taxable sales or deliveries” means the delivery in Tennessee of liquified gas or compressed natural gas into the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle that does not have affixed a current user permit; and

(9) “User” means a person who operates a motor vehicle in this state that is propelled by liquified gas or compressed natural gas.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.