H. B. 2210
(By Delegate Ron Thompson)
[Introduced February 11, 2005; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §11-14C-9 of the code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to exempting propane gas, used by
any church, religious sect, society or denomination as
consumption use, from the excise tax on gasoline or special
fuel.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §11-14C-9
of the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14C. MOTOR FUEL EXCISE TAX.
§11-14C-9. Exemptions from tax; claiming refunds of tax.
(a) Per se exemptions for flat rate. -- Sales of motor fuel to
the following, or as otherwise stated in this subsection, are
exempt per se from the flat rate of the tax levied by section five
of this article and the flat rate shall not be paid at the rack:
(1) All motor fuel exported from this State to any other state or nation: Provided, That the supplier collects and remits to the
destination state or nation the appropriate amount of tax due on
the motor fuel transported to that state or nation: Provided,
however, That this exemption shall not apply to any motor fuel
which is transported and delivered outside this State in the motor
fuel supply tank of a highway vehicle;
(2) Sales of aviation fuel;
(3) All sales of dyed special fuel; and
(4) Sales of propane.
(b) Per se exemptions for variable component. -- Sales of
motor fuel to the following are exempt per se from the variable
component of the tax levied by section five of this article and the
variable component shall not be paid at the rack:
All motor fuel exported from this State to any other state or
nation: Provided, That the supplier collects and remits to the
destination state or nation the appropriate amount of tax due on
the motor fuel transported to that state or nation: Provided,
however, That this exemption shall not apply to any motor fuel
which is transported and delivered outside this State in the motor
fuel supply tank of a highway vehicle.
(c) Refundable exemptions for flat rate. -- Any person having
a right or claim to any of the following exemptions to the flat
rate of the tax levied by section five of this article that is set
forth in this subsection shall first pay the tax levied by this article and then apply to the Tax Commissioner for a refund:
(1) The United States or any agency thereof;
(2) Any county government or unit or agency thereof;
(3) Any municipal government or any agency thereof;
(4) Any county boards of education;
(5) Any urban mass transportation authority created pursuant
to the provisions of article twenty-seven, chapter eight of this
code;
(6) Any municipal, county, state or federal civil defense or
emergency service program pursuant to a government contract for use
in conjunction therewith, or to any person on whom is imposed a
requirement to maintain an inventory of motor fuel for the purpose
of the program: Provided, That motor fueling facilities used for
these purposes are not capable of fueling motor vehicles and the
person in charge of the program has in his or her possession a
letter of authority from the Tax Commissioner certifying his or her
right to the exemption: Provided, however, That in order for this
exemption to apply, motor fuel sold under this subdivision and
subdivisions (1) through (5), inclusive, of this subsection shall
be used in vehicles or equipment owned and operated by the
respective government entity or government agency or authority;
(7) All invoiced gallons of motor fuel purchased by a licensed
exporter and subsequently exported from this State to any other
state or nation: Provided, That the exporter has paid the applicable motor fuel tax to the destination state or nation prior
to claiming this refund or the exporter has reported to the
destination state or nation that the motor fuel was sold in a
transaction not subject to tax in that state or nation: Provided,
however, That a refund shall not be granted on any motor fuel which
is transported and delivered outside this State in the motor fuel
supply tank of a highway vehicle;
(8) All gallons of motor fuel used and consumed in stationary
off-highway turbine engines;
(9) All gallons of special fuel used for heating any public or
private dwelling, building or other premises;
(10) All gallons of special fuel used for boilers;
(11) All gallons of motor fuel used as a dry cleaning solvent
or commercial or industrial solvent;
(12) All gallons of motor fuel used as lubricants, ingredients
or components of any manufactured product or compound;
(13) All gallons of motor fuel sold for use or used as a motor
fuel for commercial watercraft;
(14) All gallons of special fuel sold for use or consumed in
railroad diesel locomotives;
(15) All gallons of motor fuel purchased in quantities of
twenty-five gallons or more for use as a motor fuel for internal
combustion engines not operated upon highways of this State;
(16) All gallons of motor fuel purchased in quantities of twenty-five gallons or more and used to power a power take-off unit
on a motor vehicle. When a motor vehicle with auxiliary equipment
uses motor fuel and there is no auxiliary motor for the equipment
or separate tank for a motor, the person claiming the refund may
present to the Tax Commissioner a statement of his or her claim and
is allowed a refund for motor fuel used in operating a power
take-off unit on a cement mixer truck or garbage truck equal to
twenty-five percent of the tax levied by this article paid on all
motor fuel used in such a truck;
(17) Motor fuel used by any person regularly operating any
vehicle under a certificate of public convenience and necessity or
under a contract carrier permit for transportation of persons when
purchased in an amount of twenty-five gallons or more: Provided,
That the amount refunded is equal to six cents per gallon:
Provided, however, That the gallons of motor fuel shall have been
consumed in the operation of urban and suburban bus lines and the
majority of passengers use the bus for traveling a distance not
exceeding forty miles, measured one way, on the same day between
their places of abode and their places of work, shopping areas or
schools; and
(18) All gallons of motor fuel that are not otherwise exempt
under subdivisions (1) through (6), inclusive, of this subsection
and that are purchased and used by any bona fide volunteer fire
department, nonprofit ambulance service or emergency rescue service that has been certified by the municipality or county wherein the
bona fide volunteer fire department, nonprofit ambulance service or
emergency rescue service is located.
(19) All gallons of gasoline and propane gas for any church,
religious sect, society or denomination or for the use or benefit
of any church, religious sect, society or denomination as
consumption use.
(d) Refundable exemptions for variable rate. -- Any of the
following persons may claim an exemption to the variable rate of
the tax levied by section five of this article on the purchase and
use of motor fuel by first paying the tax levied by this article
and then applying to the Tax Commissioner for a refund.
(1) The United States or any agency thereof;
(2) This State and its institutions;
(3) Any county government or unit or agency thereof;
(4) Any municipal government or any agency thereof;
(5) Any county boards of education;
(6) Any urban mass transportation authority created pursuant
to the provisions of article twenty-seven, chapter eight of this
code;
(7) Any municipal, county, state or federal civil defense or
emergency service program pursuant to a government contract for use
in conjunction therewith, or to any person on whom is imposed a
requirement to maintain an inventory of motor fuel for the purpose of the program: Provided, That fueling facilities used for these
purposes are not capable of fueling motor vehicles and the person
in charge of the program has in his or her possession a letter of
authority from the Tax Commissioner certifying his or her right to
the exemption;
(8) Any bona fide volunteer fire department, nonprofit
ambulance service or emergency rescue service that has been
certified by the municipality or county wherein the bona fide
volunteer fire department, nonprofit ambulance service or emergency
rescue service is located; or
(9) All invoiced gallons of motor fuel purchased by a licensed
exporter and subsequently exported from this State to any other
state or nation: Provided, That the exporter has paid the
applicable motor fuel tax to the destination state or nation prior
to claiming this refund: Provided, however, That a refund shall
not be granted on any motor fuel which is transported and delivered
outside this State in the motor fuel supply tank of a highway
vehicle.
(e) The provision in subdivision (9), subsection (a), section
nine, article fifteen of this chapter that exempts as a sale for
resale those sales of gasoline and special fuel by a distributor or
importer to another distributor shall not apply to sales of motor
fuel under this article.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt sales of propane
gas for any church, religious sect, society or denomination
consumption use from the imposition of the Motor Fuels Excise Tax.
Strike-throughs indicate language which would be stricken;
underscoring indicates language which would be added.