67-3-1101 - Alternative fuels Part definitions.

67-3-1101. Alternative fuels Part definitions.

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

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

     (2)  “Dealer” means a 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. “Dealer” also means a person who delivers liquified gas into a dispenser capable of fueling motor vehicles;

     (3)  “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;

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

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

     (6)  “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

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

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