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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="9-301" title_number="9" title_name="Fuel Taxes" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Motor Fuel Tax">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Blend” means to mix together any combination of:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>alkylate;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>aromatic;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>cracked gasoline;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>natural gasoline;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>polymer gasoline; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>straight-run gasoline.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Blend” does not include adding alcohol to gasoline.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Dealer” means a person who engages in the business of a dealer.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Dealer” includes:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the State when it engages in the business of a dealer; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a political subdivision of the State when the subdivision engages in the business of a dealer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Distributor” means a person who engages in the business of a distributor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Distributor” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a licensed dealer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a licensed special fuel seller;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a licensed special fuel user;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>a licensed turbine fuel seller;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>a marina; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>a retail service station dealer.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Engage in the business of a dealer” means to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>import any gasoline into the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>blend, in the State, any gasoline on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>refine, in the State, any gasoline on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>acquire, in the State, any gasoline on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid, for:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>export; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>wholesale distribution.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Engage in the business of a dealer” does not include bringing gasoline into the State in the fuel supply tank of an aircraft, motor vehicle, or vessel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Engage in the business of a distributor” means to buy for resale motor fuel on which the motor fuel tax has been paid from a licensed dealer, licensed special fuel seller, licensed special fuel user, or licensed turbine fuel seller.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Engage in the business of a special fuel seller” means, with respect to special fuel other than turbine fuel, to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>import any special fuel into the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sell, in the State, any special fuel on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>deliver, in the State, any special fuel on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Engage in the business of a special fuel seller” does not include bringing special fuel into the State in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle or vessel.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Engage in the business of a special fuel user” means to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>buy special fuel on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>use it in a motor vehicle that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>owned or operated by the special fuel user; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>registered to operate on a public highway.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Engage in the business of a turbine fuel seller” means to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>import any turbine fuel into the State;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>sell, in the State, any turbine fuel on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>deliver, in the State, any turbine fuel on which the motor fuel tax has not been paid.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Engage in the business of a turbine fuel seller” does not include bringing turbine fuel into the State in the fuel supply tank of an aircraft.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“License” means a license issued by the Comptroller under this subtitle to engage in the business of a dealer, distributor, special fuel seller, special fuel user, or turbine fuel seller.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Licensed dealer” means a person who is licensed to engage in the business of a dealer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“Licensed distributor” means a person who is licensed to engage in the business of a distributor.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Licensed special fuel seller” means a person who is licensed to engage in the business of a special fuel seller.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Licensed special fuel user” means a person who is licensed to engage in the business of a special fuel user.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <text>“Licensed turbine fuel seller” means a person who is licensed to engage in the business of a turbine fuel seller.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="p">
    <text>“Marina” means a person who maintains a place of business where motor fuel is sold primarily to vessels.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="q">
    <text>“Refine” means to make crude oil into gasoline or special fuel by changing the physical or chemical characteristics of the crude oil.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="r">
    <text>“Retail service station dealer” means a person who operates a retail place of business where motor fuel is sold and delivered into the fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="s">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Special fuel seller” means a person who engages in the business of a special fuel seller.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Special fuel seller” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a retail service station dealer who pays the motor fuel tax on special fuel to the supplier of the special fuel; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a marina that sells special fuel only to vessels.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="t">
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Special fuel user” means a person who engages in the business of a special fuel user.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Special fuel user” does not include:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a person whose only storage for special fuel is the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a volunteer fire or nonprofit volunteer rescue company that is incorporated in the State and buys special fuel from a licensed special fuel seller to operate fire fighting vehicles or equipment; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>a person who pays the motor fuel tax on all special fuels to the supplier of the special fuels.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="u">
    <text>“Turbine fuel seller” means a person who engages in the business of a turbine fuel seller.</text>
  </level>
</section>
