(a) The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
(1) AVIATION GASOLINE. Motor fuel designed for use in the operation of aircraft other than jet aircraft, and sold or used for that purpose.
(2) BIODIESEL FUEL. Any motor fuel or mixture of motor fuels that is derived, in whole or in part, from agricultural products or animal fats, or the wastes of such products or fats, and is advertised as, offered for sale as, suitable for use as, or used as motor fuel in a diesel engine.
(3) BLENDED FUEL. A mixture composed of gasoline or diesel fuel and any other liquid that can be used as a motor fuel in a highway vehicle.
(4) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Agriculture and Industries.
(5) BRAND. The trade name or other designation under which a particular petroleum product is sold, offered for sale, or otherwise identified.
(6) BULK TRANSFER. Any transfer of motor fuel from one location to another by pipeline tender or marine delivery within a bulk transfer/terminal system, including, but not limited to, the following:
a. The movement of motor fuel from a refinery or terminal to a terminal by marine vessel or barge.
b. The movement of motor fuel from a refinery or terminal to a terminal by pipeline.
c. The book or in-tank transfer of motor fuel within a terminal between licensed suppliers prior to the completion of removal across the rack.
d. A two-party exchange between licensed suppliers or between licensed suppliers and permissive suppliers.
(7) BULK TRANSFER/TERMINAL SYSTEM. The motor fuel distribution system consisting of refineries, pipelines, marine vessels, and terminals.
(8) BULK USER. A person who receives into his or her own storage facilities, in transport truck lots, taxable motor fuel for his or her own consumption.
(9) COMMISSIONER. The Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries.
(10) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries.
(11) DIESEL FUEL. Any liquid that is advertised, offered for sale, or sold for use as or used as a motor fuel in a diesel-powered engine. Diesel fuel includes #1 and #2 fuel oils, kerosene, special fuels, and blended fuels which contain diesel fuel, but shall not include gasoline or aviation fuel.
(12) DYED DIESEL FUEL. Diesel fuel that meets the dyeing and marking requirements of Section 4082, Title 26 of the United States Code.
(13) DYED KEROSENE. Kerosene that meets the dyeing and marking requirements of Section 4082, Title 26 of the United States Code.
(14) GASOHOL. A blended motor fuel composed of gasoline and motor fuel grade alcohol.
(15) GASOLINE. Any product commonly or commercially known as gasoline, regardless of classification, that is advertised, offered for sale, or sold for use as or used as motor fuel in an internal combustion engine, including gasohol and blended fuel which contains gasoline. Gasoline also includes gasoline blendstocks as defined under Section 4081, Title 26 of the United States Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder. Gasoline does not include special fuel or aviation gasoline sold to a licensed aviation fuel purchaser for use in an aircraft motor.
(16) IMPORT. To bring petroleum products into this state for sale, use, or storage by any means of conveyance other than in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle. Petroleum products delivered into this state from out-of-state by or for the seller constitutes an import by the seller. Petroleum products delivered into this state from out-of-state by or for the purchaser constitutes an import by the purchaser.
(17) IMPORTER. A person who imports petroleum products into this state.
(18) INSPECTION FEE PERMIT HOLDER. A person to whom the Department of Revenue has issued an inspection fee permit.
(19) K-1 KEROSENE. A petroleum product having an A.P.I. gravity of not less than 40 degrees, at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a minimum flash point of 100 degrees Fahrenheit, and which meets American Society for Testing Materials Standard D-3699 as in effect on January 1, 1999.
(20) KEROSENE. All grades of kerosene, including, but not limited to, the two grades of kerosene, No. 1-K and No. 2-K, commonly known as K-1 kerosene and K-2 kerosene, respectively, described in the American Society for Testing Materials Standard D-3699, in effect on January 1, 1999, and kerosene-type jet fuel described in the American Society for Testing Materials Standard D-1655 and military specifications MIL-t-5624r and MIL-t-83133d (grades jp-5 and jp8) and any grade described as kerosene or kerosene-type jet fuel by the Internal Revenue Code and administrative guidance promulgated thereunder.
(21) LUBRICATING OIL. Those products of petroleum that are commonly used in lubricating or oiling engines and any devices or substitutes for such products of petroleum.
(22) NET GALLONS. The amount of dyed diesel fuel and dyed kerosene measured in gallons when adjusted to a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of fourteen and seven-tenths pounds pressure per square inch.
(23) PERMISSIVE SUPPLIER. An out-of-state supplier that elects, but is not required, to have a supplier's license as required in Section 40-17-332.
(24) PERSON. Any natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, receiver, trust, estate, or other entity as well as any other group or combination thereof acting as a unit.
(25) PERSON FIRST SELLING. Any person, as herein defined, who first sells dyed diesel fuel, dyed kerosene, and/or lubricating oil in Alabama on which an inspection fee is imposed by this article. The first seller of dyed diesel fuel, dyed kerosene, and/or lubricating oil must obtain an inspection fee permit by making application to the Department of Revenue.
(26) PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. Gasoline, diesel fuel, and lubricating oil.
(27) RETAILER. A person other than a wholesale distributor that engages in the business of selling or distributing taxable motor fuel to the end user within this state.
(28) REVENUE COMMISSIONER. The Commissioner of the Alabama Department of Revenue.
(29) SPECIAL FUEL. Any gas or liquid, other than gasoline, used or suitable for use as motor fuel in an internal combustion engine or motor to propel any form of vehicle, machine, or mechanical contrivance, and includes products commonly known as natural or casing-head gasoline, biodiesel fuel, and transmix. Special fuel does not include any petroleum product or chemical compound such as alcohol, industrial solvent, or lubricant, unless blended in or sold for use as motor fuel in an internal combustion engine.
(30) STATE. The State of Alabama.
(31) SUPPLIER. A person who is subject to the general taxing jurisdiction of this state and registered under Section 4101 of the Internal Revenue Code for transactions in motor fuel in the bulk transfer/terminal distribution system and who owns motor fuel in the bulk transfer/terminal system, or a person who receives motor fuel in this state pursuant to a two-party exchange. A terminal operator shall not be considered a supplier based solely on the fact that the terminal operator handles motor fuel consigned to it within a terminal.
(32) UNDYED DIESEL FUEL. Diesel fuel that has not been dyed in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service fuel dyeing provisions.
(b) The definitions set forth in this section shall be deemed applicable whether the words defined are herein used in the singular or plural.
(c) Any pronoun or pronouns used herein shall be deemed to include both singular and plural and to cover all genders.
Last modified: May 3, 2021