§ 82.08.960. Sales of machinery, equipment, vehicles, and services related to wood biomass fuel blend
(1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to sales of machinery and equipment, or to services rendered in respect to constructing structures, installing, constructing, repairing, cleaning, decorating, altering, or improving of structures or machinery and equipment, or to sales of tangible personal property that becomes an ingredient or component of structures or machinery and equipment, if the machinery, equipment, or structure is used directly for the retail sale of a wood biomass fuel blend. Structures and machinery and equipment that are used for the retail sale of a wood biomass fuel blend and for other purposes are exempt only on the portion used directly for the retail sale of a wood biomass fuel blend.
(2) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to sales of fuel delivery vehicles or to sales of or charges made for labor and services rendered in respect to installing, repairing, cleaning, altering, or improving the vehicles including repair parts and replacement parts if at least seventy-five percent of the fuel distributed by the vehicles is a wood biomass fuel blend.
(3) A person taking the exemption under this section must keep records necessary for the department to verify eligibility under this section. The exemption is available only when the buyer provides the seller with an exemption certificate in a form and manner prescribed by the department. The seller shall retain a copy of the certificate for the seller's files.
(4) For the purposes of this section, the definitions in *RCW 82.69.010 [2003 c 339 § 1] and this subsection apply.
(a) "Wood biomass fuel blend" means fuel that contains at least twenty percent wood biomass fuel by volume.
(b) "Machinery and equipment" means industrial fixtures, devices, and support facilities and tangible personal property that becomes an ingredient or component thereof, including repair parts and replacement parts that are integral and necessary for the delivery of a wood biomass fuel blend into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle.
(5) This section expires July 1, 2009.
[2003 c 339 § 13.]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: RCW 82.69.010 failed to become law. See 2003 c 339 § 17.
Effective dates -- 2003 c 339: See note following RCW 84.36.640.
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