§ 282-a. Imposition of excise tax on Diesel motor fuel. 1. There is hereby levied and imposed with respect to Diesel motor fuel an excise tax of four cents per gallon upon the sale or use of Diesel motor fuel in this state. The excise tax is imposed on the first sale or use of Diesel motor fuel to occur which is not exempt from tax under this article. Provided, however, if the tax has not been imposed prior thereto, it shall be imposed on the delivery of Diesel motor fuel to a filling station or into the fuel tank connecting with the engine of a motor vehicle for use in the operation thereof whichever event shall be first to occur. The tax shall be computed based upon the number of gallons of Diesel motor fuel sold or used or the number of gallons of Diesel fuel delivered into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, as the case may be. Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the payment of such excise tax more than once upon the same Diesel motor fuel. Nor shall the collection of such tax be made applicable to the sale or use of Diesel motor fuel under circumstances which preclude the collection of such tax by reason of the United States constitution and of laws of the United States enacted pursuant thereto. Provided, further, no Diesel motor fuel shall be included in the measure of the tax unless it shall have previously come to rest within the meaning of federal decisional law interpreting the United States constitution. All tax for the period for which a return is required to be filed shall be due on the date limited for the filing of the return for such period, regardless of whether a return is filed as required by this article or whether the return which is filed correctly shows the amount of tax due. 2. No person shall engage within this state in the enhancement of Diesel motor fuel, make a sale or use of Diesel motor fuel (other than a retail sale not in bulk or self-use of Diesel motor fuel which has been the subject of a retail sale), import or cause the importation of Diesel motor fuel into the state or produce, refine, manufacture or compound Diesel motor fuel within the state unless such person shall be registered by the department of taxation and finance as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel. Provided, the commissioner of taxation and finance shall not register as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel any person who is engaged solely in one or both of the following: (i) any person who makes or offers to make a retail sale not in bulk of such fuel or (ii) any person who purchases Diesel motor fuel in bulk in this state for the sole purpose of self-use. The commissioner may, however, register as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only a fixed base operator who makes no sales of kero-jet fuel other than retail sales not in bulk delivered directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation of such airplane and who makes no other sales of diesel motor fuel. Such registration shall apply only to the wholesale purchase of kero-jet fuel and the retail sale of such fuel not in bulk for delivery directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation thereof. Provided, further, that if the commissioner is satisfied that full registration is not necessary in order to protect tax revenues, the commissioner may limit or modify the requirement of registration as a distributor with respect to any person otherwise required to register solely because such person engages in the sale of Diesel motor fuel where such person makes sales of Diesel motor fuel to the consumer solely for the purposes described in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section provided that if the commissioner so limits or modifies such registration requirement with respect to such person, then such registration shall apply only to the importation, sale and distribution of Diesel motor fuel for the purposes described in such subparagraph (i). The commissioner of taxation and finance may also waive any otherrequirement imposed by this article on such a distributor. All the provisions of section two hundred eighty-three of this article shall apply to applicants for registration and registrants with respect to Diesel motor fuel, and, in addition, distributors with respect to Diesel motor fuel shall be subject to all other provisions of this article relating to distributors of motor fuel, including but not limited to, the keeping of records, the fixing, determination and payment of tax and filing of returns. 3. (a) The tax imposed by this section shall not apply to the sale of untaxed Diesel motor fuel to or the use of such fuel by an organization described in paragraph one or two of subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred sixteen of this chapter where such Diesel motor fuel is used by such organization for its own use or consumption. (b) The tax on the incident of sale or use imposed by subdivision one of this section shall not apply to: (i) the sale to or use by the consumer of previously untaxed Diesel motor fuel which is not enhanced Diesel motor fuel and which is used exclusively for heating purposes or for the purpose of use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production of tangible personal property, gas, electricity, refrigeration or steam, for sale, but only if all of such fuel is consumed other than on the highways of this state; provided, however, this exemption shall in no event apply to a sale of Diesel motor fuel which involves a delivery at a filling station or into a repository which is equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle; or (ii) the sale of previously untaxed Diesel motor fuel which is not enhanced Diesel motor fuel to a person registered under this article as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel other than (A) a retail sale to such person or (B) a sale to such person which involves a delivery at a filling station or into a repository which is equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle; or (iii) a sale or use of enhanced Diesel motor fuel to or by a consumer exclusively for the purposes of heating specified in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph but only if such enhanced Diesel motor fuel is delivered into a storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit burning such fuel, provided that each delivery of such fuel of over four thousand five hundred gallons shall be evidenced by a certificate signed by the purchaser stating that the product will be used exclusively for heating purposes; or (iv) a sale or use consisting of no more than four thousand five hundred gallons of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period to or by a consumer who purchases or uses such fuel for use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production for sale of tangible personal property by farming but only if all of such fuel is delivered on the farm site and is consumed other than on the highways of this state (except for the use of the highway to reach adjacent farmlands) provided, however, a farmer may purchase more than four thousand five hundred gallons of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period for such use or consumption exempt from the tax in accordance with prior clearance given by the commissioner of taxation and finance; or (v) a sale to the consumer consisting of not more than twenty gallons of water-white kerosene to be used and consumed exclusively for heating purposes; or (vi) the sale to or delivery at a filling station or other retail vendor of water-white kerosene provided such filling station or other retail vendor only sells such water-white kerosene exclusively for heating purposes in containers of no more than twenty gallons; or (vii) a sale of kero-jet fuel to an airline for use in its airplanes or a useof kero-jet fuel by an airline in its airplanes; or (viii) a sale of kero-jet fuel by a registered distributor of Diesel motor fuel to a fixed base operator registered under this article as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only where such fixed base operator is engaged solely in making or offering to make retail sales not in bulk of kero-jet fuel directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for the purpose of operating such airplane; or (ix) a retail sale not in bulk of kero-jet fuel by a fixed base operator registered under this article as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only where such fuel is delivered directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation of such airplane. (c) Limited exemptions for dyed Diesel motor fuel. (i) The tax imposed by this section shall not apply to: (A) the sale of dyed Diesel motor fuel by the importer to a purchaser under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions as follows: (1) the importer and purchaser are each registered under this article as a full Diesel motor fuel distributor; (2) such importer has imported the enhanced Diesel motor fuel, which is the subject of the sale, into the state and has dyed such fuel to comply with the provisions of 26 USC § 4082(a) and the regulations thereunder, as may be amended from time to time; (3) the purchaser is a holder of a currently valid direct payment permit issued pursuant to section two hundred eighty-three-d of this article; and (4) such purchaser is primarily engaged in the retail heating oil business and such dyed Diesel motor fuel will be sold by such purchaser in a retail sale to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil; (B) a first sale of the dyed Diesel motor fuel, which as the subject of an exempt sale described in clause (A) of this subparagraph, by the purchaser described therein to a purchaser likewise holding a currently valid direct pay permit under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions as follows: (1) the sale of such second purchaser by such first purchaser is the first and only sale of such dyed Diesel motor fuel by such first purchaser; (2) such second purchaser is primarily engaged in the retail heating oil business and such dyed Diesel motor fuel will be sold by such second purchaser in a retail sale to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil; (3) on the sale to the second purchaser, such first purchaser described in such clause (A) attaches to the invoice a copy of the invoice given by the importer on the exempt sale described in such clause (A), so as to identify the origin of the dyed Diesel fuel which is the subject of the sale to such second purchaser; and (4) such second purchaser certifies that such dyed Diesel motor fuel is to be sold by it only to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil. (ii) Prior to, or at the time of, such sale of such dyed Diesel motor fuel described in clause (A) or (B) of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the purchaser shall give a certificate to the seller setting forth the intended use of the dyed Diesel motor fuel which is sought to be qualified for exemption under this paragraph, that the purchaser has been issued a direct payment permit which is currently valid, that such permit has not been suspended or revoked and that the purchaser otherwise meets the qualifications of this paragraph. (iii) The limited exemptions allowed under this paragraph shall in no event apply to any dyed Diesel motor fuel which is delivered into a repository equipped with hose or other apparatus capable of being used to dispense fuel into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, or where the purchaser's direct payment permit has been suspended or revoked and the commissioner has made generally available the identity of those persons whose direct payment permits have been suspended or revoked. 4. The tax imposed by this section on Diesel motor fuel shall be passed through by the seller and included as part of the selling priceto each purchaser of such fuel. Provided, however, the amount of the tax imposed by this section may be excluded from the selling price of Diesel motor fuel where (i) a sale of Diesel motor fuel is made to an organization described in paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this section solely for the purpose stated therein; (ii) a sale of enhanced Diesel motor fuel is made to a consumer exclusively for the purposes of heating specified in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section but only if such enhanced Diesel motor fuel is delivered into a storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit burning such fuel, provided that each delivery of such fuel of over four thousand five hundred gallons shall be evidenced by a certificate signed by the purchaser stating that the product will be used exclusively for heating purposes; (iii) a sale is made consisting of no more than four thousand five hundred gallons (or a greater amount which has been given prior clearance by the commissioner of taxation and finance) of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period to a consumer who purchases such fuel for use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production for sale of tangible personal property by farming but only if all of such fuel is consumed other than on the highways or waterways of this state; or (iv) the sale to or delivery at a filling station or other retail vendor of water-white kerosene provided such filling station or other retail vendor only sells such water-white kerosene exclusively for heating purposes in containers of no more than twenty gallons; or (v) a sale of kero-jet fuel is made to an airline for use in its airplanes. 5. All the provisions of this article relating to the administration and collection of the taxes on motor fuel, except sections two hundred eighty-three-a and two hundred eighty-three-b of this article, shall be applicable to the tax imposed by this section with such limitation as specifically provided for in this article with respect to Diesel motor fuel and with such modification as may be necessary to adapt the language of such provisions to the tax imposed by this section. With respect to the bond or other security required by subdivision three of section two hundred eighty-three of this article, the commissioner of taxation and finance, in determining the amount of bond or other security required for the purpose of securing tax payments, shall take into account the volume of heating fuel and other Diesel motor fuel sold for exempt purposes by a distributor of Diesel motor fuel during prior periods as a factor reducing potential tax liability along with any other relevant factors in determining the amount of security required. With respect to the bond required to be filed prior to registration as a Diesel motor fuel distributor, no bond shall be required of an applicant upon a finding of the applicant's fiscal responsibility, as reflected by such factors as net worth, current assets and liabilities, and tax reporting and payment history, and the department shall not provide for a minimum bond of every applicant.
§ 282-a. Imposition of excise tax on Diesel motor fuel. 1. There is hereby levied and imposed with respect to Diesel motor fuel an excise tax of four cents per gallon upon the sale or use of Diesel motor fuel in this state. The excise tax is imposed on the first sale or use of Diesel motor fuel to occur which is not exempt from tax under this article. Provided, however, if the tax has not been imposed prior thereto, it shall be imposed on the delivery of Diesel motor fuel to a filling station or into the fuel tank connecting with the engine of a motor vehicle for use in the operation thereof whichever event shall be first to occur. The tax shall be computed based upon the number of gallons of Diesel motor fuel sold or used or the number of gallons of Diesel fuel delivered into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, as the case may be. Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the payment of such excise tax more than once upon the same Diesel motor fuel. Nor shall the collection of such tax be made applicable to the sale or use of Diesel motor fuel under circumstances which preclude the collection of such tax by reason of the United States constitution and of laws of the United States enacted pursuant thereto. Provided, further, no Diesel motor fuel shall be included in the measure of the tax unless it shall have previously come to rest within the meaning of federal decisional law interpreting the United States constitution. All tax for the period for which a return is required to be filed shall be due on the date limited for the filing of the return for such period, regardless of whether a return is filed as required by this article or whether the return which is filed correctly shows the amount of tax due. 2. No person shall engage within this state in the enhancement of Diesel motor fuel, make a sale or use of Diesel motor fuel (other than a retail sale not in bulk or self-use of Diesel motor fuel which has been the subject of a retail sale), import or cause the importation of Diesel motor fuel into the state or produce, refine, manufacture or compound Diesel motor fuel within the state unless such person shall be registered by the department of taxation and finance as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel. Provided, the commissioner of taxation and finance shall not register as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel any person who is engaged solely in one or both of the following: (i) any person who makes or offers to make a retail sale not in bulk of such fuel or (ii) any person who purchases Diesel motor fuel in bulk in this state for the sole purpose of self-use. The commissioner may, however, register as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only a fixed base operator who makes no sales of kero-jet fuel other than retail sales not in bulk delivered directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation of such airplane and who makes no other sales of diesel motor fuel. Such registration shall apply only to the wholesale purchase of kero-jet fuel and the retail sale of such fuel not in bulk for delivery directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation thereof. Provided, further, that if the commissioner is satisfied that full registration is not necessary in order to protect tax revenues, the commissioner may limit or modify the requirement of registration as a distributor with respect to any person otherwise required to register solely because such person engages in the sale of Diesel motor fuel where such person makes sales of Diesel motor fuel to the consumer solely for the purposes described in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section provided that if the commissioner so limits or modifies such registration requirement with respect to such person, then such registration shall apply only to the importation, sale and distribution of Diesel motor fuel for the purposes described in such subparagraph (i). The commissioner of taxation and finance may also waive any otherrequirement imposed by this article on such a distributor. All the provisions of section two hundred eighty-three of this article shall apply to applicants for registration and registrants with respect to Diesel motor fuel, and, in addition, distributors with respect to Diesel motor fuel shall be subject to all other provisions of this article relating to distributors of motor fuel, including but not limited to, the keeping of records, the fixing, determination and payment of tax and filing of returns. 3. (a) The tax imposed by this section shall not apply to the sale of untaxed Diesel motor fuel to or the use of such fuel by an organization described in paragraph one or two of subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred sixteen of this chapter where such Diesel motor fuel is used by such organization for its own use or consumption. (b) The tax on the incident of sale or use imposed by subdivision one of this section shall not apply to: (i) the sale to or use by the consumer of previously untaxed Diesel motor fuel which is not enhanced Diesel motor fuel and which is used exclusively for heating purposes or for the purpose of use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production of tangible personal property, gas, electricity, refrigeration or steam, for sale, but only if all of such fuel is consumed other than on the highways of this state; provided, however, this exemption shall in no event apply to a sale of Diesel motor fuel which involves a delivery at a filling station or into a repository which is equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle; or (ii) the sale of previously untaxed Diesel motor fuel which is not enhanced Diesel motor fuel to a person registered under this article as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel other than (A) a retail sale to such person or (B) a sale to such person which involves a delivery at a filling station or into a repository which is equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle; or (iii) a sale or use of enhanced Diesel motor fuel to or by a consumer exclusively for the purposes of heating specified in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph but only if such enhanced Diesel motor fuel is delivered into a storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit burning such fuel, provided that each delivery of such fuel of over four thousand five hundred gallons shall be evidenced by a certificate signed by the purchaser stating that the product will be used exclusively for heating purposes; or (iv) a sale or use consisting of no more than four thousand five hundred gallons of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period to or by a consumer who purchases or uses such fuel for use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production for sale of tangible personal property by farming but only if all of such fuel is delivered on the farm site and is consumed other than on the highways of this state (except for the use of the highway to reach adjacent farmlands) provided, however, a farmer may purchase more than four thousand five hundred gallons of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period for such use or consumption exempt from the tax in accordance with prior clearance given by the commissioner of taxation and finance; or (v) a sale to the consumer consisting of not more than twenty gallons of water-white kerosene to be used and consumed exclusively for heating purposes; or (vi) the sale to or delivery at a filling station or other retail vendor of water-white kerosene provided such filling station or other retail vendor only sells such water-white kerosene exclusively for heating purposes in containers of no more than twenty gallons; or (vii) a sale of kero-jet fuel to an airline for use in its airplanes or a useof kero-jet fuel by an airline in its airplanes; or (viii) a sale of kero-jet fuel by a registered distributor of Diesel motor fuel to a fixed base operator registered under this article as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only where such fixed base operator is engaged solely in making or offering to make retail sales not in bulk of kero-jet fuel directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for the purpose of operating such airplane; or (ix) a retail sale not in bulk of kero-jet fuel by a fixed base operator registered under this article as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only where such fuel is delivered directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation of such airplane. (c) Limited exemptions for dyed Diesel motor fuel. (i) The tax imposed by this section shall not apply to: (A) the sale of dyed Diesel motor fuel by the importer to a purchaser under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions as follows: (1) the importer and purchaser are each registered under this article as a full Diesel motor fuel distributor; (2) such importer has imported the enhanced Diesel motor fuel, which is the subject of the sale, into the state and has dyed such fuel to comply with the provisions of 26 USC § 4082(a) and the regulations thereunder, as may be amended from time to time; (3) the purchaser is a holder of a currently valid direct payment permit issued pursuant to section two hundred eighty-three-d of this article; and (4) such purchaser is primarily engaged in the retail heating oil business and such dyed Diesel motor fuel will be sold by such purchaser in a retail sale to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil; (B) a first sale of the dyed Diesel motor fuel, which as the subject of an exempt sale described in clause (A) of this subparagraph, by the purchaser described therein to a purchaser likewise holding a currently valid direct pay permit under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions as follows: (1) the sale of such second purchaser by such first purchaser is the first and only sale of such dyed Diesel motor fuel by such first purchaser; (2) such second purchaser is primarily engaged in the retail heating oil business and such dyed Diesel motor fuel will be sold by such second purchaser in a retail sale to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil; (3) on the sale to the second purchaser, such first purchaser described in such clause (A) attaches to the invoice a copy of the invoice given by the importer on the exempt sale described in such clause (A), so as to identify the origin of the dyed Diesel fuel which is the subject of the sale to such second purchaser; and (4) such second purchaser certifies that such dyed Diesel motor fuel is to be sold by it only to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil. (ii) Prior to, or at the time of, such sale of such dyed Diesel motor fuel described in clause (A) or (B) of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the purchaser shall give a certificate to the seller setting forth the intended use of the dyed Diesel motor fuel which is sought to be qualified for exemption under this paragraph, that the purchaser has been issued a direct payment permit which is currently valid, that such permit has not been suspended or revoked and that the purchaser otherwise meets the qualifications of this paragraph. (iii) The limited exemptions allowed under this paragraph shall in no event apply to any dyed Diesel motor fuel which is delivered into a repository equipped with hose or other apparatus capable of being used to dispense fuel into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, or where the purchaser's direct payment permit has been suspended or revoked and the commissioner has made generally available the identity of those persons whose direct payment permits have been suspended or revoked. 4. The tax imposed by this section on Diesel motor fuel shall be passed through by the seller and included as part of the selling priceto each purchaser of such fuel. Provided, however, the amount of the tax imposed by this section may be excluded from the selling price of Diesel motor fuel where (i) a sale of Diesel motor fuel is made to an organization described in paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this section solely for the purpose stated therein; (ii) a sale of enhanced Diesel motor fuel is made to a consumer exclusively for the purposes of heating specified in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section but only if such enhanced Diesel motor fuel is delivered into a storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit burning such fuel, provided that each delivery of such fuel of over four thousand five hundred gallons shall be evidenced by a certificate signed by the purchaser stating that the product will be used exclusively for heating purposes; (iii) a sale is made consisting of no more than four thousand five hundred gallons (or a greater amount which has been given prior clearance by the commissioner of taxation and finance) of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period to a consumer who purchases such fuel for use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production for sale of tangible personal property by farming but only if all of such fuel is consumed other than on the highways or waterways of this state; or (iv) the sale to or delivery at a filling station or other retail vendor of water-white kerosene provided such filling station or other retail vendor only sells such water-white kerosene exclusively for heating purposes in containers of no more than twenty gallons; or (v) a sale of kero-jet fuel is made to an airline for use in its airplanes. 5. All the provisions of this article relating to the administration and collection of the taxes on motor fuel, except sections two hundred eighty-three-a and two hundred eighty-three-b of this article, shall be applicable to the tax imposed by this section with such limitation as specifically provided for in this article with respect to Diesel motor fuel and with such modification as may be necessary to adapt the language of such provisions to the tax imposed by this section. With respect to the bond or other security required by subdivision three of section two hundred eighty-three of this article, the commissioner of taxation and finance, in determining the amount of bond or other security required for the purpose of securing tax payments, shall take into account the volume of heating fuel and other Diesel motor fuel sold for exempt purposes by a distributor of Diesel motor fuel during prior periods as a factor reducing potential tax liability along with any other relevant factors in determining the amount of security required. With respect to the bond required to be filed prior to registration as a Diesel motor fuel distributor, no bond shall be required of an applicant upon a finding of the applicant's fiscal responsibility, as reflected by such factors as net worth, current assets and liabilities, and tax reporting and payment history, and the department shall not provide for a minimum bond of every applicant.
§ 282-a. Imposition of excise tax on Diesel motor fuel. 1. There is hereby levied and imposed with respect to Diesel motor fuel an excise tax of four cents per gallon upon the sale or use of Diesel motor fuel in this state. The excise tax is imposed on the first sale or use of Diesel motor fuel to occur which is not exempt from tax under this article. Provided, however, if the tax has not been imposed prior thereto, it shall be imposed on the delivery of Diesel motor fuel to a filling station or into the fuel tank connecting with the engine of a motor vehicle for use in the operation thereof whichever event shall be first to occur. The tax shall be computed based upon the number of gallons of Diesel motor fuel sold or used or the number of gallons of Diesel fuel delivered into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, as the case may be. Nothing in this article shall be construed to require the payment of such excise tax more than once upon the same Diesel motor fuel. Nor shall the collection of such tax be made applicable to the sale or use of Diesel motor fuel under circumstances which preclude the collection of such tax by reason of the United States constitution and of laws of the United States enacted pursuant thereto. Provided, further, no Diesel motor fuel shall be included in the measure of the tax unless it shall have previously come to rest within the meaning of federal decisional law interpreting the United States constitution. All tax for the period for which a return is required to be filed shall be due on the date limited for the filing of the return for such period, regardless of whether a return is filed as required by this article or whether the return which is filed correctly shows the amount of tax due. 2. No person shall engage within this state in the enhancement of Diesel motor fuel, make a sale or use of Diesel motor fuel (other than a retail sale not in bulk or self-use of Diesel motor fuel which has been the subject of a retail sale), import or cause the importation of Diesel motor fuel into the state or produce, refine, manufacture or compound Diesel motor fuel within the state unless such person shall be registered by the department of taxation and finance as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel. Provided, the commissioner of taxation and finance shall not register as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel any person who is engaged solely in one or both of the following: (i) any person who makes or offers to make a retail sale not in bulk of such fuel or (ii) any person who purchases Diesel motor fuel in bulk in this state for the sole purpose of self-use. The commissioner may, however, register as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only a fixed base operator who makes no sales of kero-jet fuel other than retail sales not in bulk delivered directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation of such airplane and who makes no other sales of diesel motor fuel. Such registration shall apply only to the wholesale purchase of kero-jet fuel and the retail sale of such fuel not in bulk for delivery directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation thereof. Provided, further, that if the commissioner is satisfied that full registration is not necessary in order to protect tax revenues, the commissioner may limit or modify the requirement of registration as a distributor with respect to any person otherwise required to register solely because such person engages in the sale of Diesel motor fuel where such person makes sales of Diesel motor fuel to the consumer solely for the purposes described in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section provided that if the commissioner so limits or modifies such registration requirement with respect to such person, then such registration shall apply only to the importation, sale and distribution of Diesel motor fuel for the purposes described in such subparagraph (i). The commissioner of taxation and finance may also waive any otherrequirement imposed by this article on such a distributor. All the provisions of section two hundred eighty-three of this article shall apply to applicants for registration and registrants with respect to Diesel motor fuel, and, in addition, distributors with respect to Diesel motor fuel shall be subject to all other provisions of this article relating to distributors of motor fuel, including but not limited to, the keeping of records, the fixing, determination and payment of tax and filing of returns. 3. (a) The tax imposed by this section shall not apply to the sale of untaxed Diesel motor fuel to or the use of such fuel by an organization described in paragraph one or two of subdivision (a) of section eleven hundred sixteen of this chapter where such Diesel motor fuel is used by such organization for its own use or consumption. (b) The tax on the incident of sale or use imposed by subdivision one of this section shall not apply to: (i) the sale to or use by the consumer of previously untaxed Diesel motor fuel which is not enhanced Diesel motor fuel and which is used exclusively for heating purposes or for the purpose of use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production of tangible personal property, gas, electricity, refrigeration or steam, for sale, but only if all of such fuel is consumed other than on the highways of this state; provided, however, this exemption shall in no event apply to a sale of Diesel motor fuel which involves a delivery at a filling station or into a repository which is equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle; or (ii) the sale of previously untaxed Diesel motor fuel which is not enhanced Diesel motor fuel to a person registered under this article as a distributor of Diesel motor fuel other than (A) a retail sale to such person or (B) a sale to such person which involves a delivery at a filling station or into a repository which is equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle; or (iii) a sale or use of enhanced Diesel motor fuel to or by a consumer exclusively for the purposes of heating specified in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph but only if such enhanced Diesel motor fuel is delivered into a storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit burning such fuel, provided that each delivery of such fuel of over four thousand five hundred gallons shall be evidenced by a certificate signed by the purchaser stating that the product will be used exclusively for heating purposes; or (iv) a sale or use consisting of no more than four thousand five hundred gallons of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period to or by a consumer who purchases or uses such fuel for use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production for sale of tangible personal property by farming but only if all of such fuel is delivered on the farm site and is consumed other than on the highways of this state (except for the use of the highway to reach adjacent farmlands) provided, however, a farmer may purchase more than four thousand five hundred gallons of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period for such use or consumption exempt from the tax in accordance with prior clearance given by the commissioner of taxation and finance; or (v) a sale to the consumer consisting of not more than twenty gallons of water-white kerosene to be used and consumed exclusively for heating purposes; or (vi) the sale to or delivery at a filling station or other retail vendor of water-white kerosene provided such filling station or other retail vendor only sells such water-white kerosene exclusively for heating purposes in containers of no more than twenty gallons; or (vii) a sale of kero-jet fuel to an airline for use in its airplanes or a useof kero-jet fuel by an airline in its airplanes; or (viii) a sale of kero-jet fuel by a registered distributor of Diesel motor fuel to a fixed base operator registered under this article as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only where such fixed base operator is engaged solely in making or offering to make retail sales not in bulk of kero-jet fuel directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for the purpose of operating such airplane; or (ix) a retail sale not in bulk of kero-jet fuel by a fixed base operator registered under this article as a distributor of kero-jet fuel only where such fuel is delivered directly into the fuel tank of an airplane for use in the operation of such airplane. (c) Limited exemptions for dyed Diesel motor fuel. (i) The tax imposed by this section shall not apply to: (A) the sale of dyed Diesel motor fuel by the importer to a purchaser under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions as follows: (1) the importer and purchaser are each registered under this article as a full Diesel motor fuel distributor; (2) such importer has imported the enhanced Diesel motor fuel, which is the subject of the sale, into the state and has dyed such fuel to comply with the provisions of 26 USC § 4082(a) and the regulations thereunder, as may be amended from time to time; (3) the purchaser is a holder of a currently valid direct payment permit issued pursuant to section two hundred eighty-three-d of this article; and (4) such purchaser is primarily engaged in the retail heating oil business and such dyed Diesel motor fuel will be sold by such purchaser in a retail sale to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil; (B) a first sale of the dyed Diesel motor fuel, which as the subject of an exempt sale described in clause (A) of this subparagraph, by the purchaser described therein to a purchaser likewise holding a currently valid direct pay permit under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions as follows: (1) the sale of such second purchaser by such first purchaser is the first and only sale of such dyed Diesel motor fuel by such first purchaser; (2) such second purchaser is primarily engaged in the retail heating oil business and such dyed Diesel motor fuel will be sold by such second purchaser in a retail sale to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil; (3) on the sale to the second purchaser, such first purchaser described in such clause (A) attaches to the invoice a copy of the invoice given by the importer on the exempt sale described in such clause (A), so as to identify the origin of the dyed Diesel fuel which is the subject of the sale to such second purchaser; and (4) such second purchaser certifies that such dyed Diesel motor fuel is to be sold by it only to a consumer for use solely as residential or commercial heating oil. (ii) Prior to, or at the time of, such sale of such dyed Diesel motor fuel described in clause (A) or (B) of subparagraph (i) of this paragraph, the purchaser shall give a certificate to the seller setting forth the intended use of the dyed Diesel motor fuel which is sought to be qualified for exemption under this paragraph, that the purchaser has been issued a direct payment permit which is currently valid, that such permit has not been suspended or revoked and that the purchaser otherwise meets the qualifications of this paragraph. (iii) The limited exemptions allowed under this paragraph shall in no event apply to any dyed Diesel motor fuel which is delivered into a repository equipped with hose or other apparatus capable of being used to dispense fuel into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, or where the purchaser's direct payment permit has been suspended or revoked and the commissioner has made generally available the identity of those persons whose direct payment permits have been suspended or revoked. 4. The tax imposed by this section on Diesel motor fuel shall be passed through by the seller and included as part of the selling priceto each purchaser of such fuel. Provided, however, the amount of the tax imposed by this section may be excluded from the selling price of Diesel motor fuel where (i) a sale of Diesel motor fuel is made to an organization described in paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this section solely for the purpose stated therein; (ii) a sale of enhanced Diesel motor fuel is made to a consumer exclusively for the purposes of heating specified in subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section but only if such enhanced Diesel motor fuel is delivered into a storage tank which is not equipped with a hose or other apparatus by which such fuel can be dispensed into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle and such storage tank is attached to the heating unit burning such fuel, provided that each delivery of such fuel of over four thousand five hundred gallons shall be evidenced by a certificate signed by the purchaser stating that the product will be used exclusively for heating purposes; (iii) a sale is made consisting of no more than four thousand five hundred gallons (or a greater amount which has been given prior clearance by the commissioner of taxation and finance) of Diesel motor fuel in a thirty-day period to a consumer who purchases such fuel for use or consumption directly and exclusively in the production for sale of tangible personal property by farming but only if all of such fuel is consumed other than on the highways or waterways of this state; or (iv) the sale to or delivery at a filling station or other retail vendor of water-white kerosene provided such filling station or other retail vendor only sells such water-white kerosene exclusively for heating purposes in containers of no more than twenty gallons; or (v) a sale of kero-jet fuel is made to an airline for use in its airplanes. 5. All the provisions of this article relating to the administration and collection of the taxes on motor fuel, except sections two hundred eighty-three-a and two hundred eighty-three-b of this article, shall be applicable to the tax imposed by this section with such limitation as specifically provided for in this article with respect to Diesel motor fuel and with such modification as may be necessary to adapt the language of such provisions to the tax imposed by this section. With respect to the bond or other security required by subdivision three of section two hundred eighty-three of this article, the commissioner of taxation and finance, in determining the amount of bond or other security required for the purpose of securing tax payments, shall take into account the volume of heating fuel and other Diesel motor fuel sold for exempt purposes by a distributor of Diesel motor fuel during prior periods as a factor reducing potential tax liability along with any other relevant factors in determining the amount of security required. With respect to the bond required to be filed prior to registration as a Diesel motor fuel distributor, no bond shall be required of an applicant upon a finding of the applicant's fiscal responsibility, as reflected by such factors as net worth, current assets and liabilities, and tax reporting and payment history, and the department shall not provide for a minimum bond of every applicant.
