PERMANENT RULES
Date of Adoption: February 13, 2004.
Purpose: To clarify eligibility for an exemption from the aircraft fuel tax for emergency medical air transport entities.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending 2 [WAC 308-78-010 and 308-78-045].
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 82.42.040.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 03-21-087 on October 16, 2003.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 2,
Repealed 0;
Pilot Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0;
or Other Alternative Rule Making:
New 0,
Amended 0,
Repealed 0.
Effective Date of Rule:
Thirty-one days after filing.
February 11, 2004
Fred Stephens
Director
OTS-6709.3
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-08-083, filed 4/4/01,
effective 5/5/01)
WAC 308-78-045
Tax exempt use and circumstances.
What
are the conditions under which a refund of aircraft fuel tax
can be claimed? Refund of the aircraft fuel tax paid may be
claimed for the following uses or circumstances:
(1) Operation of aircraft by air carriers, supplemental air carriers, and foreign flag carriers, operating under part 121 of the Federal Aviation Administration Regulations, and local service commuters.
(2) Testing and experimental purposes in the manufacture or remanufacture of aircraft and for flight operations or experimental testing following manufacture, repair prior to delivery to a customer, or experimental testing of another aircraft.
(3) Aircraft crew training in Washington state for certified air carriers.
(4) When applying pesticides, herbicides, or other agricultural chemicals under conditions defined in RCW 82.42.020.
(5) Exportation of fuel from this state for use outside this state under the same conditions as provided for the refund of motor vehicle fuel in chapter 82.36 RCW and special fuel in chapter 82.38 RCW.
(6) Use of fuel in nonhighway equipment, other than aircraft, as provided for the refund of motor vehicle fuel in chapter 82.36 RCW and special fuel in chapter 82.38 RCW.
(7) Sales to the United States or foreign government agencies by a distributor who has paid the aircraft fuel tax. The distributor shall file an exemption certificate provided by the department. This certificate shall contain an assignment to the distributor of the purchaser's right to a refund.
(8) Users of aircraft fuel placed into helicopters or the wing tanks of aircraft that are used solely for air ambulance services are eligible for a refund of the aircraft fuel tax. For purposes of the tax exemption, aircraft fuel placed into the wing tanks of aircraft or placed into helicopters and consumed during training activities directly related to providing air ambulance services is considered to be exempt from the aircraft fuel tax.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 82.42.100. 01-08-083, § 308-78-045, filed 4/4/01, effective 5/5/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 88.42.040. 99-19-097, § 308-78-045, filed 9/20/99, effective 10/21/99; 85-04-027 (Order PFT 85-001), § 308-78-045, filed 1/31/85; 82-20-093 (Order MV 696), § 308-78-045, filed 10/6/82.]
OTS-6708.2
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 01-08-083, filed 4/4/01,
effective 5/5/01)
WAC 308-78-010
Definitions.
(1) "Aircraft fuel"
includes any combustible gas or liquid, which is normally
defined as motor vehicle fuel under chapter 82.36 RCW and
chapter 308-72 WAC or a special fuel under chapter 82.38 RCW
and chapter 308-78 WAC when used to propel an aircraft.
(2) "User" means any person other than a distributor who is certified to acquire aircraft fuel without payment of the aircraft fuel tax at time of acquisition.
(3) "Local service commuter" means an air taxi operator who operates at least five round trips per week between two or more points; publishes flight schedules which specify the times, days of the week, and points between which it operates; and whose aircraft has a maximum capacity of sixty passengers or eighteen thousand pounds of useful load.
(4) "Private, nonstate funded airfield" means an airport not eligible to receive state funding under chapter 47.68 RCW.
(5) "Department" means the department of licensing.
(6) "Emergency medical air transport entities" means entities that own or lease, and operate aircraft used solely for air ambulance services.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 82.42.100. 01-08-083, § 308-78-010, filed 4/4/01, effective 5/5/01. Statutory Authority: RCW 82.42.040. 90-13-039 (Order PFT 90-05), § 308-78-010, filed 6/14/90, effective 7/15/90. Statutory Authority: RCW 82.42.030. 86-02-057 (Order TL-RG-23), § 308-78-010, filed 12/31/85. Statutory Authority: RCW 82.42.040. 85-04-027 (Order PFT 85-001), § 308-78-010, filed 1/31/85; 82-20-093 (Order MV 696), § 308-78-010, filed 10/6/82; Order 69-10-2, § 308-78-010, filed 10/29/69; Rules (part), filed 9/12/67; Emergency Rules (part), filed 7/21/67.]