Section 3.14.040 Exemptions from the municipal energy sales and use tax.

A. No exemptions are granted from the Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax except as expressly provided in Utah Code Ann. § 10-1-305(2)(b); notwithstanding an exemption granted by § 59-1-104 of the Utah Code.

B. The following are exempt from the Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax, pursuant to Utah Code Ann. § 10-1-305(2)(b)

1. Sales and use of aviation fuel, motor fuel, and special fuels subject to taxation under Title 59, Chapter 13 of the Utah Code Annotated;

2. Sales and use of taxable energy that is exempt from taxation under federal law, the United States Constitution, or the Utah Constitution;

3. Sales and use of taxable energy purchased or stored for resale;

4. Sales or use of taxable energy to a person, if the primary use of the taxable energy is for use in compounding or producing taxable energy or a fuel subject to taxation under Title 59, Chapter 13 of the Utah Code Annotated;

5. Taxable energy brought into the state by a nonresident for the nonresident's own personal use or enjoyment while within the state, except taxable energy purchased for use in the state by a nonresident living or working in the state at the time of purchase;

6. The sale or use of taxable energy for any purpose other than as a fuel or energy; and

7. The sale of taxable energy for use outside the boundaries of Vernal City.

C. The sale, storage, use, or other consumption of taxable energy is exempt from the Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax levied by this Chapter, provided:

1. The delivered value of the taxable energy has been subject to a municipal energy sales or use tax levied by another municipality within the state authorized by Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 3 of the Utah Code Annotated; and

2. Vernal City is paid the difference between the tax paid to the other municipality and the tax that would otherwise be due under this Chapter, if the tax due under this Chapter, exceeds the tax paid to the other municipality. (Ord. No. 97-06, Enacted, 06/04/97)