Arizona Laws 28-5626. Suppliers; vendors; licenses required
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A. Except as provided in section 28-5607, a person who acts as a distributor and who possesses motor fuel on which fuel taxes have not been accrued or collected by a supplier shall be licensed as a supplier.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 28-5626
- Director: means the director of the department of transportation. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Distributor: means a person who acquires motor fuel from a supplier or another distributor for subsequent sale or use and who may blend or import into or export from this state motor fuel in the original package or container or otherwise but excluding a person who imports motor fuel in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or aircraft. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- Fuel tank: means a receptacle on a motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft from which fuel is supplied for the propulsion of the motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft, excluding a cargo tank but including a separate compartment of a cargo tank used as a fuel tank and an auxiliary tank or receptacle of any kind from which fuel is supplied for the propulsion of the motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft, whether or not the tank or receptacle is directly connected to the fuel supply line of the motor vehicle, watercraft or aircraft. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- Motor fuel: means motor vehicle fuel, use fuel and aviation fuel. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver or syndicate, this state, any county, city, town, district or other subdivision of this state, an Indian tribe, or any other group or combination acting as a unit. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- State: means a state of the United States and the District of Columbia. See Arizona Laws 28-101
- Use: includes the placing of fuel into any receptacle on a motor vehicle from which fuel is supplied for the propulsion of the vehicle unless the operator of the vehicle establishes to the satisfaction of the director that the fuel was consumed for a purpose other than to propel a motor vehicle on a highway in this state and, with respect to fuel brought into this state in any such receptacle on a use class motor vehicle, the consumption of the fuel in this state. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
- Vendor: includes a person who sells use fuel in this state and who places the fuel or causes the fuel to be placed into any receptacle on a motor vehicle from which receptacle fuel is supplied for the propulsion, including a service station dealer, a broker and a user who sells use fuel to others. See Arizona Laws 28-5601
B. It is unlawful for a person to engage in business in this state as a supplier, unless the person has a license issued by the director to engage in that business.
C. A person who sells use fuel for delivery directly into a vehicle fuel tank shall also be licensed as a vendor and shall maintain separate business records.