50. a. Receipts from the sale or use of energy and utility service to or by a postconsumer material manufacturing facility for use or consumption directly and primarily in the production of tangible personal property, other than energy, shall be exempt from the tax imposed under the “Sales and Use Tax Act,” P.L.1966, c.30 (C. 54:32B-1 et seq.), during the tax exemption period.

b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section, a seller of energy and utility service shall charge and collect from the purchaser that is a postconsumer material manufacturing facility the tax at the rate then in effect, and the tax shall be refunded to the purchaser by the filing, within 30 days of the close of the calendar quarter in which the sale or use is made or rendered, of a claim with the director for a refund of sales and use taxes paid for energy and utility service, which refund shall be paid within 60 days of the filing of a claim for refund. Proof of claim for refund shall be made by the submission of auditable receipts and such other documentation as the director may require.

c. If the owner of a postconsumer material manufacturing facility relocates the facility to a location outside this State during the tax exemption period, the owner of the facility shall pay the director the amount of tax for which an exemption shall have been allowed and refunded in accordance with subsection b. of this section. The State Treasurer shall notify the director of the relocation of a postconsumer material manufacturing facility to a location outside this State, and the director shall issue a tax assessment for the recapture of tax, equal to the amount of tax for which an exemption shall have been allowed and refunded in accordance with subsection b. of this section. The recapture of tax shall be a State tax subject to the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq., and shall be deposited in the General Fund.

d. For purposes of this section,

“Postconsumer material manufacturing facility,” means a facility that:

(1) received service under an electric public utility rate schedule that applied only to the owner of the facility on January 1, 2004;

(2) manufactures products made from “postconsumer material,” as that term is defined in 40 C.F.R. 247.3; provided however, that not less than 75 percent of the facility’s total annual sales dollar volume of such products produced in this State meet the definition of “postconsumer material”;

(3) completed a “comprehensive energy audit,” as that term is defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1995, c.180 (C. 48:2-21.25), not more than 48 months before but not later than 90 days after the effective date of P.L.2009, c.90 (C. 52:27D-489a et al.); and

(4) employed, individually or collectively with an affiliated facility, not less than 150 employees in this State on April 1, 2009.

“Tax exemption period” means the period on or after January 1, 2010 but before January 1, 2017.

L.2009, c.90, s.50.