Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 47 > Chapter 25 > Part 20 - Tennessee Renewable Fuels Blending Act of 2009

• Agriculture: means :
  (i) The land, buildings and machinery used in the commercial production of farm products and nursery stock. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Blending Stock: means any liquid compound used for blending with other liquid compounds, including catalytically reformed products and additives, to produce gasoline and gasoline-oxygenate blends that are consistent with the requirements of chapter 18, part 13 of this title. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Code: includes the Tennessee Code and all amendments and revisions to the code and all additions and supplements to the code. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Permissive supplier: means any person that is not subject to the general taxing jurisdiction of this state, but that:
  (A) Is a position holder in a federal qualified terminal located outside this state. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Person: means a natural person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, court appointed representative, state, political subdivision or any other entity, group or syndicate. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Position holder: includes a terminal operator that owns petroleum products in the terminal. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Refiner: means a person that owns, operates or otherwise controls a refinery within the United States. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Refinery: means a facility used to produce motor fuel from crude oil, unfinished oils, natural gas liquids or other hydrocarbons, and from which motor fuel may be removed by pipeline, by marine vessel or at a rack. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Representative: when applied to those who represent a decedent, includes executors and administrators, unless the context implies heirs and distributees. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Retail station: means any service station, garage, truck stop or other outlet dispensing motor fuel from a container equipped with a computer-type pump that measures fuel passing through it. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Supplier: means a person that meets all the following conditions:
  (A) Is subject to the general taxing jurisdiction of this state. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Terminal: means a storage and distribution facility for taxable motor fuel, supplied by pipeline or marine vessel, that is registered as a qualified terminal by the internal revenue service. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Two-party exchange: means a transaction in which a petroleum product is transferred from one licensed supplier or licensed permissive supplier to another licensed supplier or licensed permissive supplier pursuant to an exchange agreement:
  (A) Which transaction includes a transfer from the person that holds the inventory position for taxable motor fuel in the terminal as reflected on the records of the terminal operator. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Wholesaler: means an entity that acquires petroleum products from a supplier, importer or from another wholesaler for subsequent sale and distribution at wholesale by tank cars, transport trucks or vessels, and subsequently resells to retailers, other wholesalers or to consumers from its own or its wholly owned affiliated retail locations. See Tennessee Code 47-25-2002
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105