Terms Used In South Carolina Code 12-28-1590

  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Motor fuel: means gasoline, diesel fuel, substitute fuel, renewable fuel, alternative fuel, and blended fuel. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Supplier: means a person who meets all the following conditions:

    (i) is subject to the general taxing jurisdiction of this State;

    (ii) is registered under Section 4101 of the Internal Revenue Code for transactions in taxable motor fuels in the bulk transfer/terminal distribution system; and

    (iii) is one of the following:

    1. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Terminal: is a storage and distribution facility for motor fuel subject to the user fee, supplied by pipeline or marine vessel, which has been registered as a qualified terminal by the Internal Revenue Service. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
A terminal operator in this State and every supplier licensed by this State for the collection of user fees on motor fuel subject to the user fee shall cause terminal-issued shipping papers to meet tamper-resistant standards the department by regulation may require including messages which identify whether shipping papers have been photocopied, numbering systems, and nonreproducible coding, and other devices. However, the department may not make a regulation effective earlier than twenty-four months after the promulgation of a final regulation imposing the requirements.