“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 board that the fuel was consumed for a purpose other than the operation of a motor vehicle within this State and, with respect to fuel brought into this State in any such receptacle, the consumption of the fuel in this State. A person placing fuel in a receptacle on a motor vehicle of another who holds a valid use fuel tax permit is not deemed to have used the fuel.

(Amended by Stats. 1953, Ch. 1814.)

Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 8607

  • board: means the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 20
  • motor vehicle: includes every self-propelled vehicle operated or suitable for operation on the highway, except a vehicle used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 8603
  • Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19