(A) A person (i) blending materials including blendstocks, additives, fuel grade ethanol, and renewable fuels on which the user fee has not been paid, with motor fuels subject to the user fee for which the user fee has been paid or accrued; or (ii) manufacturing or otherwise producing a substitute fuel or diesel fuel, unless dye was added in a manner that conforms to federal requirements established by the Internal Revenue Code and regulations exempting the product from the motor fuel tax pursuant to § 12-28-710(11) shall remit the user fee imposed by this chapter.

(B) A fuel vendor subject to the user fee under subsection (A) shall remit the user fee with the report required pursuant to § 12-28-1390(B).

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 12-28-990

  • Blender: includes a person who produces blended motor fuel outside the bulk transfer/terminal system. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Blending: means the mixing of one or more petroleum products, with or without another product, regardless of the original character of the product blended, if the product obtained by the blending is capable of use or otherwise sold for use in the generation of power for the propulsion of a motor vehicle, an airplane, or a motorboat. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Department: means the South Carolina Department of Revenue. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Diesel fuel: means a liquid, including biodiesel and a biodiesel blend that is commonly or commercially known or sold as a fuel that is suitable for use in a diesel-powered highway vehicle. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Ethanol: means "fuel grade ethanol". 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
  • Person: means a natural person, a partnership, a firm, an association, a corporation, a representative appointed by a court, the State, a political subdivision or any other entity, group, or syndicate. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110
  • Substitute fuel: means a liquid that is commonly and commercially known or sold as a fuel that is suitable for use in a highway vehicle. See South Carolina Code 12-28-110

(C) A person other than a fuel vendor liable for the user fee payable pursuant to subsection (A) shall remit the user fee directly to the department within thirty days of the blending or manufacturing event in accordance with procedures established by the department.

(D) A person subject to the user fee payable pursuant to subsection (A) must be licensed by the department as a blender or a manufacturer.

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