Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-3-408

  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Highway: includes public bridges and may be held equivalent to the words "county way" "county road" or "state road". See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • Motor vehicle: means a vehicle that is propelled by an internal combustion engine or motor and is designed to permit the vehicle's use on highways. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Vehicle fuel supply tank: means any receptacle on a motor vehicle designed to supply fuel for the propulsion of the motor vehicle or from which fuel is supplied for the propulsion of the motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103

There shall be exempt from the tax imposed in § 67-3-202 all kerosene sold or used in the state for purposes other than in any motor vehicle or equipment operated on the public highways of this state. This includes K-1 kerosene sold at retail through dispensers that have been designed and constructed to prevent delivery directly from the dispenser into a vehicle fuel supply tank, and K-1 kerosene sold at retail through nonbarricaded dispensers in quantities of not more than twenty-one gallons (21 gals.) for use other than for highway purposes, under such rules as the department shall reasonably require. Quantities sold at retail stations, other than stated above, are subject to the diesel tax imposed in § 67-3-202.