(a) The following are exempted from the taxes imposed by this chapter:
(1) a container sold with its contents if the sales price of the contents is not taxed under this chapter;
(2) a nonreturnable container sold without contents to a person who fills the container and sells the contents and the container together; and
(3) a returnable container sold with its contents or resold for refilling.
(b) In this section:
(1) “Returnable container” means a container of a kind customarily returned for reuse by the buyer of the contents.
(2) “Nonreturnable container” means a container other than a returnable container.
(3) “Container” means glass, plastic, or metal bottles, cans, barrels, and cylinders, but does not include any item of a type described in § 151.302(d).