Cal. RTC § 7284.3
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 7284.3, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
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(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Local jurisdiction” means any city, county, city and county, including any chartered city, county, or city and county, district, or public or municipal corporation.
(2) “Public transit operator” means a local or regional transit agency or a joint powers agency operating bus transportation service as described pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 99200) of Chapter 4 of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.
(b) There is exempt from any utility user tax, imposed by any local jurisdiction, a local agency’s or public transit operator’s consumption of compressed natural gas dispensed by a gas compressor, within a local jurisdiction, that is separately metered and is dedicated to providing compressed natural gas as a motor vehicle fuel for use by the local agency or public transit operator.
(c) There is exempt from any utility user tax on the consumption of electricity, imposed by any local jurisdiction, a local agency’s or public transit operator’s consumption of electricity used to charge electric bus propulsion batteries, within a local jurisdiction, that is separately metered and is dedicated to providing electricity as a motor vehicle fuel for use by an electric public transit bus.
(1) “Local jurisdiction” means any city, county, city and county, including any chartered city, county, or city and county, district, or public or municipal corporation.
(2) “Public transit operator” means a local or regional transit agency or a joint powers agency operating bus transportation service as described pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 99200) of Chapter 4 of Part 11 of Division 10 of the Public Utilities Code.
(b) There is exempt from any utility user tax, imposed by any local jurisdiction, a local agency’s or public transit operator’s consumption of compressed natural gas dispensed by a gas compressor, within a local jurisdiction, that is separately metered and is dedicated to providing compressed natural gas as a motor vehicle fuel for use by the local agency or public transit operator.
(c) There is exempt from any utility user tax on the consumption of electricity, imposed by any local jurisdiction, a local agency’s or public transit operator’s consumption of electricity used to charge electric bus propulsion batteries, within a local jurisdiction, that is separately metered and is dedicated to providing electricity as a motor vehicle fuel for use by an electric public transit bus.
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