Oklahoma 2022 2022 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB1472 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2022

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022) 
 
SENATE BILL 1472 	By: Coleman 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to sales tax; amending 68 O. S. 2021, 
Section 1357, as amended by Section 1, Chapter 68, 
O.S.L. 2021, which relates to sales tax exemptions; 
providing an exemption for portion of gross receipts 
or proceeds attributable to parts under specified 
circumstance relating to cor e charges; defining term; 
and providing an effective date. 
 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: 
SECTION 1.    AMENDATORY    68 O.S. 2021, Section 1357, as 
amended by Section 1, Chapter 68, O.S.L. 2021, is amended to read as 
follows: 
Section 1357.  Exemptions – General. There are hereby 
specifically exempte d from the tax levied by the Oklahoma Sales Tax 
Code: 
1.  Transportation of school pupils to and f rom elementary 
schools or high schools in motor or other veh icles;   
 
 
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2.  Transportation of persons where the f are of each person does 
not exceed One Dollar ($1. 00), or local transportation of persons 
within the corporate limits of a municipality except by ta xicabs; 
3.  Sales for resale to persons engaged in the business of 
reselling the articles purchased, whethe r within or without the 
state, provided that such s ales to residents of this state are made 
to persons to whom sales tax permits have been issued as provided in 
the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code.  This exemption shall not apply to the 
sales of articles made to p ersons holding permits when such persons 
purchase items for their use and which they are not regularly 
engaged in the business of reselling; neither shall this exemption 
apply to sales of tangible personal property to peddlers, 
solicitors, and other salespersons who do not have an established 
place of business and a sales tax permit .  The exemption provided b y 
this paragraph shall apply to sales of mot or fuel or diesel fuel to 
a Group Five vendor, but the use of such motor fuel or diesel fuel 
by the Group Five vendor shall not be exempt from the tax levied by 
the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code .  The purchase of motor fuel or diesel 
fuel is exempt from sales ta x when the motor fuel is for shipment 
outside this state and consumed by a common carrier by rail in the 
conduct of its business.  The sales tax shall apply t o the purchase 
of motor fuel or diesel fuel in Oklahom a by a common carrier by rail 
when such motor fuel is purchased for fueling, within this state, of 
any locomotive or other motorized flanged wheel equip ment;   
 
 
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4.  Sales of advertising space in newspapers and periodicals; 
5.  Sales of programs relating to sp orting and entertainment 
events, and sales of advertising on billboards (including signage, 
posters, panels, marquees, or on other similar surfaces, w hether 
indoors or outdoors) or in programs relating to sporting and 
entertainment events, and sales of any advertising, to be displayed 
at or in connection with a sporting event, via the Internet, 
electronic display devices, or through public address or br oadcast 
systems.  The exemption authorized by this p aragraph shall be 
effective for all sales made on or a fter January 1, 2001; 
6.  Sales of any advertising, other than the advertising 
described by paragraph 5 of this section, via the Internet, 
electronic display devices, or through the electronic media , 
including radio, public address or broadcast systems, te levision 
(whether through closed circuit bro adcasting systems or otherwise), 
and cable and satellite television, and the servicing of any 
advertising devices; 
7.  Eggs, feed, supplies, machinery , and equipment purchased by 
persons regularly engaged in the business of raising worms, fish, 
any insect, or any other form of terrestrial or aquatic animal life 
and used for the purpose of raising same for mark eting.  This 
exemption shall only be granted and ext ended to the purchaser when 
the items are to be used a nd in fact are used in the raising of 
animal life as set out above.  Each purchaser shall certify, in   
 
 
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writing, on the invoice or sales ticket retained by the vendor that 
the purchaser is regularly engag ed in the business of raising such 
animal life and that the items purchased will be used only in s uch 
business.  The vendor shall certify to the Oklahoma Tax Commission 
that the price of the items has bee n reduced to grant the full 
benefit of the exemption .  Violation hereof by the purchaser or 
vendor shall be a misdemeanor; 
8.  Sale of natural or arti ficial gas and electricity, and 
associated delivery or transmission services, when sold exclusively 
for residential use.  Provided, this exemption shall not a pply to 
any sales tax levied by a city or town, or a c ounty, or any other 
jurisdiction in this sta te; 
9.  In addition to the exemptions authorized by Section 1357.6 
of this title, sales of drugs sold pu rsuant to a prescription 
written for the treatment of human beings by a person licensed to 
prescribe the drugs, and sales of insulin and medical oxygen . 
Provided, this exemption shall not apply to over-the-counter drugs; 
10.  Transfers of title or posses sion of empty, partially 
filled, or filled returnable o il and chemical drums to any person 
who is not regularly engaged in the business of selling, resel ling, 
or otherwise transferring empty, partially filled, or filled 
returnable oil drums;   
 
 
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11.  Sales of one-way utensils, paper napkins, paper cups, 
disposable hot containers, and other one-way carry out materials to 
a vendor of meals or beverages; 
12.  Sales of food or food products for home consumption which 
are purchased in whole or in part with coupons i ssued pursuant to 
the federal food stamp program as aut horized by Sections 2011 
through 2029 of Title 7 of th e United States Code, as to that 
portion purchased with such coupons.  The exemption provided for 
such sales shall be inapplicable to such sales up on the effective 
date of any federal law that removes t he requirement of the 
exemption as a condition for par ticipation by the state in the 
federal food stamp program; 
13.  Sales of food or food products, or any equipment or 
supplies used in the preparati on of the food or food products to or 
by an organization which: 
a. is exempt from taxation pursuant to the pro visions of 
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 
U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and which provides and 
delivers prepared meals for home consumption to 
elderly or homebound persons as part of a program 
commonly known as “Meals on Wheels” or “Mobile Meals”, 
or 
b. is exempt from taxation pursu ant to the provision s of 
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26   
 
 
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U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3 ), and which receives federal 
funding pursuant to the Olde r Americans Act of 1965, 
as amended, for the purpose o f providing nutrition 
programs for the care and benefit of elder ly persons; 
14. a. Sales of tangible personal property or services to or 
by organizations which are exempt from taxation 
pursuant to the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), 
and: 
(1) are primarily involved in the collection and 
distribution of food and other household products 
to other organizations that facilitate the 
distribution of such products to the needy and 
such distributee organiza tions are exempt from 
taxation pursuant to the provisions of Sec tion 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 
U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), or 
(2) facilitate the distribution of such products to 
the needy. 
b. Sales made in the course of business for profit or 
savings, competing with other persons e ngaged in the 
same or similar business shall not be exempt under 
this paragraph;   
 
 
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15.  Sales of tangible personal property or services to 
children’s homes which are located on church -owned property and are 
operated by organizations exempt from taxation purs uant to the 
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 
501(c)(3); 
16.  Sales of computers, data processing equipment, related 
peripherals, and telephone, telegraph or telecommunications service 
and equipment for use in a qualified aircraft maintenance or 
manufacturing facility. For purposes of this paragraph, “qualified 
aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility” means a new or 
expanding facility primarily engaged in aircraft repair, building , 
or rebuilding whether or not on a factory ba sis, whose total cost of 
construction exceeds the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) 
and which employs at least two hundred fifty (250) new full -time-
equivalent employees, as certified by the Oklahoma Em ployment 
Security Commission, upon completio n of the facility.  In order to 
qualify for the exemption provided for by this paragraph, the co st 
of the items purchased by the qualified aircraft maintenanc e or 
manufacturing facility shall equal or exceed the sum of Two Million 
Dollars ($2,000,000.00); 
17.  Sales of tangible personal property consumed or 
incorporated in the construction or expans ion of a qualified 
aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facili ty as defined in 
paragraph 16 of this section .  For purposes of this paragraph, sales   
 
 
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made to a contractor or subcontrac tor that has previously entered 
into a contractual relationship with a qu alified aircraft 
maintenance or manufacturing facility for cons truction or expansion 
of such a facility shall be cons idered sales made to a qualified 
aircraft maintenance or manufactu ring facility; 
18.  Sales of the following telecommunications services: 
a. Interstate and International “800 service”.  “800 
service” means a “telecommunications service ” that 
allows a caller to dial a toll-free number without 
incurring a charge for the ca ll.  The service is 
typically marketed under the name “800”, “855”, “866”, 
“877”, and “888” toll-free calling, and any subsequent 
numbers designated by the Federal Communications 
Commission, or 
b. Interstate and International “900 service”.  “900 
service” means an inbound toll “telecommunications 
service” purchased by a subscriber that allows the 
subscriber’s customers to call in to the su bscriber’s 
prerecorded announcement or live service .  “900 
service” does not include the charge fo r: collection 
services provided by the seller of the 
“telecommunications services ” to the subscriber, or 
service or product sold by the subscriber to the 
subscriber’s customer.  The service is typically   
 
 
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marketed under the name “900” service, and any 
subsequent numbers designate d by the Federal 
Communications Commission, 
c. Interstate and Interna tional “private communications 
service”.  “Private communications s ervice” means a 
“telecommunications service ” that entitles the 
customer to exclusive or priority u se of a 
communications channel or group of channels between or 
among termination points, re gardless of the manner in 
which such channel or channels are connec ted, and 
includes switching capacity, extension lines, 
stations, and any other associated services that are 
provided in connection with the use of such channel or 
channels, 
d. “Value-added nonvoice data service”.  “Value-added 
nonvoice data service” means a service that otherwise 
meets the definition of “telecommunications services” 
in which computer processing applications are used to 
act on the form, content, code, or protocol of the 
information or data primarily for a purpose other than 
transmission, conveyance, or routing, 
e. Interstate and International t elecommunications 
service which is:   
 
 
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(1) rendered by a company for private use within its 
organization, or 
(2) used, allocated, or di stributed by a compa ny to 
its affiliated group, 
f. Regulatory assessments and charges, including charges 
to fund the Oklahoma Universal Service Fund, the 
Oklahoma Lifeline Fund and the Oklah oma High Cost 
Fund, and 
g. Telecommunications nonrecurring charg es, including but 
not limited to the installation, connection, change , 
or initiation of telecommunications services which are 
not associated with a retail consumer sale; 
19.  Sales of railroad track spikes manufactured and sold for 
use in this state in the construction or repai r of railroad tracks, 
switches, sidings, and turnouts; 
20.  Sales of aircraft and aircraft parts provide d such sales 
occur at a qualified aircraft m aintenance facility.  As used in this 
paragraph, “qualified aircraft maintenance facil ity” means a 
facility operated by an air common carrier, including one or more 
component overhaul support buildings or structu res in an area owned, 
leased, or controlled by the air common carr ier, at which there were 
employed at least two thousand (2,000) f ull-time-equivalent 
employees in the preceding year as certified by the Oklahoma 
Employment Security Commission and which is primarily related to the   
 
 
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fabrication, repair, alteration, modifica tion, refurbishing, 
maintenance, building, or rebuilding of commer cial aircraft or 
aircraft parts used in air common carriage.  For purposes of this 
paragraph, “air common carrier” shall also include members of an 
affiliated group as defined by Section 150 4 of the Internal Revenue 
Code, 26 U.S.C., Section 1504 .  Beginning July 1, 2012, sale s of 
machinery, tools, supplies, equipment, and related tangible personal 
property and services used or consumed in the repair, remodeling , or 
maintenance of aircraft, ai rcraft engines, or aircraft component 
parts which occur at a qualifi ed aircraft maintenance facility; 
21.  Sales of machinery and equipment purchased and used by 
persons and establishments p rimarily engaged in computer services 
and data processing: 
a. as defined under Industrial Group Numbers 7372 and 
7373 of the Standard Industrial Classif ication (SIC) 
Manual, latest version, which derive at least fifty 
percent (50%) of their annual gross re venues from the 
sale of a product or service to an out-of-state buyer 
or consumer, and 
b. as defined under Industrial Group Number 7374 of the 
SIC Manual, latest version, which derive at least 
eighty percent (80%) of their annual gross revenues 
from the sale of a product or service to an out -of-
state buyer or consumer.   
 
 
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Eligibility for the exemption set out in this paragraph shall be 
established, subject t o review by the Tax Commission, by annually 
filing an affidavit with the Tax Commission stating that the 
facility so qualifies and such information as required by the Tax 
Commission.  For purposes of determining whether annual gross 
revenues are derived fr om sales to out-of-state buyers or consumers, 
all sales to the federal government shall be considered to be to an 
out-of-state buyer or consumer; 
22.  Sales of prosthetic devices to an individual for use by 
such individual.  For purposes of this paragraph, “prosthetic 
device” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 1357.6 of 
this title, but shall not include corrective eye glasses eyeglasses, 
contact lenses, or hearing aids; 
23.  Sales of tangible personal property or services to a mo tion 
picture or television production company to be used or consumed in 
connection with an eligible production .  For purposes of this 
paragraph, “eligible production” means a documentary, special, music 
video, or a television commercial or television progr am that will 
serve as a pilot for or b e a segment of an ongoing dramatic or 
situation comedy series filmed or taped for network or national or 
regional syndication or a fe ature-length motion picture intended for 
theatrical release or for network or nationa l or regional 
syndication or broadcast .  The provisions of this paragraph shall 
apply to sales occurring on or after July 1, 19 96.  In order to   
 
 
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qualify for the exemption, the motion picture or television 
production company shall file any documentation and information 
required to be submitted p ursuant to rules promulgated by the Tax 
Commission; 
24.  Sales of diesel fuel sold for co nsumption by commercial 
vessels, barges and other commercial watercraft; 
25.  Sales of tangible personal property or services t o tax-
exempt independent nonprofit biome dical research foundations that 
provide educational programs for Oklahoma science student s and 
teachers and to tax-exempt independent nonprofit community blood 
banks headquartered in this state; 
26.  Effective May 6, 1992, sales of wireless telecommunicati ons 
equipment to a vendor who subsequently transfers the equipment at no 
charge or for a discounted charge to a consumer as part of a 
promotional package or as an inducement to commence or continue a 
contract for wireless telecommunications services; 
27.  Effective January 1, 1991, leases of rail transportation 
cars to haul coal to coal -fired plants located in this state which 
generate electric power; 
28.  Beginning July 1, 2005, sales of aircraft engine repairs, 
modification, and replacement parts, sales o f aircraft frame repairs 
and modification, aircraft interior modification, and paint, and 
sales of services employed in the repair, m odification, and   
 
 
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replacement of parts of aircraft engines, aircraft frame and 
interior repair and modification, and paint; 
29.  Sales of materials and supplies to the owner or operator of 
a ship, motor vessel , or barge that is used in interstate or 
international commerce if the materials and supplies: 
a. are loaded on the ship, motor vessel, or barge and 
used in the maintenanc e and operation of t he ship, 
motor vessel, or barge, or 
b. enter into and become componen t parts of the ship, 
motor vessel, or barge; 
30.  Sales of tangible personal property made at estate sales at 
which such property is offered for sale on the premises o f the 
former residence of the decedent by a person who is not required to 
be licensed pursuant to the Transient Merchant Licensing Ac t, or who 
is not otherwise required to obtain a sales tax permit for the sale 
of such property pursuant to the provisions o f Section 1364 of this 
title; provided: 
a. such sale or event may not be held for a perio d 
exceeding three (3) consecutive days, 
b. the sale must be condu cted within six (6) months of 
the date of death of the dec edent, and 
c. the exemption allowed by this paragraph shall not be 
allowed for property that was not part of the 
decedent’s estate;   
 
 
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31.  Beginning January 1, 2004, sales of elec tricity and 
associated delivery and transmission services, when sold exclusiv ely 
for use by an oil and gas operator for res ervoir dewatering proj ects 
and associated operations commencing on or after July 1, 2003 , in 
which the initial water -to-oil ratio is greater than or equal to 
five-to-one water-to-oil, and such oil and gas devel opment projects 
have been classified by the Co rporation Commission a s a reservoir 
dewatering unit; 
32.  Sales of prewritten computer so ftware that is delivered 
electronically.  For purposes of this par agraph, “delivered 
electronically” means delivered to the purchaser by mean s other than 
tangible storage media; 
33.  Sales of modular dwelling units when built at a production 
facility and moved in whole or in parts, to be assembled o n-site, 
and permanently affixed to the real property and used for 
residential or commercial purpo ses.  The exemption provid ed by this 
paragraph shall equal forty-five percent (45%) of the total sales 
price of the modular dwelling unit.  For purposes of this paragraph, 
“modular dwelling unit” means a structure that is not subject to the 
motor vehicle excise tax imposed pursuant to Section 2103 of th is 
title; 
34.  Sales of tangible personal property or services to p ersons 
who are residents of Oklahoma and hav e been honorably disch arged 
from active service in any branch of the Armed Forces of the United   
 
 
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States or Oklahoma National Guard and who have be en certified by the 
United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its successor to be 
in receipt of disabilit y compensation at the one-hundred-percent 
rate and the disability shall be permanent and have bee n sustained 
through military action or accident or resulting from disease 
contracted while in such active service o r the surviving spouse of 
such person if the person is deceased an d the spouse has not 
remarried; provided, sales for the benefit of the pers on to a spouse 
of the eligible person or to a me mber of the household in which the 
eligible person resides and who is authorized to make purchases on 
the person’s behalf, when such eligible person is not present at the 
sale, shall also be exempt for purpos es of this paragraph .  The 
Oklahoma Tax Commissi on shall issue a separate exemp tion card to a 
spouse of an eligible person or to a member of the household in 
which the eligible pers on resides who is authorized to make 
purchases on the person’s behalf, if requested by the eligible 
person.  Sales qualifying for the exemption authorized by this 
paragraph shall not exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) 
per year per individual while the disabled veteran is living.  Sales 
qualifying for the exemption a uthorized by this paragrap h shall not 
exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) p er year for an unremarried 
surviving spouse.  Upon request of the Tax Commission , a person 
asserting or claiming the exemption authorized by this paragrap h 
shall provide a state ment, executed under oath, that the total sales   
 
 
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amounts for which the exemption is applicable have not exceeded 
Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per y ear per living 
disabled veteran or One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per ye ar for an 
unremarried surviving spouse.  If the amount of such exempt s ales 
exceeds such amount, the s ales tax in excess of the authorized 
amount shall be treated as a direct sales t ax liability and may b e 
recovered by the Tax Commission in the same manner provided by law 
for other taxes, including penalty and interest; 
35.  Sales of electricity to the ope rator, specifically 
designated by the Corporation Commission, of a spacing unit or lease 
from which oil is produced or attempted to be produced using 
enhanced recovery methods , including, but not limited to, increased 
pressure in a producing formation thro ugh the use of water or 
saltwater if the electrical usage is associated with and necessary 
for the operation of equipment required to inject or circulate 
fluids in a producing f ormation for the purpose o f forcing oil or 
petroleum into a wellbore for eventu al recovery and production from 
the wellhead.  In order to be eligible for the s ales tax exemption 
authorized by this paragraph, the total content of oil recovered 
after the use of enhanced recovery meth ods shall not exceed o ne 
percent (1%) by volume .  The exemption authorized by this paragr aph 
shall be applicable only to the state sa les tax rate and shall not 
be applicable to any county or municipal sales tax rate;   
 
 
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36.  Sales of intrastate charter and to ur bus transportation . 
As used in this paragraph, “intrastate charter and tour bus 
transportation” means the transportation of perso ns from one 
location in this state to another location in this state in a motor 
vehicle which has been constructed in such a manner that it may 
lawfully carry more than eightee n persons, and which is ordinarily 
used or rented to carry persons for compensat ion.  Provided, this 
exemption shall not apply to regularly scheduled bu s transportation 
for the general public; 
37.  Sales of vitamins, minerals , and dietary supplements by a 
licensed chiropractor to a person wh o is the patient of such 
chiropractor at the physical location whe re the chiropractor 
provides chiropractic care or services to such patient . The 
provisions of this p aragraph shall not be a pplicable to any drug, 
medicine, or substance for which a prescrip tion by a licensed 
physician is required; 
38.  Sales of goods, wares, merchandise, tangible personal 
property, machinery, and equipment to a web search portal located in 
this state which deri ves at least eighty percent (80% ) of its annual 
gross revenue from the sale of a product or service to an out -of-
state buyer or consumer.  For purposes of this paragraph, “web 
search portal” means an establishment classified under N AICS code 
519130 which operates websites that use a sear ch engine to generate   
 
 
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and maintain extensive databases of Internet addresses and content 
in an easily searchable format; 
39.  Sales of tangible personal property consumed or 
incorporated in the constr uction or expansion of a facility for a 
corporation organized under Section 437 et seq. o f Title 18 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes as a rur al electric cooperativ e.  For purposes of 
this paragraph, sales made to a contractor or subcontra ctor that has 
previously entered into a contractua l relationship with a rural 
electric cooperative for construction or expansion of a facility 
shall be considered sales made to a ru ral electric cooperative; 
40.  Sales of tangible personal property or servi ces to a 
business primarily engaged in the repair of consumer electronic 
goods, including, but not limited to, cell phones, compact disc 
players, personal comp uters, MP3 players, di gital devices for the 
storage and retrieval of information through hard -wired or wireless 
computer or Internet connections, i f the devices are sold to the 
business by the original manufactur er of such devices and the 
devices are repaired, refitted, or refurbished for sale by the 
entity qualifying for the exemption authorized by t his paragraph 
directly to retail consumers or if t he devices are sold to another 
business entity for sale to retail consumers; 
41.  On or after July 1, 2019, a nd prior to July 1, 20 24, sales 
or leases of rolling stock when sold or leased by the manufacture r, 
regardless of whether t he purchaser is a public services corporation   
 
 
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engaged in business as a common carrier of property or passengers by 
railway, for use or consumption by a com mon carrier directly in the 
rendition of public service.  For purposes of this paragraph, 
“rolling stock” means locomotives, autocars, and railroad cars and 
“sales or leases” includes railroad car maintenance and retrofitting 
of railroad cars for their fur ther use only on the railways; 
42.  Sales of gold, silver, platinum, pallad ium, or other 
bullion items such as coins and bars and legal tender of any nation, 
which legal tender is sold accor ding to its value as precious metal 
or as an investment.  As used in the paragraph, “bullion” means any 
precious metal, including, but not li mited to, gold, silver, 
platinum, and palladium, that is in such a state or condition that 
its value depends upon i ts precious metal content and not its form .  
The exemption authori zed by this paragraph shall not apply to 
fabricated metals that have been p rocessed or manufactured f or 
artistic use or as je welry; and 
43.  Until January 2027, s ales of commercial forestry service 
equipment, limited to forwarders, fe llers, bunchers, track skidders, 
wheeled skidders, hydraulic excavators, delimbers, soil compacto rs 
and skid steer loaders, to businesses engaged i n logging, timber, 
and tree farming; and 
44.  That portion of the gross receipts or gross proceeds 
derived from the sale of parts which constitutes core charges which 
are received for the purpose of securin g a trade-in for the article   
 
 
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purchased.  If the ar ticle is not traded in, the tax is due on the 
core charge.  For purposes of this paragraph “core charge” means a 
form of deposit paid when purchasing a part that is refunded when 
the used part is brought for exchange. 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2022. 
 
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