Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB50 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/18/2024

                     
 
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
SENATE BILL 50 	By: Dossett 
 
 
 
 
 
AS INTRODUCED 
 
An Act relating to sales tax; amending 68 O.S. 2021, 
Section 1357, as last amended by Section 4, Chapter 
363, O.S.L. 2024 (68 O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1357), 
which relates to exemptions; updating statutory 
references; updating statutory language; providing 
exemption for firearm and gun safety devices; 
defining terms; 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 
last amended by Section 4, Chapter 363, O.S.L. 2024 (68 O.S. Supp. 
2024, Section 1357), is amended to read as follows: 
Section 1357.  Exemptions – General. There are hereby 
specifically exempted from the tax levied by the Oklahoma Sales Tax 
Code: 
1.  Transportation of school pupils to and from elementary 
schools or high schools in motor or other vehicles; 
2.  Transportation of persons where the fare of ea ch person does 
not exceed One Dollar ($1.00), or local transportation of pers ons 
within the corporate limits of a municipality except by taxicabs;   
 
 
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3.  Sales for resale to persons engaged in the business of 
reselling the articles purchased, whether within o r without the 
state, provided that such sales 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 persons hol ding permits when such persons 
purchase items for their use and which they ar e 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 by this 
paragraph shall apply to sales of motor 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 tax 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 to the purchase of motor 
fuel or diesel fuel in Oklahoma 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 equipment; 
4.  Sales of advertising space in newspapers and periodicals; 
5.  Sales of programs relating to sporting and entertainment 
events, and sales of advertising on billboards (including signage,   
 
 
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posters, panels, marquees or on other similar surfaces, whether 
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 broadcast 
systems.  The exemption authorized by this paragraph shall be 
effective for all sal es made on or after January 1, 2001; 
6.  Sales of any advertising, other than the advertising 
described by paragraph 5 of this section, via the Internet, 
electronic display device s or through the electronic media including 
radio, public address or broadcast systems, television (whether 
through closed circuit broadcasting 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 en gaged 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 marketing.  This 
exemption shall only be granted and extended to the purchaser when 
the items are to be used and in fact are used in the raising of 
animal life as set out above.  Each purchaser shall certify, in 
writing, on the invoice or sales ticket retained by the vendor t hat 
the purchaser is regularly engaged in the business of raising such 
animal life and that the items purchased will be used only in such   
 
 
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business.  The vendor shall certify to the Oklahoma Tax Commission 
that the price of the items has been reduced to gra nt the full 
benefit of the exemption.  Violation hereof by the purchaser or 
vendor shall be a misdemeanor; 
8.  Sale of natural or artificial gas and electricity, and 
associated delivery or transmission services, when sold exclusively 
for residential use.  Provided, this exemption shall not apply to 
any sales tax levied by a city or town, or a county or any other 
jurisdiction in this state; 
9.  In addition to the exemptions authorized by Section 1357.6 
of this title, sales of drugs sold pursuant to a prescri ption 
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 possession of empty, parti ally 
filled, or filled returnable oil and chemical drums to any person 
who is not regularly engaged in the business of selling, reselling 
or otherwise transferring empty, partially filled or filled 
returnable oil drums; 
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 issued pursuant to   
 
 
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the federal food stamp program as authorized by Sections 2011 
through 2029 2036d of Title 7 of the United States Code, as to that 
portion purchased with such coupons.  The exemption provided for 
such sales shall be inapplicable to such sales upon the effective 
date of any federal law that removes the requirement of the 
exemption as a condition for participation by the state in the 
federal food stamp program; 
13.  Sales of food or food products, or any equipment or 
supplies used in the preparation of the food or food products to or 
by an organization which: 
a. is exempt from taxation pur suant to the provisions of 
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and 
which provides and delivers prepared meals for hom e 
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 pursuant to the provisions of 
Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3), and 
which receives federal funding pursuant to the Ol der 
Americans Act of 1965, as amended, for the purpose of 
providing nutrition programs for the care and benefit 
of elderly persons;   
 
 
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14. a. Sales of tangible personal property or s ervices to or 
by organizations which are exempt from taxation 
pursuant to the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, 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 organizations are exempt from 
taxation pursuant to the provisions of Section 
501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
as amended, 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 engaged in the 
same or similar business sh all not be exempt under 
this paragraph; 
15.  Sales of tangible personal prope rty or services to 
children’s homes which are located on church -owned property and are 
operated by organizations exempt from taxation pursuant to the 
provisions of the Internal Re venue Code of 1986, as amended, 26 
U.S.C., Section 501(c)(3);   
 
 
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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 basis, whose total co st 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 Employment 
Security Commission, upon completion 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 maintenance 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 expansion of a qualified 
aircraft maintenance or manufacturing facility as defined in 
paragraph 16 of this section.  For purposes of this paragraph, sales 
made to a contractor or subcont ractor that has previously entered 
into a contractual relationship with a qua lified aircraft 
maintenance or manufacturing facility for construction or expansion 
of such a facility shall be considered sales made to a qualified 
aircraft maintenance or manufa cturing facility;   
 
 
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18.  Sales of the following telecommunications services: 
a. Interstate interstate and International “800 service” 
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 call.  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, 
b. Interstate interstate and International “900 service” 
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 subscriber ’s prerecorded announcement 
or live service.  900 service does not include the 
charge for:  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 marketed under the name “900” service, 
and any subsequent numbers designated by the Federal 
Communications Commission, 
c. Interstate interstate and International “private 
communications service” international private   
 
 
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communications service .  “Private communications 
service” means a telecommunications service that 
entitles the customer to ex clusive or priority use of 
a communications channel or group of channels between 
or among termination points, regardless 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 .  “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 purpos e other than 
transmission, conveyance, or routing, 
e. Interstate interstate and International international 
telecommunications service which is: 
(1) rendered by a company for private use within its 
organization, or 
(2) used, allocated or distributed by a c ompany to 
its affiliated group,   
 
 
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f. Regulatory regulatory assessments and char ges 
including charges to fund the Oklahoma Universal 
Service Fund, the Oklahoma Lifeline Fund and the 
Oklahoma High Cost Fund, and 
g. Telecommunications telecommunications nonrecurring 
charges 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 repair of railroad tracks, 
switches, sidings, and turnouts; 
20.  Sales of aircraft and aircraft parts provided such sales 
occur at a qualified aircraft maintenance facility.  As used in this 
paragraph, “qualified aircraft mainten ance facility” means a 
facility operated by an air common carrier including one or more 
component overhaul support buildings or structures in an area owned, 
leased, or controlled by the air common carrier, at which there were 
employed at least two thousand (2,000) full-time-equivalent 
employees in the preceding year as certified by the Oklahoma 
Employment Security Commission and which is primarily related to the 
fabrication, repair, alteration, modification, refurbishing, 
maintenance, building, or rebuildin g of commercial aircraft or 
aircraft parts used in air common carriage.  For purposes of this   
 
 
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paragraph, “air common carrier” shall also include members of an 
affiliated group as defined by Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, as amended, 26 U.S.C., Section 1504.  Beginning July 
1, 2012, the exemption shall include sales of machinery, tools, 
supplies, equipment, and related tangible personal property and 
services used or consumed in the repair, remodeling, or maintenance 
of aircraft, aircraft engines or aircraft component parts which 
occur at a qualified aircraft maintenance facility; 
21.  Sales of machinery and equipment purchased and used by 
persons and establishments primarily engaged in computer services 
and data processing: 
a. as defined under Industry Group Numbers 7372 and 7373 
of the Standard Industrial Classifi cation (SIC) 
Manual, latest version, which derive at least fifty 
percent (50%) of their annual gross revenues from the 
sale of a product or service to an out -of-state buyer 
or consumer, and 
b. as defined under Industry 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. 
Eligibility for the exemption set out in this paragraph shall be 
established, subject to r eview by the Tax Commission, by annually   
 
 
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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 from 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, contact 
lenses, or hearing aids; 
23.  Sales of tangible personal property or services to a motion 
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 program that will 
serve as a pilot for or be a segment of an ongoing dramatic or 
situation comedy series filmed or taped for network or national or 
regional syndication or a feature -length motion picture intende d for 
theatrical release or for network or national or regional 
syndication or broadcast.  The provisions of this paragraph shall 
apply to sales occurring on or after July 1, 1996.  In order to 
qualify for the exemption, the motion picture or television 
production company shall file any documentation and information   
 
 
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required to be submitted pursuant to rules promulgated by the Tax 
Commission; 
24.  Sales of diesel fuel sold for consumption by commercial 
vessels, barges and other commercial watercraft; 
25.  Sales of tangible personal property or services to tax -
exempt independent nonprofit biomedical research foundations that 
provide educational programs for Oklahoma science students and 
teachers and to tax-exempt independent nonprofit community blood 
banks headquartered in this state; 
26.  Effective May 6, 1992, sales of wireless tele communications 
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 induc ement 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 par ts, sales of aircraft frame repairs 
and modification, aircraft interior modification, and paint, and 
sales of services employed in the repair, modification, and 
replacement of parts of aircraft engines, aircraft frame and 
interior repair and modification, and paint;   
 
 
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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 an d supplies: 
a. are loaded on the ship, motor vessel, or barge and 
used in the maintenance and operation of the ship, 
motor vessel, or barge, or 
b. enter into and become component parts of the ship, 
motor vessel, or barge; 
30.  Sales of tangible personal pr operty made at estate sales at 
which such property is offered for sale on the premises of the 
former residence of the decedent by a person who is not required to 
be licensed pursuant to the Transient Merchant Licensing Act, or who 
is not otherwise required to obtain a sales tax permit for the sale 
of such property pursuant to the p rovisions of Section 1364 of this 
title; provided: 
a. such sale or event may not be held for a period 
exceeding three (3) consecutive days, 
b. the sale must be conducted within si x (6) months of 
the date of death of the decedent, and 
c. the exemption allowed by this paragraph shall not be 
allowed for property that was not part of the 
decedent’s estate; 
31.  Beginning January 1, 2004, sales of electricity and 
associated delivery and transmission services, when sold exclusively   
 
 
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for use by an oil and gas opera tor for reservoir dewatering projects 
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 development projects 
have been classified by the Corporation Commission as a reservoir 
dewatering unit; 
32.  Sales of prewritten computer software that is delivered 
electronically.  For purposes of this paragraph, “delivered 
electronically” means delivered to the purchaser by means 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 on -site, 
and permanently affixed to the real property and used for 
residential or commercial purposes.  The exemption provided 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 impos ed pursuant to Section 2103 of this 
title; 
34.  Sales of tangible personal property or services to: 
a. persons who are residents of Oklahoma and have been 
honorably discharged fro m active service in any branch 
of the Armed Forces of the United States or Oklahoma 
National Guard and who have been certified by the   
 
 
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United States Department of Veterans Affairs or its 
successor to be in receipt of disability compensation 
at the one-hundred-percent rate and the disability 
shall be permanent and have been sustained through 
military action or accident or resulting from disease 
contracted while in such active service and registered 
with the veterans registry created by the Oklahoma 
Department of Veterans Affairs, or 
b. the surviving spouse of the person in subparagraph a 
of this paragraph if the person is deceased and the 
spouse has not remarried and the surviving spouse of a 
person who is determined by the United States 
Department of Defense or any branch of the United 
States military to have died while in the line of duty 
if the spouse has not remarried.  Sales for the 
benefit of an eligible person to a spouse of the 
eligible person or to a member 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 purposes of this paragraph.  
The Oklahoma Tax Commission shall issue a separate 
exemption card to a spou se of an eligible person or to 
a member of the household in which the eligibl e person   
 
 
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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 authorized by this paragraph shall not 
exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) per year for 
an unremarried surviving spouse.  Upon request of the 
Tax Commission, a person asser ting or claiming the 
exemption authorized by this paragraph shall provide a 
statement, executed under oath, that the total sales 
amounts for which the exemption is applicable have not 
exceeded Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) per 
year per living disabled veteran or One Thousand 
Dollars ($1,000.00) per year for an unremarried 
surviving spouse.  If the amount of such exempt sales 
exceeds such amount, the sales tax in excess of the 
authorized amount shall be treated as a direct sales 
tax liability and may be recovered by the Tax 
Commission in the same manner provided by law for 
other taxes including penalty and interest.  The Tax 
Commission shall promulgate any rules necessary to 
implement the provisions of this paragraph, which   
 
 
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shall include rules providing for the disclosure of 
information about persons eligible for the exemption 
authorized in this paragraph to the Oklahoma 
Department of Veterans Affairs, as authorized in 
Section 205 of this title.  For purposes of the 
exemption authorized by this sub paragraph, if the 
disability determination that would have been made 
while the disabled veteran was still living is not 
made final until after the death of the disabled 
veteran, the exemption authorized by this subparagraph 
may still be claimed by the surviving spouse; 
35.  Sales of electricity to the operator, 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 through 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 formation for the purpose of forcing oil or 
petroleum into a wellbore for eventual recovery and production from 
the wellhead.  In order to be eligible for the sales tax exemption 
authorized by this paragraph, t he total content of oil recovered 
after the use of enhanced recovery methods shall not exceed one 
percent (1%) by volume.  The exemption authorized by this paragraph   
 
 
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shall be applicable only to the state sales tax rate and shall not 
be applicable to any co unty or municipal sales tax rate; 
36.  Sales of intrastate charter and tour bus transportation.  
As used in this paragraph, “intrastate charter and tour bus 
transportation” means the transportation of persons from one 
location in this state to another loca tion in this state in a motor 
vehicle which has been constructed in such a ma nner that it may 
lawfully carry more than eighteen persons, and which is ordinarily 
used or rented to carry persons for compensation.  Provided, this 
exemption shall not apply to regularly scheduled bus transportation 
for the general public; 
37.  Sales of vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements by a 
licensed chiropractor to a person who is the patient of such 
chiropractor at the physical location where the chiropractor 
provides chiropractic care or services to such patient.  The 
provisions of this parag raph shall not be applicable to any drug, 
medicine, or substance for which a prescription by a licensed 
physician is required; 
38.  Sales of goods, wares, merchandise, tangible pe rsonal 
property, machinery, and equipment to a web search portal located in 
this state which derives 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 NAICS North   
 
 
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American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 519130 which 
operates websites that use a search engine to generate and maintain 
extensive databases of Internet addres ses and content in an easily 
searchable format; 
39.  Sales of tangible personal property consumed or 
incorporated in the construction or expansion of a facility for a 
corporation organized under Section 437 et seq. of Title 18 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes as a rural electric cooperative.  For purposes of 
this paragraph, sales made to a contractor or subcontractor that has 
previously entered into a contractual relationship with a rural 
electric cooperative for construction or expansion of a facility 
shall be considered sales made to a rural electric cooperative; 
40.  Sales of tangible personal property or services to a 
business primarily engaged in the repair of consumer electronic 
goods including, but not limited to, cell phones, compact disc 
players, personal computers, MP3 players, digital devices for the 
storage and retrieval of infor mation through hard-wired or wireless 
computer or Internet connections, if the devices are sold to the 
business by the original manufacturer of such devices and the 
devices are repaired, refitted or refurbished for sale by the entity 
qualifying for the exemption authorized by this paragraph directly 
to retail consumers or if the devices are sold to another business 
entity for sale to retail consumers;   
 
 
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41.  On or after July 1, 2019, and prior to July 1, 2024, sales 
or leases of rolling stock when sold or lea sed by the manufacturer, 
regardless of whether the purchaser is a public services corporation 
engaged in business as a common carrier of property or passengers by 
railway, for use or consumption by a common 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 further use only on the railways; 
42.  Sales of gold, si lver, platinum, palladium or other bullion 
items such as coins and bars and legal tender of any nation, which 
legal tender is sold according to its value as precious metal or as 
an investment.  As used in the paragraph, “bullion” means any 
precious metal including, but not limited to, gold, silver, 
platinum, and palladium, that is in such a state or condition that 
its value depends upon its precious metal content and not its form. 
The exemption authorized by this paragraph shall not apply to 
fabricated metals that have been processed or manufactured for 
artistic use or as jewelry; and 
43.  Recovery fees on the rental charge from any item of heavy 
equipment property rental as provid ed for in Section 2 of this act 
2807.11 of this title; and 
44.  Sales of firearm safety devices and gun safety devices.  As 
used in this paragraph:   
 
 
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a. “firearm safety device ” means a gun safe, gun case, 
gun lock box, trigger lock, barrel lock, or other 
device that is designed to be used to store a firearm 
and that is designed to be unlocked only by means of a 
key, combination, or other similar means, and 
b. “gun safety device” means any integral device to be 
equipped or installed on a firearm that permits a user 
to program the firearm to operate only for specified 
persons designated by the user through computerized 
locking devices or other means integral to and 
permanently part of the firearm . 
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective Novem ber 1, 2025. 
 
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