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a) For the privilege of storing, for the purpose of sale, each supplier, wholesaler, and retailer owning 1,000 or more gallons of tax-paid motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline, on July 1, 2010, shall pay a storage tax of seventeen and three-tenths cents ($0.173) per gallon of tax-paid motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline, in storage according to the volumetric measure thereof. (

b) For purposes of this section: (1) “Owning” means having title to the motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline. (2) “Retailer” means any person who sells motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline, in this state to a person who subsequently uses the motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline. (3) “Storing” includes the ownership or possession of tax-paid motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline, outside of the bulk transfer or terminal system, including the holding of tax-paid motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline, for sale at wholesale or retail locations stored in a container of any kind, including railroad tank cars and trucks or trailer cargo tanks. “Storing” also includes tax-paid motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline, purchased from and invoiced by the seller, and tax-paid motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline removed from a terminal or entered into by a supplier, prior to the date specified in subdivision (

a) and in transit on that date. (4) “Wholesaler” means any person who sells motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline, in this state for resale to a retailer or to a person who is not a retailer and subsequently uses the motor vehicle fuel, other than aviation gasoline.