2011 Oregon Revised Statutes
ORS Volume 8, Chapters 305 - 325
ORS Chapter 319
319.520 Definitions for ORS 319.510 to 319.880.

As used in ORS 319.510 to 319.880, unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

(1) Cardlock card means a fuel card:

(a) Capable of generating an electronic invoice or electronic statement that includes the information required by ORS 319.671 and the applicable fuel tax amount;

(b) Issued for a specific vehicle, a specific piece of equipment or a group of equipment;

(c) That includes the qualifying information, as designated by the Department of Transportation by rule, that is printed on the electronic invoice or electronic statement;

(d) That allows the tax status of the cardlock card to be indicated on the electronic invoice or electronic statement and includes state tax as a separate item on the invoice or statement; and

(e) That allows a cardlock card issuer to generate a statement recording, by fuel type, gallons of fuel purchased for domestic and foreign customers each month.

(2) Combined weight means the total empty weight of all vehicles in a combination plus the total weight of the load carried on that combination of vehicles.

(3) Delinquent means having failed to pay a tax or penalty within the time provided by law.

(4) Department means the Department of Transportation.

(5) Domestic customer means a customer making a purchase at a nonretail facility owned by the cardlock card issuer.

(6) Foreign customer means a customer making a purchase at a nonretail facility owned by a seller other than the cardlock card issuer.

(7) Fuel means any combustible gas, liquid or material of a kind used for the generation of power to propel a motor vehicle on the highways except motor vehicle fuel as defined in ORS 319.010.

(8) Highway means every way, thoroughfare and place, of whatever nature, open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel.

(9) Light weight means the weight of a vehicle when fully equipped for moving over the highway.

(10) Motor vehicle means every self-propelled vehicle operated on the highway, except an implement of husbandry used in agricultural operations and only incidentally operated or moved upon the highway.

(11) Nonretail facility means:

(a) An unattended facility accessible only by cardlock card and not associated with a retail facility; or

(b) An unattended portion of a retail facility separate from the retail operations and accessible only by cardlock card.

(12) Person means any individual, firm, copartnership, joint venture, association, corporation, trust, receiver or any group or combination acting as a unit.

(13) Seller means:

(a) A person that sells fuel to a user; or

(b) If the fuel is dispensed at a nonretail facility, the person that owns the user s accounts and bills the user for fuel purchased at a nonretail facility.

(14) To sell fuel for use in a motor vehicle means to dispense or place fuel for a price into a receptacle on a motor vehicle, from which receptacle the fuel is supplied to propel the motor vehicle.

(15) To use fuel in a motor vehicle means to receive into any receptacle on a motor vehicle, fuel to be consumed in propelling the motor vehicle on the highways of this state; and, if the fuel is received into the receptacle outside the taxing jurisdiction of the state, to use fuel in a motor vehicle means to consume in propelling the motor vehicle on the highways of this state. [Amended by 1955 c.287 21; 1959 c.188 1; 1977 c.429 1; 1981 c.703 1; 1989 c.992 24a; 1991 c.284 5; 1993 c.741 32; 2003 c.99 1; 2008 c.44 1]