Whenever used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall be construed as follows:

(a) “Distributor” means (1) any person, wherever resident or located, who or which imports fuels or causes fuels to be imported into this state, for sale or use, (2) any person who or which produces, refines, manufactures or compounds fuels within this state, (3) any person who or which distributes fuels by tank wagon in this state, and (4) any person who or which stores fuels in this state in a tank or other container having a capacity equaling or exceeding an amount established by the commissioner for purposes of the determination required in accordance with this subdivision;

(b) “Fuels” means (1) fuels as defined in section 14-1 and (2) any other combustible gas or liquid suitable for the generation of power to propel motor vehicles;

(c) “Motor vehicle” means any vehicle propelled or drawn by any power other than muscular, except aircraft, motorboats, road rollers, baggage trucks used about railroad stations, electric battery-operated wheel chairs when operated by persons with physical disabilities at speeds not exceeding fifteen miles per hour, agricultural tractors, farm implements and such vehicles as run only upon rails or tracks;

(d) “Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, association, copartnership, company, firm or other aggregation;

(e) “Connecticut motor bus company” means any common carrier motor bus company, organized in this state and engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire, to which a certificate has been issued under section 13b-80 and seventy-five per cent of whose gross operating revenue is derived from operations within this state.

(1971, P.A. 140, S. 1; P.A. 79-627, S. 2, 6; P.A. 82-25, S. 1, 10; P.A. 84-429, S. 49; P.A. 85-391, S. 5, 7; P.A. 86-403, S. 22, 132; P.A. 95-79, S. 33, 189; P.A. 17-202, S. 37.)

History: P.A. 79-627 defined gasohol in Subsec. (b) and included gasohol as a fuel under provisions of section, effective July 1, 1979, and applicable to fuel sold on or after that date; P.A. 82-25 eliminated reference to “association of persons, firm or corporation” in definition of distributor, changed definition of “fuels” to conform with Sec. 14-1 and added definition of “Connecticut motor bus company”, effective July 1, 1982, and applicable to fuel sales by distributors on or after that date; P.A. 84-429 made technical changes for statutory consistency; P.A. 85-391 redefined “distributor” in Subsec. (a) to include any person who stores fuels in such amounts as to equal or exceed an amount to be established by the commissioner for purposes of such determination; P.A. 86-403 made technical changes; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 17-202 amended Subsec. (c) by replacing “physically handicapped persons” with “persons with physical disabilities”.