§ 64-2.610. Use tax—Additional exemptions.

(a)

There shall be exempt from the tax due under this section:

(1)

The amount of any sales or use tax imposed by the State of California upon a retailer or consumer.

(2)

The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, the gross receipts from the sale of which have been subject to sales tax under a sales and use tax ordinance enacted in accordance with Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code by any city and county, county, or city in this state, shall be exempt from the tax due under this ordinance.

(3)

Provided, however, that the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by operators of carriers of persons or property for hire or compensation under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the laws of this state, the United States, or any foreign government is exempt from eighty percent of the tax.

(b)

There shall be exempt from the tax due under this section:

(1)

The amount of any sales or use tax imposed by the State of California upon a retailer or consumer.

(2)

The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, the gross receipts from the sale of which have been subject to sales tax under a sales and use tax ordinance enacted in accordance with Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code by any city and county, county, or city in this state, shall be exempt from the tax due under this ordinance.

(3)

In addition to the exemptions provided in Sections 6366 and 6366.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by operators of aircraft and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common waterborne vessels and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the carriage of persons or property in such vessels for commercial purposes is exempted from eighty percent of the tax.

(4)

In addition to the exemptions provided in Sections 6366 and 6366.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by operators of aircraft and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property for hire or compensation under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the laws of this state, the United States, or any foreign government is exempt from eighty percent of the tax.

(Ords. 83-69 § 6, 73-91 § 2).

* This section shall be operative on the operative date of any act of the Legislature of the state of California, which amended or repeals and reenacts Sections 7202 and 7203 of the Revenue and Taxation Code to provide an exemption for operators of waterborne vessels in the same or substantially the same language as that existing in those sections as they read on October 1, 1983.