Section 77-2704.13 - Fuel, energy, or water sources; exemptionSales and use taxes shall not be imposed on the gross receipts from the sale, lease, or rental of and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of:
(1) Sales and purchases of electricity, coal, gas, fuel oil, diesel fuel, tractor fuel, propane, gasoline, coke, nuclear fuel, butane, wood as fuel, and corn as fuel when more than fifty percent of the amount purchased is for use directly in irrigation or farming;(2) Sales and purchases of such energy sources or fuels when more than fifty percent of the amount purchased is for use directly in processing, manufacturing, or refining, in the generation of electricity, in the compression of natural gas for retail sale as a vehicle fuel, or by any hospital. For purposes of this subdivision, processing includes the drying and aerating of grain in commercial agricultural facilities; and(3) Sales and purchases of water used for irrigation of agricultural lands and manufacturing purposes.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 77-2704.13
Laws 1992, LB 871, § 37; Laws 1992, Fourth Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 27; Laws 1993, LB 345, § 43; Laws 1994, LB 977, § 4; Laws 2003, LB 282, § 55; Laws 2009, LB 9, § 4; Laws 2014, LB 867, § 12; Laws 2016, LB 774, § 4.Amended by Laws 2016, LB 774,§ 4, eff. 10/1/2016.Amended by Laws 2014, LB 867,§ 12, eff. 1/1/2015.