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the public highways. "Motor vehicle" includes an all-terrain
vehicle and a snowmobile as defined in Title 12, section 13001.

 
7-A. Vehicle. "Vehicle" has the same meaning ascribed to that
term by Title 29-A, section 101, subsection 91.

 
7-B. Machinery and equipment. "Machinery and equipment"
means machinery, equipment and parts and attachments for
machinery and equipment, but excludes foundations for machinery
and equipment and special purpose buildings used to house or
support machinery and equipment.

 
7-C. Nonprofit. "Nonprofit" refers to an organization which
that has been determined by the United States Internal Revenue
Service to be exempt from taxation under Section 501(c) of the
Code.

 
8-A. Prepared food. "Prepared food" means:

 
A. Meals served on or off the premises of the retailer;

 
B. Food and drinks that are prepared by the retailer and
ready for consumption without further preparation; and

 
C. All food and drinks sold from an establishment whose
sales of food and drinks that are prepared by the retailer
account for more than 75% of the establishment's gross
receipts.

 
"Prepared food" does not include bulk sales of grocery staples.

 
8-B. Prepaid calling service. "Prepaid calling service"
means the right to access exclusively telecommunications services
that must be paid for in advance that enables the origination of
calls using an access number or authorization code or both,
whether manually or electronically dialed, and that is sold in
predetermined units or dollars, the number of which declines with
use in a known amount. The sale or recharge of the service is
considered a sale within the State if the transfer for
consideration takes place at the vendor's place of business in
the State. If the sale or recharge of prepaid calling service
does not take place at the vendor's place of business, the sale
or recharge is deemed to take place at the customer's shipping
address, or if there is no item shipped, at the customer's
billing address or the location associated with the customer's
mobile telephone number. The sale of the service is deemed to
occur on the date of the transfer for consideration of the
service.


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