6018.6
. (a) Any person who received no more than 20 percent of his
or her total gross receipts from the alteration of garments during
the preceding calendar year is a consumer of, and shall not be
considered a retailer within the provisions of this part with respect
to, property used or furnished by that person in altering new or
used clothing, provided that both of the following apply:
(1) That person operates a location or locations as a pickup and
delivery point for garment cleaning, or provides spotting and
pressing services on the premises but not garment cleaning, or
operates a garment cleaning or dyeing plant on the premises.
(2) Seventy-five percent or more of that person's total gross
receipts represent charges for garment cleaning or dyeing services.
(b) Sales tax shall not apply to the charges for alterations
specified in subdivision (a). However, that person is a retailer of
any other tangible personal property sold to consumers in the regular
course of business and sales tax shall apply to the gross receipts
from those sales.
(c) For the purpose of this section:
(1) "Cleaning" means wet cleaning and drycleaning.
(2) "Wet cleaning" means the process of cleaning a garment by
immersion in water, or by applying manually or by any mechanical
device, water, or any detergent and water, or by spraying or brushing
the garment with water or water and any detergent, or water vapor,
or steam, and includes self-service or coin-operated equipment in
whole or in part.
(3) "Drycleaning" means the process of cleaning or renovating
wearing apparel, feathers, furs, hats, fabrics, household items, or
textiles by immersion and agitation, spraying, vaporization, or
immersion only, in a volatile, commercially moisture-free solvent or
by the use of a volatile or inflammable product, applied either
manually or by means of a mechanical appliance and including
self-service or coin-operated equipment in whole or in part.
(4) "Dyeing" means the process of coloring wearing apparel,
feathers, furs, hats, fabrics, or textiles by the use of aniline
dyes, mordants, or acids, with or without steam, excluding, however,
the use of any dye or combination of dyes which is directly soluble
or dispersible in water and which does not require chemical
alteration of its structure for application, where that dye or
combination of dyes is applied to cotton, viscose rayon, or
cuprammonium rayon other than wearing apparel.
(5) "Spotting" means the process of removing spots or stains or
localized areas of soil from a garment, either before or after, and
with or without drycleaning or wet cleaning, by brushing, spraying,
or other means of manual or mechanical application, other than
immersion, with water, detergents, and volatile or inflammable
solvents, chemicals, or any, or all of them.
(6) "Pressing" means the process of restoring the garment to the
original shape, dimensions, or contour thereof, or to those in which
the same was received from the customer, or as directed by the
customer, and the removal of wrinkles, stresses, bulges, and
impressions, imprint marks and shine, from a garment by the
application of pressure, heat, moisture, water vapor, or steam, or
all of them, whether applied manually, or by any mechanical means.