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. (a) There are exempted from the taxes imposed by this part
the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other
consumption in this state of, any of the following:
(1) Tangible personal property purchased for use by a qualified
person to be used primarily in teleproduction or other postproduction
services.
(2) Tangible personal property purchased for use by a qualified
person to be used primarily to maintain, repair, measure, or test any
property described in paragraph (1).
(b) This exemption shall not apply to any tangible personal
property that is used primarily in administration, general
management, or marketing.
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Primarily" means tangible personal property used 50 percent
or more of the time in an activity described in subdivision (a).
(2) "Qualified person" means any person that is primarily engaged
in teleproduction or other postproduction activities that are
described in Code 512191 of the North American Industry
Classification System Manual published by the United States Office of
Management and Budget, 1997 edition.
(3) "Teleproduction or other postproduction services" means
services for film or video that include editing, film and video
transfers, transcoding, dubbing, subtitling, credits, close
captioning, audio production, special effects (visual or sound),
graphics, or animation.
(4) "Tangible personal property" includes, but is not limited to,
all of the following:
(A) Machinery and equipment, including component parts.
(B) All equipment or devices used or required to operate, control,
regulate, or maintain the machinery, including, without limitation,
computers, data processing equipment, and computer software, together
with all repair and replacement parts with a useful life of one or
more years, whether purchased separately or in conjunction with a
complete machine and regardless of whether the machine or component
parts are assembled by the taxpayers or another party.
(5) "Tangible personal property" does not include furniture,
inventory, or equipment used to store products.
(d) No exemption shall be allowed under this section unless the
purchaser furnishes the retailer with an exemption certificate,
completed in accordance with any instructions or regulations as the
board may prescribe, and the retailer subsequently furnishes the
board with a copy of the exemption certificate. The exemption
certificate shall contain the sales price of the machinery and
equipment that is exempt pursuant to subdivision (a).
(e) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of the Bradley-Burns Uniform
Local Sales and Use Tax Law (Part 1.5 (commencing with Section
7200)) or the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with
Section 7251)), the exemption established by the section shall not
apply with respect to any tax levied by a county, city, or district
pursuant to, or in accordance with, either of these laws.
(2) The exemption established by this section shall not apply with
respect to any tax levied pursuant to Sections 6051.2 and 6201.2, or
pursuant to Section 35 of Article XIII of the California
Constitution.
(3) The exemption established by this section shall not apply to
any sale or use of property that, within one year from the date of
purchase, is either removed from California or converted from an
exempt use under subdivision (a) to some other use not qualifying for
the exemption.
(f) If a purchaser certifies in writing to the seller that the
property purchased without payment of the tax will be used in a
manner entitling the seller to regard the gross receipts from the
sale as exempt from the sales tax, and within one year from the date
of purchase, the purchaser (1) removes that property outside
California, (2) converts that property for use in a manner not
qualifying for the exemption, or (3) uses that property in a manner
not qualifying for the exemption, the purchaser shall be liable for
payment of sales tax, with applicable interest, as if the purchaser
were a retailer making a retail sale of the property at the time the
property is so removed, converted, or used, and the sales price of
the property to the purchaser shall be deemed the gross receipts from
that retail sale.