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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 729<\/a> and 758<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 5 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2007, chapter 896<\/a>; in 2012, chapters 729<\/a> and 733<\/a>; in 2013, chapter 766<\/a>; in 2014, chapters 14<\/a> and 43<\/a>; in 2020, chapters 1230<\/a> and 1275<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":359872,"section_number":"33.2-1524","catch_line":"Commonwealth Transportation Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/33.2-1524\/"},{"id":371222,"section_number":"58.1-2251","catch_line":"Liability for tax; filing returns; payment of tax","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2251\/"},{"id":371226,"section_number":"58.1-2255","catch_line":"Returns and payments by bulk users and retailers of alternative fuel; storage","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2255\/"},{"id":371232,"section_number":"58.1-2261","catch_line":"Refund procedure; investigations","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-2261\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1482555,"object_type":"law","relational_id":371220,"identifier":"58.1-2249","token":"58.1\/II\/22\/5\/58.1-2249","url":"\/58.1-2249\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-2249\/","token":"58.1\/II\/22\/5\/58.1-2249","dublin_core":{"Title":"Tax on alternative fuel","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-2249","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

There is hereby levied a tax at the rate levied on gasoline<\/span> and gasohol<\/span> on liquid<\/span> alternative fuel<\/span> used to operate a highway vehicle<\/span> by means of a vehicle supply tank that stores fuel only for the purpose of supplying fuel to operate the vehicle. There is hereby levied a tax at a rate equivalent to that levied on gasoline<\/span> and gasohol<\/span> on all other alternative fuel<\/span> used to operate a highway vehicle<\/span>. The Commissioner<\/span> shall determine the equivalent rate applicable to such other alternative fuels<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTAX ON ALTERNATIVE FUEL (\u00a7 58.1-2249)\n\nThere is hereby levied a tax at the rate levied on gasoline and gasohol on\nliquid alternative fuel used to operate a highway vehicle by means of a vehicle\nsupply tank that stores fuel only for the purpose of supplying fuel to operate\nthe vehicle. There is hereby levied a tax at a rate equivalent to that levied on\ngasoline and gasohol on all other alternative fuel used to operate a highway\nvehicle. The Commissioner shall determine the equivalent rate applicable to such\nother alternative fuels.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, cc. 729, 758; 2007, c. 896; 2012, cc. 729, 733; 2013, c. 766;\n2014, cc. 14, 43; 2020, cc. 1230, 1275.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}