§ 8-2.12 1974 EXCLUSIONS AND EXEMPTIONS; AIRCRAFT AND WATERBORNE VESSELS.
   (A)   The amount subject to tax shall not include any sales or use tax imposed by the state upon a retailer or consumer.
   (B)   The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property, the gross receipts from the sale of which have been subject to tax under a sales and use tax ordinance enacted in accordance with the provisions of Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code, Part 1.5 of Division 2 by any city and county, county, or city in the state shall be exempt from the tax due under the provisions of this chapter.
   (C)   There shall be exempted from the computation of the amount of sales tax the gross receipts from the salts of tangible personal property to operators of waterborne vessels to be used or consumed principally outside the city in which the sale is made and directly and exclusively in the carriage of persons or property in such vessels for commercial purposes.
   (D)   The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by operators of waterborne vessels and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the carriage of persons or property of such vessels for commercial purposes shall be exempted from the use tax.
   (E)   There shall be exempted from the computation of the amount of the sales tax the gross receipts from the sales of tangible personal property to operators of aircraft to be used or consumed principally outside the city in which the sale is made and directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property under the authority of the laws of the state, the country, or any foreign government.
   (F)   In addition to the exemptions set forth in Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code §§ 6366 and 6366.1, the storage, use, or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by operators of aircraft and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common carriers of persons or property for hire or compensation under a certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant to the laws of the state, the country, or any foreign government shall be exempted from the use tax.
('61 Code, § 8-2.12) (Ord. 206 C.S., passed 10-31-73)