Requirements for refund to bona fide farmer or rancher

1. Any person determined by the Department to be a bona fide farmer or rancher, not engaged in other activities which would distort his or her highway usage, may claim a refund only on the basis of 80 percent of his or her bulk purchases of special fuel, without the necessity of maintaining records of use. 2. Any farmer or rancher desiring to claim a refund under the provisions of this section must first secure a permit from the Department, and such a permit shall bind the permittee to file claims for refunds under the provisions of this section until a request has been made for a change of basis for filing, which request has been approved by the Department. 3. The provisions of this section do not exempt any person from any requirement to maintain records of use otherwise applicable to bulk purchases pursuant to any other state or federal law. 4. The Department may adopt such regulations as it determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including, without limitation, any regulations relating to the determination of the amount of the refund available to a person who claims a refund pursuant to this section and who files a request for reimbursement pursuant to NRS 373.083. 5. For the purposes of this section, “bulk purchases” means purchases of more than 50 gallons of special fuel which are not placed directly into the tanks of motor vehicles.