For the purposes of this regulation, the following definitions apply:
Tax administration (Administración tributaria): Administrative unit of the Municipality of Orotina, responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, executing, and controlling the municipal tax process.
Tax base (Base imponible): the tax base for determining this tax is the total value, at market price, of the material accumulated or extracted from the authorized stone quarry (cantera), quarry (tajo), or public domain watercourse (cauce de dominio público), whether this material is sand, stone, ballast (lastre), or any derivative thereof.
Taxpayers (Contribuyentes): taxpayers, for the purposes of the tax established in the Mining Code, shall be the natural or legal persons, de facto or de jure, public or private, that are engaged in the exploitation of quarries (tajos), stone quarries (canteras) or public domain watercourses (cauces de dominio público) in the jurisdiction of the canton of Orotina, and furthermore, that comply with all the legal requirements that the regulations establish for the exercise of such activity.
Municipality (Municipalidad): The Municipality of Orotina.