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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 68. REVENUE AND TAXATION

  § 68-500.50. Conditions for importers prior to bringing undyed and untaxed fuel into state - Penalties - Seizure.  

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  • A.  In the event that an importer acquires motor fuel destined for this state which has neither been dyed in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations issued thereunder, nor tax paid to or accrued by the supplier at the time of removal from the out-of-state terminal, any licensed importer and transporter operating on behalf of the licensed importer shall meet all of the following conditions prior to entering motor fuel onto the highways of this state by loaded transport truck:

    1.  The importer or the transporter shall have obtained an import verification number from the Commission not sooner than twenty-four (24) hours prior to entering this state;

    2.  The import verification number shall have been set out prominently and indelibly on the face of each copy of the terminal-issued shipping paper carried on board the transport truck;

    3.  The terminal origin and the name and address of the importer shall also be set out prominently on the face of each copy of the terminal-issued shipping paper;

    4.  The terminal-issued shipping paper data otherwise required by this act shall be present; and

    5.  All tax imposed by this act with respect to previously requested import verification number activity on the account of the importer or the transporter shall have been timely precollected and remitted.

    B.  Any person who knowingly violates or knowingly aids and abets another to violate this provision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or be sentenced to a term of not more than one (1) year in the county jail, or shall be punishable by both such fine and imprisonment and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 59 of this act.

    C.  The Commission, its appointee, or representative may seize, confiscate and dispose of any motor fuel which should be accompanied by a shipping paper meeting the requirement of this section which is not accompanied by the required shipping paper.

Added by Laws 1996, c. 345, § 50, eff. Oct. 1, 1996.