UNAPPROVED DRAFT BILL -- Subject to Change Without Notice!
BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY
(Primary Sponsor)
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT INCREASING THE GASOLINE LICENSE TAX COLLECTIONS PAID BY GASOLINE DISTRIBUTORS BY REDUCING THE ALLOWANCE PROVIDED TO GASOLINE DISTRIBUTORS FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE TAX FROM 1 PERCENT TO 0.5 PERCENT OF THE TAX IMPOSED; SUBMITTING THE DECREASE IN THE ALLOWANCE TO THE ELECTORATE; AMENDING SECTION 15-70-205, MCA; PROVIDING A CONTINGENT VOIDNESS PROVISION; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 15-70-205, MCA, is amended to read:
"15-70-205. (Temporary) Distributor's statement and payment -- confidentiality. (1) Each distributor shall, not
later than the 25th day of each calendar month, render a true signed statement to the department of transportation of all
gasoline distributed and received by the distributor in this state during the preceding calendar month and containing any
other information that the department may reasonably require in order to administer the gasoline license tax law. The
statement must be accompanied by a payment in an amount equal to the tax imposed by 15-70-204 less any refund credit
issued under 15-70-226 and less 1% 0.5% of the total tax that may be deducted by the distributor as an allowance for
collecting the tax. An allowance may not be deducted from the 3-cent tax on aviation fuel.
(2) A distributor engaged in or carrying on a business at more than one place or location in this state may include all places of business in one statement.
(3) The department or a deputy, assistant, agent, clerk, or other employee of the department may not publish or otherwise disseminate information contained in a statement required under this section in a form that allows identification of a distributor or a purchaser of gasoline. This section may not be construed to prohibit:
(a) the delivery to a distributor or the distributor's authorized representative of a certified copy of any return or report filed in connection with the tax;
(b) the inspection by the attorney general or other legal representative of the state of the report or return of a distributor who brings an action to set aside or review the tax based on the report or return or against whom an action or proceeding has been instituted in accordance with the provisions of Title 15;
(c) the publication of statistics classified to prevent the identification of particular reports or returns and the items in the reports or returns;
(d) the inspection by the commissioner of internal revenue of the United States or the proper officer or any representative of either officer of the report or return of any distributor or the furnishing to the officer or authorized representative of an abstract of the report or return, but permission must be granted or information must be furnished to the officer or the officer's representative if the statutes of the United States or the other state grant substantially similar privileges to the proper officer of this state charged with the administration of this chapter or in compliance with 15-70-121 and 15-70-122; or
(e) the compliance of the department with any order of a court of competent jurisdiction. (Terminates on occurrence of contingency--sec. 17, Ch. 642, L. 1993.)
15-70-205. (Effective on occurrence of contingency) Distributor's statement and payment -- confidentiality. (1)
Each distributor shall, not later than the 25th day of each calendar month, render a true signed statement to the department
of transportation of all gasoline distributed and received by the distributor in this state during the preceding calendar month
and containing any other information that the department may reasonably require in order to administer the gasoline license
tax law. The statement must be accompanied by a payment in an amount equal to the tax imposed by 15-70-204 less any
refund credit issued under 15-70-226 and less 1% 0.5% of the total tax that may be deducted by the distributor as an
allowance for collecting the tax. An allowance may not be deducted from the 2-cent tax on aviation fuel.
(2) A distributor engaged in or carrying on a business at more than one place or location in this state may include all places of business in one statement.
(3) The department or a deputy, assistant, agent, clerk, or other employee of the department may not publish or otherwise disseminate information contained in a statement required under this section in a form that allows identification of a distributor or a purchaser of gasoline. This section may not be construed to prohibit:
(a) the delivery to a distributor or the distributor's authorized representative of a certified copy of any return or report filed in connection with the tax;
(b) the inspection by the attorney general or other legal representative of the state of the report or return of a distributor who brings an action to set aside or review the tax based on the report or return or against whom an action or proceeding has been instituted in accordance with the provisions of Title 15;
(c) the publication of statistics classified to prevent the identification of particular reports or returns and the items in the reports or returns;
(d) the inspection by the commissioner of internal revenue of the United States or the proper officer or any representative of either officer of the report or return of any distributor or the furnishing to the officer or authorized representative of an abstract of the report or return, but permission must be granted or information must be furnished to the officer or the officer's representative if the statutes of the United States or the other state grant substantially similar privileges to the proper officer of this state charged with the administration of this chapter or in compliance with 15-70-121 and 15-70-122; or
(e) the compliance of the department with any order of a court of competent jurisdiction."
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Submission of tax increase to electorate. This act shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana as provided in Title 13, chapter 1, at the tax election to be held in 1999, by printing on the ballot the full title of this act and the following:
SHALL THE GASOLINE LICENSE TAX COLLECTIONS PAID BY GASOLINE DISTRIBUTORS BE INCREASED ANNUALLY BY 0.5% IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER?
[] FOR increasing the gasoline license tax collections paid by gasoline distributors by reducing the allowance provided for the collections from 1% to 0.5%.
[] AGAINST increasing the gasoline license tax collections paid by gasoline distributors by reducing the allowance provided for the collections from 1% to 0.5%.
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Contingent voidness. If Constitutional Initiative No. 75, enacting Article VIII, section 17, of the Montana constitution, is declared invalid, then section 2 is void.
NEW SECTION. Section 4. Effective dates. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if approved by the electorate, this act is effective July 1, 1999.
(2) Section 1 is effective upon the occurrence of the contingency provided for in section 3.
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