Source: https://leg.mt.gov/bills/1997/Bills/Senate/SB0188_01.htm
Timestamp: 2018-06-25 19:03:36
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 3', 'art 7', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 2', 'art 3']

A Bill for an Act entitled: "An Act allowing certain employees of the department of transportation to seize fuel that is being improperly imported into the state; defining "conveyance", "improperly imported fuel", and "peace officer"; directing the department of transportation to establish rules governing a bidding process among licensed Montana fuel distributors for the purchase of seized fuel; providing for a hearing to determine the recipient of seized fuel; amending sections 15-70-104, 15-70-201, 15-70-202, 15-70-301, and 15-70-341, MCA; and providing an immediate effective date."
A statement of intent is required for this bill because it requires the department of transportation to establish rules to govern the bidding process determining the licensed Montana distributor that will be allowed to purchase improperly imported fuel seized by the department.
Section 1. Section 15-70-104, MCA, is amended to read:
"15-70-104. Rules to be established by department. (1) The department of transportation shall adopt, publish, and enforce the rules consistent with and necessary for carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
(2) The department may prescribe, adopt, and enforce reasonable rules relating to the administration and enforcement of:
(a)(b) part 3;
(b)(c) part 7; and
(c)(d) the International Fuel Tax Agreement authorized by 15-70-121."
(2) "Aviation dealer" means any a person in this state engaged in the business of selling aviation fuel, either from a wholesale or retail outlet, on which the license tax has been paid to a licensed distributor as provided in this section.
(e) any a dealer licensed as of January 1, 1969, except a dealer at an established airport; or
(10) "Import" means to receive into any a person's possession or custody first after its arrival and coming to rest at destination within the state of any gasoline shipped or transported into this state from a point of origin outside of this state other than in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle.
(12)(13) "Motor vehicle" means all vehicles operated or propelled upon the public highways or streets of this state in whole or in part by the combustion of gasoline.
(13)(14) "Person" means any person, firm, association, joint-stock company, syndicate, or corporation.
(14)(15) "Use" means the operation of motor vehicles upon the public roads or highways of the state or of any political subdivision of the state."
Section 3. Section 15-70-202, MCA, is amended to read:
(i) an application for a license with the department of transportation on forms prescribed and furnished by the department setting forth the information as may be requested by the department.; and Each distributor shall at the same time file
(ii) security with the department in an amount to be determined by the department. However, the The required amount of security may not exceed twice the estimated amount of gasoline taxes the distributor will pay to this state each month.
(2) Any A person who engages in the wholesale distribution of gasoline in this state exercising the option under 15-70-201(6)(c) shall pay an annual license fee of $200.
(3) "Security" means:
(4) Failure to obtain a gasoline distributor license as required in this section subjects the distributor to the provisions of [section 6] allowing for the seizure, confiscation, and possible forfeiture of the fuel."
(4) "Cardtrol" or "keylock" means any a unique device intended to allow access to a special fuel dealer's unattended pump or dispensing unit for the purpose of delivery of special fuel to an authorized user of the unique device.
(12)(13) "Motor vehicle" means all vehicles that are operated upon the public highways or streets of this state and that are operated in whole or in part by the combustion of special fuel.
(13)(14) "Person" includes any person, firm, association, joint-stock company, syndicate, partnership, or corporation. Whenever the term is used in any clause prescribing and imposing a fine or imprisonment, or both, as applied to a firm, association, syndicate, or partnership, it includes the partners or members and, as applied to joint-stock companies and corporations, the officers.
(14)(15) "Public roads and highways of this state" means all streets, roads, highways, and related structures:
(15)(16) "Special fuel" means those combustible gases and liquids commonly referred to as diesel fuel or any other volatile liquid of less than 46 degrees A.P.I. (American petroleum institute) gravity test, except liquid petroleum gas, when actually sold for use in motor vehicles operating upon the public roads and highways within the state of Montana. The term special fuel includes all other types of additives when the additive is mixed or blended into special fuel, regardless of the additive's classifications or uses.
(16)(17) "Special fuel dealer" means:
(a) any a person in the business of handling special fuel who delivers any part of the fuel into the fuel supply tank or tanks of a motor vehicle not then owned or controlled by the person;
(b) any a person who sells special fuel at a location unattended by the dealer through an unattended pump by use of a cardtrol, keylock, or similar device; or
(c) any a person who provides any a facility, with or without attended services, from which more than one special fuel user obtains special fuel for use in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle not then controlled by the dealer.
(17)(18) "Special fuel user" means any a person other than the U.S. government, a state, or a county, incorporated city or town, or school district of this state who consumes in this state special fuel for the operation of motor vehicles owned or controlled by the person upon the highways of this state.
(18)(19) "Use", when the term relates to a special fuel user, means the consumption by a special fuel user of special fuels in the operation of a motor vehicle on the highways of this state."
Section 5. Section 15-70-341, MCA, is amended to read:
"15-70-341. License, fee, and security of special fuel distributors. (1) (a) All special fuel distributors, including importers and exporters as defined in 15-70-301, prior to the commencement of doing business, shall file:
(i) an application for a license with the department, on forms prescribed and furnished by the department, setting forth the information that may be requested by the department.; and Each distributor shall at the same time file
(ii) security with the department in an amount to be determined by the department. However, the
(3) If the distributor's license is surrendered or revoked, the distributor shall pay a reissuance fee of $100.
(4) Failure to obtain a special fuel distributor license as required in this section subjects the distributor to the provisions of [section 6], allowing for the seizure, confiscation, and possible forfeiture of the fuel.
(4)(5) As used in this section, "security" means:
NEW SECTION. Section 6. Improperly imported fuel -- seizure. (1) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:
(3) The peace officer shall obtain authorization from the administrator of the department's motor carrier services division or the administrator of the department's administration division before seizing fuel.
(10) A person whose fuel is seized under this section is not relieved of any penalties imposed for illegal fuel importation in Title 15, chapter 70.
NEW SECTION. Section 7. Codification instruction. [Section 6] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 15, chapter 70, part 2, and Title 15, chapter 70, part 3, and the provisions of Title 15, chapter 70, part 2, and Title 15, chapter 70, part 3, apply to [section 6].