(a) No person shall engage in any business activity in this state as to which a license is required by part 6 of this chapter, unless the person shall have first obtained the license. No person shall export petroleum products from a terminal in this state, unless that person has obtained an exporter‘s license, a bonded importer‘s license or a supplier‘s license, or has paid the applicable Tennessee petroleum products taxes and fees.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 67-3-808

  • Bonded importer: means a person with a valid bonded importer's license under §. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of revenue or the commissioner's designated subordinate official. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Department: means the department of revenue. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Export: means to obtain petroleum products in this state for sale, use, or distribution in another state. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Exporter: means any person, other than a supplier, who purchases or otherwise holds title to taxable petroleum products in this state for the purpose of transporting or delivering the products to another state or country. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Import: means to bring petroleum products into this state by any means of conveyance other than in the fuel supply tank of a motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • In this state: means the area inside the boundaries of Tennessee, but does not include the midstream of waterways that border the state. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership, firm, association, corporation, limited liability company, court appointed representative, state, political subdivision or any other entity, group, or syndicate. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Petroleum products: means all benzol, gasoline, burning oil, distillate, fuel oil, gas oil, kerosene, naphtha, or any other volatile substance, excluding propane, reflecting a gravity of sixteen degrees (16°. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • State: means the state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Supplier: means a person that meets all the following conditions:
    (i) Is subject to the general taxing jurisdiction of this state. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Terminal: means a storage and distribution facility for taxable motor fuel, supplied by pipeline or marine vessel, that is registered as a qualified terminal by the internal revenue service. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
  • Vehicle fuel supply tank: means any receptacle on a motor vehicle designed to supply fuel for the propulsion of the motor vehicle or from which fuel is supplied for the propulsion of the motor vehicle. See Tennessee Code 67-3-103
(b) Any carrier delivering petroleum products to any person required by this chapter to have a license to import or sell at wholesale, and known by the carrier not to have a license to import or sell fuel at wholesale, shall immediately notify the department by facsimile of the delivery. A carrier who fails to comply with this subsection (b) is jointly and severally liable to the state for the taxes and fees on the product delivered.
(c) An end user who exports fuel in a vehicle fuel supply tank incident to interstate transportation shall be exempt from this section.
(d) The commissioner may assess a civil penalty in an amount equal to the taxes and fees on the product handled, without regard to any exemption or dye, or one thousand dollars ($1,000) per day, whichever is greater, against a person who fails to comply with subsection (a).
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