The Florida Senate

206.021  Application for license; carriers.--

(1)  It is unlawful for any person to engage in business as a private or common carrier of motor fuel within this state or to engage in the business of transporting fuel by pipeline or marine vessel unless he or she is the holder of an unrevoked license issued by the department to engage in such business.

(2)  To procure such license, a person shall file with the department an application under oath and in such form as the department may prescribe, setting forth:

(a)  The name under which the person will transact business within the state.

(b)  The location, with street number address, of his or her principal office or place of business within this state and the location where records will be made available for inspection.

(c)  The name, federal employer identification number or, if such number is not available, the social security number, and complete residence address of the owner or the names and addresses of the partners, if such person is a partnership, or of the principal officers, if such person is a corporation or association; and, if such person is a corporation organized under the laws of another state, territory, or country, he or she shall also file with the application a certified copy of the certificate or license issued by the Department of State showing that such corporation is authorized to transact business in the state.

(3)  The application shall require a $30 license tax. Each license shall be renewed annually through application, including an annual $30 license tax.

(4)  Any person transporting fuel without first obtaining such license commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083. Such person shall also be subject to the provisions of s. 206.205.

History.--s. 75, ch. 85-342; s. 1060, ch. 95-147; s. 3, ch. 95-417.