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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the tax on motor fuel;

  3         amending s. 206.44, F.S.; allowing the

  4         Department of Revenue to permit a terminal

  5         supplier to report transactions that occurred

  6         during a previous month in the current month

  7         without penalty for reasonable cause; amending

  8         s. 206.8745, F.S.; providing for a refund of

  9         tax paid on undyed diesel fuel consumed by the

10         engine of a qualified motor coach during idle

11         time for certain purposes; defining "motor

12         coach"; providing restrictions on refunds;

13         providing for proper documentation; granting

14         the Department of Revenue authority to adopt

15         rules; amending s. 206.41, F.S.; providing for

16         sales invoices; providing an effective date.

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18  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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20         Section 1.  Subsection (3) is added to section 206.44,

21  Florida Statutes, to read:

22         206.44  Penalty and interest for failure to report on

23  time; penalty and interest on tax deficiencies.--

24         (3)  If any terminal supplier fails to report or pay

25  taxes due as required by this chapter on all transactions

26  occurring in the previous month, the department may allow the

27  terminal supplier to report such transactions in the current

28  month without the penalty imposed by this section, if:

29         (a)  There is a reasonable cause for failing to report

30  the transactions in the previous month and the failure is not

31  due to willful negligence, willful neglect, or fraud; and


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  1         (b)  The tax on such transactions does not exceed 5

  2  percent of the taxpayer's taxable liability under this chapter

  3  for the month in which the liability occurred.

  4         Section 2.  Subsection (8) is added to section

  5  206.8745, Florida Statutes, to read:

  6         206.8745  Credits and refund claims.--

  7         (8)  Undyed, tax-paid diesel fuel purchased in this

  8  state and consumed by the engine of a qualified motor coach

  9  during idle time for the purpose of running climate control

10  systems and maintaining electrical systems for the motor coach

11  is subject to a refund. As used in this subsection, a

12  "qualified motor coach" means a privately owned vehicle that

13  is designed to carry nine or more passengers, that has a gross

14  vehicle weight of at least 33,000 pounds, that is used

15  exclusively in the commercial application of transporting

16  passengers for compensation, and that has the capacity to

17  measure diesel fuel consumed in Florida during idling,

18  separate from diesel fuel consumed to propel the vehicle in

19  this state, by way of an on-board computer.

20         (a)  The purchaser may make one claim for refund per

21  calendar year.

22         (b)  The annual refund claim must be submitted before

23  April 1 of the year following the year in which the tax was

24  paid and after December 31, 1999.

25         (c)  The purchaser must submit original or copies of

26  original purchase invoices showing the taxes paid, or in lieu

27  of original invoices, a purchaser may submit a schedule of

28  purchases containing the information required by s.

29  206.41(5)(b)1.

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  1         (d)  The purchaser must remit, as an offset to the

  2  refund, sales tax due under chapter 212 based on the purchase

  3  price of the fuel, net of the state tax refunded.

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  5  The Department of Revenue may adopt rules to implement this

  6  subsection.

  7         Section 3.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section

  8  206.41, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

  9         206.41  State taxes imposed on motor fuel.--

10         (5)

11         (b)1.  When motor fuel or diesel fuel is sold to a

12  person who claims to be entitled to a refund under subsection

13  (4) or s. 206.8745, the seller of such motor fuel or diesel

14  fuel shall make out a sales invoice, which shall contain the

15  following information:

16         a.  The name, post office address, and residence

17  address of the purchaser.

18         b.  The number of gallons purchased.

19         c.  The date on which the purchase was made.

20         d.  The price paid for the motor fuel or diesel fuel.

21         e.  The name and place of business of the seller of the

22  motor fuel or diesel fuel.

23         f.  The license number, or other identification number,

24  of the motor vehicle or boat of the purchaser.

25         g.  The Department of Environmental Protection storage

26  tank facility identification number for the seller's location,

27  if the location is required to be registered in accordance

28  with s. 376.303.

29         2.  The sales invoice shall be retained by the

30  purchaser until the department's power to issue an assessment

31  with respect to such tax has terminated pursuant to s.


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  1  95.091(3). In lieu of original sales invoices, a purchaser may

  2  submit a detailed schedule of individual transactions which

  3  includes the information required by subparagraph 1. along

  4  with the refund application. No refund will be allowed unless

  5  the seller has executed such an invoice and unless proof of

  6  payment of the taxes for which the refund is claimed can be

  7  provided to the department upon request.  The department may

  8  refuse to grant a refund in whole or in part if the schedule

  9  or an invoice is incomplete and fails to contain the full

10  information required in this paragraph.

11         3.  No person may execute a sales invoice, as described

12  in subparagraph 1., except a terminal supplier, importer,

13  exporter, wholesaler, reseller, or retail dealer.

14         4.  When motor fuel or diesel fuel is sold by a retail

15  dealer to a person who claims to be entitled to a refund under

16  subsection (4), a detailed schedule of individual purchase

17  transactions including names, addresses, Department of

18  Environmental Protection storage tank facility identification

19  number of the station, date of purchase, invoice number, and

20  number of gallons purchased may be provided the department by

21  the permitted refund applicant in lieu of the original

22  invoices.

23         5.  Notwithstanding provisions of this paragraph to the

24  contrary, refunds to a school district for fuel consumed by

25  school buses operated for the district by private contractors

26  shall be based on an estimate of taxes paid.  The estimate

27  shall be determined quarterly by dividing the total miles

28  traveled by such vehicles for school purposes by their average

29  miles per gallon, as determined by the department, and

30  multiplying the result by the applicable tax rate per gallon.

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  1  It is the responsibility of the school district to provide

  2  information relevant to this determination.

  3         Section 4.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2000.

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