Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 142 - Motor Fuel Tax
Section 142.917 - Diverted shipment or incorrect information on shipping paper, relief, rulemaking authority.

Effective - 01 Jan 1999
142.917. Diverted shipment or incorrect information on shipping paper, relief, rulemaking authority. — 1. The director shall promulgate rules and regulations for relief in a case where a shipment of motor fuel is legitimately diverted from the represented destination state after the shipping paper has been issued by the terminal operator or where the terminal operator failed to cause proper information to be printed on the shipping paper.
2. The relief rules and regulations shall include a provision requiring that the shipper, the transporter, or an agent of either provide notification before the diversion or correction to the director if an intended diversion or correction is to occur, that a verification number be assigned and manually added to the face of the terminal-issued shipping paper, and the relief provision shall be consistent with the refund provisions of this chapter, including section 142.845.
3. The relief provisions shall establish a protest procedure so that any person found to be in violation of section 142.911 and subsection 3 of section 142.914 may establish a defense to any civil penalty imposed under this chapter for violation of such section or sections upon establishing substantial evidence satisfactory to the director that the violation was the result of an honest error made in the context of a good faith and reasonable effort to properly account for and report fuel shipments and taxes.
4. The director shall provide toll-free telephone service for persons to call to report a diversion and obtain a verification number under this section. The director shall make reasonable efforts to coordinate with neighboring states and the Federation of Tax Administrators for the operation of a common telephonic diversion verification number assignment system including the shared cost thereof.
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(L. 1998 S.B. 619)
Effective 1-1-99

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Structure Missouri Revised Statutes

Missouri Revised Statutes

Title X - Taxation and Revenue

Chapter 142 - Motor Fuel Tax

Section 142.009 - Federal law changes in matching fund requirements, effect on motor vehicle license and use tax.

Section 142.015 - Limited alcohol manufacturer, federal permit to be filed, where.

Section 142.028 - Definitions — Missouri qualified producer incentive fund created, purpose — administration of fund — grants to producers, amount, computation, paid when — application for grant, content, qualifications, bonding — rules authorized —...

Section 142.029 - Expiration date of section 142.028.

Section 142.031 - Missouri qualified biodiesel producer fund created — eligibility for grants — rulemaking authority — expiration date — sale of facility, effect of.

Section 142.200 - Duty of attorney general — suit in name of state.

Section 142.310 - Exchange of information with other states.

Section 142.345 - Motor fuel tax fund created — disbursement, transfer.

Section 142.350 - Distribution of funds for highway and road purposes.

Section 142.617 - Interstate fuel taxes reciprocity agreement for collection and refund with other states.

Section 142.800 - Definitions.

Section 142.803 - Imposition of tax on fuel, amount — collection and precollection of tax — additional tax, when, amount.

Section 142.806 - Presumption of highway use.

Section 142.809 - Tax levied, when, how measured.

Section 142.812 - Excise tax on motor fuel losses unaccounted for — liability for excise tax.

Section 142.815 - Exemptions allowed for nonhighway use.

Section 142.817 - Fuel tax exemption for certain public services.

Section 142.818 - Federal government exemption, how claimed.

Section 142.822 - Exemption from certain fuel tax increases, when — tax refund, procedure to claim — recordkeeping — interest, when — rulemaking authority.

Section 142.824 - Refund claim, statement to director, when filed, contents — lost documentation — investigation by director — credit in lieu of refund — records required to be kept — overpayment of tax — erroneous payments of tax — interest paid on...

Section 142.827 - Distributor to provide invoices of sales to marinas, invoice contents — statement filed with director by certain counties and the commission — unclaimed refunds — county's authorized expenditure of refunds.

Section 142.830 - License required for interstate motor fuel uses, effect of reciprocity agreement, single-trip permit, fee.

Section 142.833 - Liability for unpaid tax.

Section 142.836 - Precollection of tax and remittal by licensed distributors and unlicensed importers.

Section 142.839 - Supplier's blanket election to treat all removals as removals across the rack from a terminal in this state — notice — director's list of electing suppliers — precollection of tax by supplier.

Section 142.842 - Precollection of tax and remittal by person removing fuel through supplier.

Section 142.845 - Terminal operator liability for tax.

Section 142.848 - Distributor's election on timing of remittance.

Section 142.851 - Timing election by distributors, requirements.

Section 142.854 - Supplier's duty to remit — tax credit, supplier entitled, when.

Section 142.857 - Supplier's eligibility for credit.

Section 142.860 - Remittance by electronic fund transfer, when.

Section 142.863 - Costs of administration, percentage retained by supplier.

Section 142.866 - Consumer liable, when — vendor liable, when.

Section 142.869 - Alternative fuel decal fee in lieu of tax — increase, when — decal — penalty.

Section 142.872 - Diverted fuel, liability.

Section 142.875 - Final report.

Section 142.878 - Application for license.

Section 142.881 - Bond requirements.

Section 142.884 - Supplier's license — supplier's bond for financial responsibility required.

Section 142.887 - Terminal operator's license, when required — operator's bond — statement of operations.

Section 142.890 - Transporter's license, when required — transporter's bond — required reports.

Section 142.893 - Distributor's license, when required.

Section 142.896 - Distributors' bond — motor fuel trust fund created.

Section 142.899 - License issued by director, nontransferable, display of license — transfer of business, procedure — successor to licensee, duties and liabilities — publication list of licensees — record retention period.

Section 142.900 - Director may prescribe forms and require the submission of information.

Section 142.902 - Reports, filing date, how determined.

Section 142.905 - Revocation of license — review — penalties.

Section 142.908 - Consumer remittance, when due — penalty.

Section 142.909 - Penalties for failure to comply with chapter — misdemeanor or class E felony.

Section 142.911 - Shipping documents, contents — manually prepared shipping papers — exemption — split loads — posted notice — penalties.

Section 142.914 - Transporters' duties — penalties.

Section 142.917 - Diverted shipment or incorrect information on shipping paper, relief, rulemaking authority.

Section 142.920 - Supplier's and operator's reliance on transporters and shippers, joint liability, operator's reliance on supplier.

Section 142.923 - Motor fuel tax evasion, exceptions, penalty.

Section 142.926 - Notice of exempt use on shipping papers — penalty — enforcement authority.

Section 142.929 - Distributor and transporter duties when fuel not dyed and tax not paid to supplier — penalties — enforcement authority.

Section 142.932 - Highway operation of vehicle with dyed fuel prohibited, when — unlawful use of dyed fuel — penalties.

Section 142.935 - Notice of dyed fuels.

Section 142.938 - Tamper-resistant standards for shipping papers.

Section 142.941 - Inspections, requirements, limitations.

Section 142.944 - Audits.

Section 142.947 - Liens, motor fuel tax — notice of, satisfaction — record content.

Section 142.950 - Enforcement authority.

Section 142.951 - Director may conduct investigations.

Section 142.953 - Rulemaking procedures.

Section 142.1000 - Task force created, members, duties, meetings — written report, when — expiration date.