Section 45-39-243 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) COUNTY. Lauderdale County. (2) DISTRIBUTOR. Any person who engages in the selling of gasoline or motor fuel in this state by wholesale domestic trade, but shall not apply to any transaction of such […]
Section 45-39-243.01 Levy and payment of tax. The Lauderdale County Commission is hereby authorized to levy, in addition to all other taxes imposed by law, an excise tax on persons selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline and motor fuel within Lauderdale County at a rate not to exceed the […]
Section 45-39-243.02 Statement of sales and withdrawals. On or before the 20th day of each month after August 1, 1989, every person upon whom the excise tax is levied shall render to the County Commission of Lauderdale County on forms prescribed by the county commission a true and correct statement of all sales and withdrawals […]
Section 45-39-243.03 Recordkeeping. All distributors, storers, and retail dealers shall keep for not less than two years within the State of Alabama at some certain place or office such books, documents, or papers as will clearly show the amount of sale or withdrawals of gasoline and motor fuel made in Lauderdale County taxed under this […]
Section 45-39-243.04 Reports to the commission. Within 30 days, after the effective date of the levy of the tax authorized by this part, every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel in Lauderdale County shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45-39-243.02 to the […]
Section 45-39-243.05 Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Lauderdale County to enforce this part upon its imposing the tax thereunder, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or […]
Section 45-39-243.06 Delinquency of payment of tax. If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer in gasoline or motor fuel shall fail to make monthly reports or shall fail to pay the tax imposed under the authority of this part, the tax shall be deemed delinquent within the meaning of this part and there shall be […]
Section 45-39-243.07 Actual payment deemed a credit against amount due. The acceptance of any amount paid for the excise tax imposed under this part shall not preclude the collection of the amount actually due. However, the amount actually paid shall constitute a credit against the amount actually due. (Act 89-700, p. 1391, §8.)
Section 45-39-243.08 Violations. Any distributor, storer, or dealer who shall violate this part or shall fail to comply with any reasonable rule or regulation promulgated hereunder, may be restrained, and proper prosecution instituted in the name of Lauderdale County by the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or by such counsel as the County […]
Section 45-39-243.09 Report of shipments. Each agent or any railroad company, bus or truck operator, or other transportation company or agency operating in Lauderdale County shall report to the County Commission of Lauderdale County on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year all shipments of gasoline or motor fuel as […]
Section 45-39-243.10 Disposition of funds. The proceeds of any tax received under authority of this part shall be paid over by the county within 10 days after its receipt to the county general fund. Provided however, the proceeds of the tax received under authority of this part within the corporate limits of the City of […]
