Section 45-43-244 Definitions. For the purposes of this part, the following terms shall have the respective meaning ascribed by this section: (1) COUNTY. Lowndes 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 45-43-244.01 Levy of tax. The Lowndes 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 Lowndes County at the rate of two cents ($.02) per gallon […]
Section 45-43-244.02 Statement of sales and withdrawals. On or before the 20th day of each month after July 24, 1987, every person upon whom the excise tax is levied shall render to the County Commission of Lowndes County on forms prescribed by such county commission a true and correct statement of all sales and withdrawals […]
Section 45-43-244.03 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 of withdrawals of gasoline and motor fuel made in Lowndes County taxed under this […]
Section 45-43-244.04 Report of business address. Within 30 days after the effective date of the levy of the tax levied under this part, every distributor, storer, or retail dealer engaged in the sale or withdrawal of gasoline or motor fuel in Lowndes County shall make a report on blanks furnished under Section 45-43-244.01 to the […]
Section 45-43-244.05 Violations. If any distributor, storer, or retail dealer of gasoline or motor fuel in Lowndes County shall fail to make the reports or any of them as required in this part or shall fail to comply with any regulation adopted for the collection of the tax by the Lowndes County Commission, within the […]
Section 45-43-244.06 Enforcement. It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Lowndes 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 45-43-244.07 Delinquency in 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 authority of this part, the tax shall be deemed delinquent within the meaning of this part and there shall be added […]
Section 45-43-244.08 Payment of tax 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 87-620, p. 1097, § 9.)
Section 45-43-244.09 Penalties. 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 Lowndes County by the Attorney General of the State of Alabama, or by such counsel as the County […]
Section 45-43-244.10 Quarterly reports of shipments. Each agent or any railroad company, bus, or truck operator or other transportation company or agency operating in Lowndes County shall report to the County Commission of Lowndes County on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year all shipments of gasoline or motor fuel […]
Section 45-43-244.11 Disposition of proceeds. The proceeds of any tax received under authority of this part shall be paid over by the county within 10 days after its receipt as follows: Retroactive to October 1, 1988, the proceeds of the gasoline tax shall be paid over to the Lowndes County Commission General Fund. Sixty-five percent […]
