Sec. 42. (a) Each application for a license under section 41 of this chapter shall be made upon a form prepared and furnished by the department. It shall be subscribed to by the applicant and shall contain the information as the department may reasonably require for the administration of this chapter, including the applicant's federal identification number and, with respect to the applicant for an exporter's license, a copy of the applicant's license to purchase or handle special fuel tax free in the specified destination state or states for which the export license is to be issued.

(b) The department shall investigate each applicant for a license under this section. No license shall be issued if the department determines that any one (1) of the following exists:

(1) The application is not filed in good faith.

(2) The applicant is not the real party in interest.

(3) The license of the real party in interest has been revoked for cause.

(4) Other reasonable cause for non-issuance exists.

(c) Applicants, including corporate officers, partners, and individuals, for a license issued by the commissioner may be required to submit their fingerprints to the commissioner at the time of applying. Officers of publicly held corporations and their subsidiaries shall be exempt from this fingerprinting provision. Fingerprints required by this section must be submitted on forms prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner may forward to the Federal Bureau of Investigation or any other agency for processing all fingerprints submitted by license applicants. The receiving agency shall issue its findings to the commissioner. The license application fee shall be used to pay the costs of the investigation. The commissioner may maintain a file of fingerprints.

As added by P.L.277-1993(ss), SEC.44.