A. A supplier, permissive supplier, or importer who knowingly fails to precollect or timely remit tax otherwise required to be paid over to the Commission pursuant to Section 500.18 or 500.20 of this title, or pursuant to a tax precollection agreement under Section 500.19 of this title shall be liable for the uncollected tax plus the appropriate penalties as set forth in Section 217 of this title.

B. If any person liable for the tax under this act files a false or fraudulent return with the intent to evade the tax, then fifty percent (50%) of the total amount of any deficiency, in addition to the deficiency, including interest as provided in Section 217 of this title, shall be added, collected and paid.

C. Any person operating a motor vehicle in violation of Section 500.45, 500.49 or 500.50 of this title shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or shall be sentenced to a term of not more than six (6) months in the county jail, or shall be punishable by both such fine and imprisonment. For the second and each subsequent offense, violators shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or shall be sentenced to a term of not more than one (1) year in the county jail, or shall be punishable by both such fine and imprisonment.

D. The Commission shall impose a civil penalty of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the first occurrence of transporting motor fuel without adequate shipping papers annotated as required under Section 500.45, 500.49 or 500.50 of this title. Each subsequent occurrence described in this subsection is subject to a civil penalty of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00).

E. The Commission may impose a civil penalty against every terminal operator that fails to meet shipping paper issuance requirements under Sections 500.21, 500.44 and 500.55 of this title. The civil penalty imposed on the terminal operator shall be the same as the civil penalty imposed under subsection D of this section.

Added by Laws 1996, c. 345, § 58, eff. Oct. 1, 1996. Amended by Laws 2002, c. 460, § 38, eff. Nov. 1, 2002.