15-70-713. Examination of records -- enforcement -- reciprocity. - Montana Statutes

     15-70-713. Examination of records -- enforcement -- reciprocity. (1) The department shall enforce the provisions of this part.
     (2) The department or its authorized representative may examine the records, receipts, invoices, documents, and equipment of any compressed natural gas dealer, any liquefied petroleum gas dealer, or any person importing, manufacturing, refining, dealing in, transporting, or storing compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas and may investigate the character of the disposition that any person makes of compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas in order to determine whether all taxes due under this part are being properly reported and paid. If the records, receipts, invoices, documents, and equipment are not maintained in this state at the time of demand, they must be furnished at the direction of the department or at the business location of the dealer or other person and must, if requested by the department, be accompanied by the dealer or other person.
     (3) The department shall, upon request from an official who is responsible for the enforcement of the compressed natural gas tax law or the liquefied petroleum gas tax law of any other state, the District of Columbia, the United States, a territory or possession of the United States, or a province of Canada, forward to the official any information that it has relative to the receipt, storage, delivery, sale, use, or other disposition of compressed natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas by any compressed natural gas dealer or liquefied petroleum gas dealer if the other governmental entity furnishes similar information to the department.

     History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 405, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 10, Ch. 125, L. 1997.