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...The tax commissioner shall administer sections 5727.80 to 5727.95 of the Revised Code and may adopt such rules as are necessary to administer those sections. Upon request of the tax commissioner, the public utilities commission shall assist the tax commissioner by providing information regarding any natural gas distribution company or electric distribution company that is subject to regulation by the commission.

...with the tax commissioner within sixty days after service of the notice of assessment, either personally or by certified mail, a written petition for reassessment signed by the party assessed or that party's authorized agent having knowledge of the facts, the assessment becomes final and the amount of the assessment is due and payable from the party assessed to the treasurer of state. The petition shall indica...

...No assessment of the tax imposed by section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall be made by the tax commissioner more than four years after the date on which the return for the period assessed was due or filed, whichever date is later. This section does not bar an assessment when any of the following occur: (A) The party assessed failed to file a return as required by section 5727.82 of the Revised Code; (...

...rer of state shall refund the amount of tax paid under section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code that was paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on an illegal or erroneous assessment, or any penalty assessed with respect to such taxes. A natural gas distribution company, an electric distribution company, or a self-assessing purchaser shall file an application for a refund with the tax commissioner on a form pre...

...Every person liable for the tax imposed by section 5727.81 or 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall keep complete and accurate records of all electric and natural gas distributions and other records as required by the tax commissioner. The records shall be preserved for four years after the return for the taxes to which the records pertain is due or filed, whichever is later. The records shall be available for inspecti...

...the Revised Code, not later than thirty days after receiving the denial, and the final determination is subject to appeal under section 5717.02 of the Revised Code. (C) The tax commissioner shall maintain a list of the companies registered under this section. The list shall contain the name and address of each company registered by the commissioner. The list and subsequent updates of it shall be open to public inspe...

...istribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.81 of the Revised Code and each natural gas distribution company required to pay the tax imposed by section 5727.811 of the Revised Code shall provide to its customers in this state the statement required by section 4933.33 of the Revised Code.

...(A) No natural gas distribution company, electric distribution company, or self-assessing purchaser shall fail to file any return or report required to be filed pursuant to section 5727.82 of the Revised Code, or file or cause to be filed any incomplete, false, or fraudulent return, report, or statement, or aid or abet another in the filing of any false or fraudulent return, report, or statement. (B) No person shall...

...Revised Code or any rule adopted by the tax commissioner under those sections, is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree on the first offense; on each subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a felony of the fourth degree.

...As used in sections 5728.02 to 5728.14 of the Revised Code: (A) "Motor vehicle" means everything on wheels that is self-propelled, other than by muscular power or power collected from electric trolley wires and other than vehicles or machinery not designed for or employed in general highway transportation, used to transport or propel persons or property over a public highway. (B) "Commercial car" means any m...

...ode, every person who is liable for the tax imposed by section 5728.06 of the Revised Code on the operation of a commercial car or a commercial tractor that is, or is to be, operated or driven upon a public highway in two or more jurisdictions shall cause to be filed annually with the tax commissioner an application for a fuel use permit to be furnished by the commissioner for that purpose. Each application for a ...

... that would otherwise be liable for the tax imposed by section 5728.06 of the Revised Code, that is, or is to be, operated or driven upon a public highway, may file an application with the tax commissioner for a single-trip fuel use permit. The application shall be based on rules adopted by the tax commissioner and shall include an amount estimated to be substantially equivalent to the fuel use tax liability that t...

...mmercial tractor that is subject to the tax imposed by section 5728.06 of the Revised Code on a public highway in two or more jurisdictions under either of the following circumstances: (1) Without a fuel use permit or single trip fuel use permit for such commercial car or commercial tractor. (2) With a suspended or surrendered fuel use permit for such commercial car or commercial tractor. (B) The judge or magis...

...The tax commissioner may enter into cooperative reciprocal agreements providing for the imposition of fuel use taxes on an apportionment or allocation basis with the proper authority of any state, any commonwealth, the District of Columbia, a state or province of a foreign country, or a territory or possession of the United States or of a foreign country. The agreement may provide for determining the base state for f...

...stering this chapter. (B) Within sixty days after the last day of each month, the tax commissioner shall determine the amount of motor fuel tax allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this section. The commissioner shall certify the amount to the director of budget and management and the treasurer of state, who shall credit the amount in accordance with section 5728.08 of the Revised Code from current revenue...

...ate shall refund the amount of fuel use taxes overpaid, paid illegally or erroneously, or paid on any illegal or erroneous assessment, or any penalty assessed with respect to such taxes. Applications for refund shall be filed with the tax commissioner, on the form prescribed by the commissioner, within four years from the date of the overpayment, the illegal or erroneous payment, or the payment of the illegal or erro...

...r becomes liable for the payment of the tax levied in section 5728.06 of the Revised Code shall maintain detailed distance and fuel records for each commercial car and commercial tractor owned, leased, rented, or otherwise operated by such person. Such records shall be available at any time, during normal business hours, for the inspection of the tax commissioner or the commissioner's duly authorized agents and sh...

...the Revised Code, on or before the last day of each January, April, July, and October, shall file with the tax commissioner, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, a fuel use tax return and make payment of the full amount of the tax due for the operation of each commercial car and commercial tractor for the preceding three calendar months. The commissioner shall immediately forward to the treasurer of state all mo...

...f the tax until it is paid or until the day an assessment is issued under section 5728.10 of the Revised Code, whichever occurs first. Any interest imposed under this chapter may be collected through an assessment as provided in section 5728.10 of the Revised Code.

...with the tax commissioner within sixty days after service of the notice of assessment, either personally or by certified mail, a written petition for reassessment, signed by the party assessed, or by the party's authorized agent having knowledge of the facts, the assessment becomes final and the amount of the assessment is due and payable from the party assessed to the treasurer of state. The petition shall in...

...728.10 of the Revised Code, or when the tax commissioner files a certified copy of an entry making an assessment as provided in that section, the commissioner shall suspend all fuel use permits issued to the person against whom the assessment was made, provided that no fuel use permit shall be suspended while an appeal is pending, except in those cases in which no return has been filed, or where it is alleged a fr...

...rcial tractor, which is subject to the tax levied in section 5728.06 of the Revised Code, or of having the same operated within this state, and any resident of this state who operates a commercial car or commercial tractor, which is subject to the tax levied in section 5728.06 of the Revised Code, or has the same operated within this state and subsequently becomes a non-resident or conceals the person's wherea...

...visions if that state extends a similar exemption to motor vehicles, commercial cars, or commercial tractors owned and operated by this state or its political subdivisions.

...er powers conferred upon him by law the tax commissioner shall have the following powers: (A) To prescribe all forms required to be filed with the treasurer of state or the tax commissioner pursuant to sections 5728.01 to 5728.14 of the Revised Code; (B) To appoint and employ such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon him by sections 5728.01 to 5728.14 of the Revised Code; (C) To adopt...

...(A) As used in this section, "peace officer" has the same meaning as in section 2935.01 of the Revised Code. (B) A peace officer, law enforcement agency employing a peace officer, and the state or any political subdivision associated with a peace officer are not liable in damages in a civil action for any injury, death, or loss to person or property allegedly caused by conduct of a peace officer in the course of hi...