(a)

(1) Each alternative fuels supplier shall have available a sufficient number of sales tickets prepared in triplicate to cover sales of alternative fuels under the provisions of this chapter.

(2) The forms for sales tickets shall be numbered and prepared with blank spaces for:

(A) The name and address of the alternative fuels supplier;

(B) The name and address of the purchaser;

(C) The date of the purchase;

(D) The number of gallons equivalent purchased;

(E) The total cost of alternative fuels purchased including taxes; and

(F) Such other information as the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration may require.

(b)

(1) The sales tickets shall be issued in triplicate by the alternative fuels supplier and shall be signed by the alternative fuels supplier or his or her authorized agent, and the original and one (1) copy shall be given to the purchaser.

(2) The remaining copy shall be retained by the alternative fuels supplier as a record for a period of at least three (3) years, during which period it shall be subject to inspection by the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration or his or her representative at all reasonable times.

(c) The sales tickets as described in subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be the only evidence accepted for tax credit by the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration under the provisions of § 26-62-209.

(d) Any licensed alternative fuels supplier or agent or employee of the alternative fuels supplier who issues any sales ticket or invoice to any user showing that the user has purchased a quantity of alternative fuels from the alternative fuels supplier, agent, or employee when, in fact, the user has not purchased alternative fuels or has purchased less alternative fuels than the sales ticket or invoice shows shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).

(e)

(1) The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, in consultation with the Director of State Highways and Transportation shall promulgate rules and regulations regarding an alternative to the required usage of sales tickets for all sales of natural gas fuels made by alternative fuels suppliers by separate meter as provided in § 26-62-203.

(2) It is the intent of this directive that if a user, other than an interstate user or IFTA carrier user, receives natural gas fuels through a separate meter, there shall be no sales ticket requirement.