(a) An excise tax per gallon of fuel, as defined in subsection (b) of section 12-455a, is hereby imposed in the following amounts on the following dates, upon all persons licensed to sell fuel under the provisions of section 14-319: Two cents per gallon on December 31, 1992, one cent per gallon on June 30, 1993, one cent per gallon on December 31, 1993, one cent per gallon on June 30, 1994, one cent per gallon on December 31, 1994, one cent per gallon on June 30, 1995, one cent per gallon on September 30, 1995, one cent per gallon on December 31, 1995, one cent per gallon on March 31, 1996, one cent per gallon on June 30, 1996, one cent per gallon on September 30, 1996, and one cent per gallon on December 31, 1996, provided no excise tax shall be imposed on diesel fuel on and after August 31, 1991.

(b) Each such licensee shall, not later than the first business day of the second month next following the date on which such tax is imposed, file with the Commissioner of Revenue Services, on forms prescribed by said commissioner, a report which shall show the number of gallons of fuel in inventory as of the close of business on the date on which such tax is imposed, or at midnight of such date, and at the same time shall pay such tax based upon the total gallonage shown on such report. The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall cooperate with the Commissioner of Revenue Services in the enforcement of this tax. Failure to file such report and pay the tax when due shall be sufficient reason to revoke any state license or permit held by such person and interest at the rate of one per cent per month or fraction thereof shall be assessed on the amount of such tax not paid when due, from the date such tax becomes due to the date of payment.

(P.A. 84-254, S. 17, 62; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 122, 168; P.A. 92-177, S. 9, 12; P.A. 93-74, S. 35, 67; P.A. 95-26, S. 22, 52.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended Subsec. (a) to set the excise tax at $0.02 per gallon on August 31, 1991, $0.01 per gallon on December 31, 1991, $0.02 per gallon on December 31, 1992, $0.01 per gallon on June 30, 1993, on December 31, 1993, and on June 30, 1994, $0.02 per gallon on December 31, 1994, and $0.01 per gallon on June 30, 1995, and on December 31, 1995, provided that no excise tax be imposed on diesel fuel on August 30, 1991, and an excise tax of $0.10 per gallon be imposed on diesel fuel on June 30, 1992; P.A. 92-177 amended Subsec. (a) to decrease excise tax from $0.02 to $0.01 per gallon on December 31, 1994, to substitute August 31, 1991, for August 30, 1991, in the prohibition on the imposition of excise tax on diesel fuel, and to eliminate requirement that excise tax of $0.10 per gallon be imposed on diesel fuel on June 30, 1992, and amended Subsec. (b) to require licensee to file report and pay tax not later than first business day of second month next following date on which tax is imposed in lieu of first business day of “each August”; P.A. 93-74 amended Subsec. (a), effective January 1, 1994, to set excise tax at $0.01 per gallon on September 30, 1995, on March 31, 1996, on June 30, 1996, on September 30, 1996, and on December 31, 1996; P.A. 95-26 amended Subsec. (b) to lower interest rate from 15% per annum to 1% per month, effective July 1, 1995, and applicable to taxes due and owing on or after July 1, 1995, whether or not those taxes first became due before said date.