Sec. 15. (a) This section does not apply to an employee's permit under IC 7.1-3-18-9.

(b) The commission shall not renew or transfer a wholesaler, retailer, dealer, or other permit of any type if the applicant:

(1) is seeking a renewal and the applicant has not paid all the property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and the innkeeper's tax under IC 6-9 that are due currently;

(2) is seeking a transfer and the applicant has not paid all the property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and innkeeper's tax under IC 6-9 for the assessment periods during which the transferor held the permit;

(3) is seeking a renewal or transfer and is at least thirty (30) days delinquent in remitting state gross retail taxes under IC 6-2.5 or withholding taxes required to be remitted under IC 6-3-4;

(4) is on the most recent tax warrant list supplied to the commission by the department of state revenue; or

(5) does not provide the commission with property tax clearance Form 1 with an embossed seal from the county treasurer.

(c) The commission shall renew or transfer a permit that the commission denied under subsection (b) when the appropriate one (1) of the following occurs:

(1) The person, if seeking a renewal, provides to the commission a statement from the county treasurer of the county in which the property of the applicant was assessed indicating that all the property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and, in a county where the county treasurer collects the innkeeper's tax, the innkeeper's tax under IC 6-9 that were delinquent have been paid.

(2) The person, if seeking a transfer of ownership, provides to the commission a statement from the county treasurer of the county in which the property of the transferor was assessed indicating that all the property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and, in a county where the county treasurer collects the innkeeper's tax, the innkeeper's tax under IC 6-9 have been paid for the assessment periods during which the transferor held the permit.

(3) The person provides to the commission a statement from the commissioner of the department of state revenue indicating that the person's tax warrant has been satisfied, including any delinquency in innkeeper's tax if the state collects the innkeeper's tax for the county in which the person seeks the permit.

(4) The commission receives a notice from the commissioner of the department of state revenue under IC 6-8.1-8-2(k).

(5) The commission receives a notice from the commissioner of the department of state revenue stating that the state gross retail and withholding taxes described in subsection (b)(3) have been remitted to the department.

(d) The commission shall not issue a new wholesaler, retailer, dealer, or other permit of any type if the applicant:

(1) has not paid all the applicant's property taxes under IC 6-1.1 and innkeeper's tax under IC 6-9 that are due;

(2) is at least thirty (30) days delinquent in remitting state gross retail taxes under IC 6-2.5 or withholding taxes required to be remitted under IC 6-3-4;

(3) is on the most recent tax warrant list supplied to the commission by the department of state revenue; or

(4) does not provide the commission with property tax clearance Form 1 with an embossed seal from the county treasurer.

(e) The commission shall issue a new permit that the commission denied under subsection (d) when one (1) of the following occurs:

(1) The applicant provides to the commission a statement from the commissioner of the department of state revenue indicating that the applicant's tax warrant has been satisfied, including any delinquency in innkeeper's tax if the state collects the innkeeper's tax for the county in which the applicant seeks the permit.

(2) The commission receives a notice of release from the commissioner of the department of state revenue under IC 6-8.1-8-2(k).

(3) The commission receives a notice from the commissioner of the department of state revenue stating that the state gross retail and withholding taxes described in subsection (d)(2) have been remitted to the department.

(f) An applicant for issuance of a new permit, renewal, or transfer may not be considered delinquent in the payment of a listed tax (as defined by IC 6-8.1-1-1) if the applicant has filed a proper protest under IC 6-8.1-5-1 contesting the remittance of those taxes. The applicant shall be considered delinquent in the payment of those taxes if the applicant does not remit the taxes owed to the state department of revenue after the later of the following:

(1) The expiration of the period in which the applicant may appeal the listed tax to the tax court, in the case of an applicant who does not file a timely appeal of the listed tax.

(2) When a decision of the tax court concerning the applicant's appeal of the listed tax becomes final, in the case of an applicant who files a timely appeal of the listed tax.

(g) The commission may require that an applicant for the issuance of a new permit, renewal, or transfer of a wholesaler's, retailer's, or dealer's, or other permit of any type furnish proof of the payment of a listed tax (as defined by IC 6-8.1-1-1), tax warrant, or taxes imposed by IC 6-1.1 or receipt of property tax clearance Form 1 with an embossed seal from the county treasurer.

As added by P.L.57-1984, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.23-1986, SEC.15; P.L.6-1987, SEC.15; P.L.332-1989(ss), SEC.40; P.L.64-1990, SEC.5; P.L.106-1995, SEC.15; P.L.224-2005, SEC.17; P.L.172-2011, SEC.112; P.L.293-2013(ts), SEC.37; P.L.196-2015, SEC.16; P.L.270-2017, SEC.14; P.L.86-2018, SEC.120.