§1515.3. Authority to collect severance taxes; Department of Agriculture and Forestry
A. The secretary is hereby authorized to enter into an agreement with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to collect timber severance taxes assessed by the Department of Revenue.
B. The agreement between the Department of Revenue and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall be executed by the secretary of the Department of Revenue and the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry. The agreement shall include, but not be limited to the manner of collection, the amount of timber severance taxes to be collected, an administrative fee, examination of records and documents, a collection fee equal to the cost of collection not to exceed fifteen percent of the total liability to be paid to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry by the severance tax debtor, and such other terms and conditions necessary to effectuate the agreement.
C. The commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, to the extent he deems it necessary and appropriate to implement the provisions of an agreement authorized by this Section, may employ and appoint a director who shall be in the unclassified service.
D. The secretary shall provide information to the Department of Agriculture and Forestry concerning the accounts of taxpayers only to the extent necessary for the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to fulfill the terms of the agreement. The Department of Agriculture and Forestry shall provide information regarding timber severance taxes to the Department of Revenue in accordance with the terms of the agreement. The information furnished by the Department of Revenue and the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to each other under the agreement shall be considered confidential and privileged by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry employees, to the same extent as provided by R.S. 47:1508.
Acts 2008, No. 901, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2009, No. 468, §1.
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