(a) Before any person uses any special fuel in this state, within the meanings of the word "use" as defined herein, such person shall file an application for and obtain the license (a special fuel dealer's license or a special fuel user's license) required herein to cover such use. Provided, however, that persons exempted from the payment of the tax herein imposed shall not be required to obtain a license. The application required by this section shall be verified by affidavit and filed on a form prescribed and furnished by the Tax Commission showing the name and address and kind of business of the applicant, the type of license desired, a designation of the principal place of business and such other information as the Tax Commission may require. Such application must also contain as a condition to the issuance of the license, an agreement by the applicant to comply with the requirements of this act and the rules and regulations of the Tax Commission.

(b) Before any such application may be approved by the Tax Commission, the applicant must file a bond payable to the State of Oklahoma conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this act and the rules and regulations of the Tax Commission in the sum of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), the amount thereof to be fixed by an order of the Tax Commission. The amount of any such bond required may be increased or reduced by the Tax Commission at any time. Provided, however, that one bond in an amount fixed by the Tax Commission of not more than Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) may be made to secure the payment of the tax due the State of Oklahoma under the provisions of this act, and the other motor fuel tax laws.

(c) Upon approval of such application and bond, the Tax Commission shall issue to the applicant a nontransferable special fuel dealer's license or special fuel user's license, as the case may be, bearing a distinctive number. Such license shall remain in full force until surrendered, suspended or canceled in the manner provided by law. The license of each special fuel dealer shall be valid only for the use of special fuel by the person to whom it is issued and shall be displayed conspicuously in the principal place of business of the holder thereof. The license issued to a special fuel user shall be valid only for the use of special fuel in the operation of motor vehicles on the highways of this state by the person to whom it is issued, including motor vehicles, transporting persons or property in furtherance of the business of said licensee under a lease, a contract or any other arrangement, whether permanent or temporary in nature.

(d) Each special fuel dealer or special fuel user must make application for and secure a duplicate of his license for each station or location operated by such dealer or user at which special fuel is placed into the fuel tanks of motor vehicles. The application must be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the Tax Commission, showing the name, address and license number of the applicant, the location of the station or storage for which the duplicate is applied, and such other information as the Tax Commission may require. Upon approval of such application, the Tax Commission shall issue to the applicant a nontransferable duplicate of such special fuel dealer's or special fuel user's license. Each duplicate license shall continue in full force and effect until surrendered by the person holding such license, or until canceled by the Tax Commission. There shall be displayed at each station or location, where special fuel is placed into fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles, the duplicate special fuel dealer's or special fuel user's license under which it is operated. Such license shall be clearly visible from the driver's seat of any vehicle being serviced.

(e) It shall be unlawful for any person, notwithstanding that such person holds a valid license as a distributor or importer-user of motor fuel or gasoline, to act or carry on any operation as a special fuel dealer or a special fuel user in this state unless such person is the holder of an uncanceled special fuel dealer's license or a special fuel user's license, as the case may be, as herein required, issued to him by the Oklahoma Tax Commission. A license issued under the provisions of other motor fuel or gasoline tax laws shall not authorize the holder thereof to use special fuel. Any retail outlet as defined herein may, at its option, pay to the supplier, for the benefit of the state, all taxes due on all special fuels purchased from suppliers or may report all special fuels sales and make payment of all taxes due as provided in Section 710 of this act.

Laws 1953, p. 332, § 9; Laws 1965, c. 215, § 1; Laws 1978, c. 98, § 2, eff. July 1, 1978.