(2) Upon suspension of a dealer’s license under subsection (1) of this section, the department shall immediately notify:
(a) The dealer by certified mail of the dealer’s license suspension and the dealer’s right to request an immediate hearing to contest the license suspension; and
(b) All other licensed motor vehicle fuel dealers by a method determined under ORS 319.102 that the authority of the dealer to purchase tax-deferred motor vehicle fuel has been suspended.
(3) If a licensed motor vehicle fuel dealer sells tax-deferred motor vehicle fuel to a dealer whose license has been suspended under subsection (1) of this section after the third day after the selling dealer receives notice of the suspension under subsection (2) of this section, the selling dealer and the suspended dealer are jointly and severally liable for the tax owed on the sale of the fuel.
(4)(a) Notwithstanding the joint and several liability of the selling dealer and the suspended dealer under subsection (3) of this section, the department shall attempt to collect from the suspended dealer the tax owed on the fuel for a period of 45 days from the date of the sale to the suspended dealer.
(b) After the expiration of the 45-day period under this subsection, the department shall collect from the selling dealer any tax not collected from the suspended dealer under this subsection.
(5) The department shall waive the liability of a selling dealer under subsection (3) of this section if the selling dealer establishes to the satisfaction of the department that:
(a) The sale of the motor vehicle fuel to the suspended dealer was due to circumstances that were beyond the control of the selling dealer; or
(b) The dealer whose license was suspended engaged in fraud or deceit to avoid timely payment of the tax to the selling dealer.
(6) When a dealer whose license has been suspended under subsection (1) of this section complies with the provisions of ORS 319.010 to 319.430, the department shall reinstate the dealer’s license and shall notify by a method determined under ORS 319.102 all licensed motor vehicle fuel dealers that the dealer’s license has been reinstated and that the dealer is authorized to purchase tax-deferred fuel.
(7) If the department determines that a dealer whose license has been suspended under subsection (1) of this section is unwilling or unable to comply with the provisions of ORS 319.010 to 319.430, the department shall revoke the license of the dealer as provided in ORS 319.100. [2003 c.113 §2]
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