Text of section effective until September 01, 2020
Sec. 17.053. RECORD OF DELIVERY DOCUMENTS; INSPECTION AUTHORIZED. (a) Each dealer shall keep a copy of each document required to be delivered to the dealer by Section 17.052 until the fourth anniversary of the delivery date.
(b) Each distributor, supplier, wholesaler, and jobber of motor fuel shall keep a copy of each document required to be delivered to the dealer by Section 17.052 until the fourth anniversary of the delivery date.
(c) The commissioner or an authorized representative of the commissioner may inspect documents described by this section. On written notice presented by the commissioner or an authorized representative of the commissioner to any employee at a dealer's station or retail outlet or mailed to the principal place of business of a dealer, distributor, supplier, wholesaler, or jobber, the dealer, distributor, supplier, wholesaler, or jobber shall provide the commissioner or authorized representative of the commissioner with the documents described by this section within the period specified in the notice.
(d) The commissioner by rule may:
(1) require each dealer, distributor, supplier, wholesaler, and jobber to maintain and make available to the department:
(A) invoices, receipts, or other transmittal documents or records, including electronically stored information, showing or describing the purchase, sale, delivery, or distribution of motor fuel;
(B) invoices, receipts, work orders, reports, or other documents, including electronically stored information, showing or describing the installation, maintenance, or repair of:
(i) motor fuel dispensing devices; and
(ii) any equipment used in connection with motor fuel dispensing devices to record, display, or produce receipts or audit trails concerning the purchase, sale, delivery, or distribution of motor fuel; and
(C) any record or other document related to the sampling and testing of motor fuel purchased, sold, delivered, or distributed by the dealer, distributor, supplier, wholesaler, or jobber; and
(2) prescribe:
(A) the manner of filing documents or records required to be kept under this section or by department rule; and
(B) the time, place, and manner of inspection of the documents or records.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.06, eff. April 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 97 (S.B. 893), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
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