City Code Section
(Amended by Ordinance 188086, effective December 16, 2016.)
- A. If a Dealer, Seller or User sells, distributes, or uses any Motor Vehicle Fuel or Use Fuel without first filing the application and obtaining the license required by Section 17.105.035, the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax on all Motor Vehicle Fuel or Use Fuel sold, distributed or used by that Dealer, Seller or User shall be immediately due and payable.
- B. The Tax Administrator shall determine, from as many available sources as the Tax Administrator determines reasonable, the amount of tax due, shall assess the Dealer, Seller or User for the tax due together with a penalty of 100 percent of the tax. In any suit or proceeding to collect the tax or penalty or both, the assessment shall be prima facie evidence that the Dealer, Seller or User therein named is indebted to the City in the amount of the tax and penalty stated.
- C. Any tax or penalty assessed pursuant to this Section may be collected in the manner prescribed in Section 17.105.095 with reference to delinquency in payment of the fee or by an action at law.
- D. In the event any suit or action is instituted to enforce this Section, if the City is the prevailing party, the City shall be entitled to recover from the Person sued reasonable attorney's fees at trial or upon appeal of such suit or action, in addition to all other sums provided by law.