South Carolina § 12-28-1125 Occasional importer's license or a bonded importer's license; fees.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 12-28-1125 — Occasional importer's license or a bonded importer's license; fees.

South Carolina § 12-28-1125

Title 12TAXATION

Ch. 28MOTOR FUELS SUBJECT TO USER FEES

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Bluebook

S.C. Code Ann. § 12-28-1125 (2026).

Text

(A)Each person who wishes to cause motor fuel subject to the user fee to be delivered into this State on his behalf, for his own account, or for resale to a purchaser in this State, from another state by any means into storage facilities other than a qualified terminal, shall apply and obtain an occasional importer's license or a bonded importer's license, at the discretion of the applicant.

(B)This section does not apply to a person who:

(1)exclusively imports motor fuel subject to the user fee which is exempted because it has been dyed in accordance with Section 12-28-770;

(2)imports nonexempt motor fuels subject to the user fee meeting the following conditions:

(a)the motor fuel subject to the user fee is subject to one or more user fee precollection agreements with suppliers as pr

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(A) Each person who wishes to cause motor fuel subject to the user fee to be delivered into this State on his behalf, for his own account, or for resale to a purchaser in this State, from another state by any means into storage facilities other than a qualified terminal, shall apply and obtain an occasional importer's license or a bonded importer's license, at the discretion of the applicant. (B) This section does not apply to a person who: (1) exclusively imports motor fuel subject to the user fee which is exempted because it has been dyed in accordance with Section 12-28-770; (2) imports nonexempt motor fuels subject to the user fee meeting the following conditions: (a) the motor fuel subject to the user fee is subject to one or more user fee precollection agreements with suppliers as provided under Section 12-28-910; (b) the motor fuel user fee precollection by the supplier is expressly evidenced on the terminal-issued shipping paper as more specifically provided under Section 12-28-1520. (C) A person desiring to import motor fuel subject to the user fee to a destination in this State from another specific terminal source state, and who has not entered into an agreement to prepay this state's motor fuel user fee to the supplier or permissive supplier with respect to the imports, shall obtain a valid: (1) occasional importer's license under subsection (A) for the fee of five hundred dollars; or (2) bonded importer's license under subsection (A) for the fee of two thousand dollars subject to the special two million dollar bonding requirements of Section 12-28-1155(B). (D) The person described in subsection (C) shall: (1) obtain an import verification number from the department before entering South Carolina and no sooner than twenty-four hours before entering for each separate import into this State; (2) display the import verification number on the terminal-issued shipping document required under Section 12-28-1545; (3) comply with the payment requirements under Sections 12-28-905(A) or (B), whichever is applicable. (E) The importers' licenses issued pursuant to this section must be specific to each source of supply state.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1995 Act No. 136, SECTION 2; 2016 Act No. 160 (H.4328), SECTION 8, eff April 21, 2016. Effect of Amendment 2016 Act No. 160, SECTION 8, in (A), substituted "by any means" for "in a fuel transport truck or in a pipeline or barge shipment".