1. Any person, other than a supplier licensed under section 142.884, engaged in business in this state as a terminal operator shall first obtain a terminal operator’s license for each terminal site.

2. Terminal operators shall be required to post a bond of not less than three months’ potential tax liability based on the number of gallons handled as estimated by the director, but in no event shall the bond be more than five hundred thousand dollars.

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 142.887

  • Destination state: the state, territory, or foreign country to which motor fuel is directed for delivery into a storage facility, a receptacle, a container, or a type of transportation equipment for the purpose of resale or use. See Missouri Laws 142.800
  • Director: the director of revenue. See Missouri Laws 142.800
  • Month: means a calendar month, and "year" means a calendar year unless otherwise expressed, and is equivalent to the words year of our Lord. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Person: natural persons, individuals, partnerships, firms, associations, corporations, estates, trustees, business trusts, syndicates, this state, any county, city, municipality, school district or other political subdivision of the state, federally recognized Indian tribe, or any corporation or combination acting as a unit or any receiver appointed by any state or federal court. See Missouri Laws 142.800
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Supplier: includes a permissive supplier unless specifically provided otherwise. See Missouri Laws 142.800
  • Terminal: a bulk storage and distribution facility which includes:

    (a) For the purposes of motor fuel, is a qualified terminal. See Missouri Laws 142.800

  • Terminal operator: any person that owns, operates, or otherwise controls a terminal. See Missouri Laws 142.800

3. Each person operating a terminal in this state shall file with the director by the last day of the next month a sworn statement of operations within this state for each terminal within this state, including the information prescribed by the director, on forms prescribed and furnished by the director.

4. For purposes of reporting and determining tax liability under this chapter, every licensee shall maintain inventory records as required by the director.

5. In the event that the source state does not require a terminal report which provides data substantially similar to that required by this section, any terminal operator subject to the police power of this state, and who operates a terminal outside that state, shall provide a report of gallons removed as to which the operator issued a shipping paper indicating this state as the destination state consistent with the information required under this section. This subsection shall be ineffective if substantially similar data is readily available to this state from a federal terminal report or from the source state as determined by the director.