Sec. 162.209.  LICENSE APPLICATION PROCEDURE.  (a)  To obtain a license under this subchapter, an applicant shall file an application using a form adopted by the comptroller.  The application must contain:
(1)  the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business;
(2)  the applicant's principal office, residence, place of business in this state, or other location of the applicant;
(3)  if the applicant is not an individual, the names of the principal officers of an applicant corporation, or the names of the members of an applicant partnership, and the office, street, or post office addresses of each;  and
(4)  other information required by the comptroller.
(b)  An applicant for a license as a supplier, permissive supplier, or terminal operator must have a federal certificate of registry issued under 26 U.S.C. Section 4101 that authorizes the applicant to enter into federal tax-free transactions of diesel fuel in the bulk terminal/transfer system.  An applicant that is required to have a federal certificate of registry must include the registration number of the certificate on the application for a license.  An applicant for a license as an importer, exporter, or distributor who has a federal certificate of registry issued under 26 U.S.C. Section 4101 must include the registration number of the certificate on the application for a license.
(c)  An applicant for a license as an importer or distributor must list on the application each state from which the applicant intends to import diesel fuel and, if required by a listed state, must be licensed or registered for diesel fuel tax purposes in that state.  If a listed state requires the applicant to be licensed or registered, the applicant must provide the applicant's license or registration number from that state.
(d)  An applicant for a license as an exporter must designate an agent located in this state for service of process and provide the agent's name and address.  An applicant for a license as an exporter or distributor must list on the application each state to which the applicant intends to export diesel fuel received in this state by means of a transfer that is outside the bulk terminal/transfer system and must be licensed or registered for diesel fuel tax purposes in that state.  The applicant must provide the applicant's license or registration number from that state.
(e)  An applicant for a license as a motor fuel transporter must list on the application each state from which and to which the applicant intends to transport motor fuel and, if required by a listed state, must be licensed or registered for diesel fuel tax purposes in that state.  If a listed state requires the applicant to be licensed or registered, the applicant must provide the applicant's license or registration number from that state.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 199, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.