130th Ohio General Assembly
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As Reported by the Senate Ways and Means Committee

122nd General Assembly
Regular Session
1997-1998
Am. H. B. No. 217

REPRESENTATIVES DAMSCHRODER-TIBERI-SAWYER-CLANCY-MAIER-WACHTMANN- HOOD-WESTON-ROMAN-SCHULER-NETZLEY-PADGETT-HAINES-TAYLOR-PRINGLE- HOTTINGER-TERWILLEGER-HODGES-BUCHY-GARDNER-FOX-OPFER-VESPER- GARCIA-SCHUCK-CATES-LUCAS-HARRIS-METZGER-HOUSEHOLDER-BATCHELDER- GRENDELL-CORE-BRADING-CAREY-LEWIS-MYERS-THOMAS-JOHNSON-VERICH- ROBERTS-JAMES-WINKLER-O'BRIEN-REID-OLMAN-
SENATORS B. JOHNSON-HERINGTON-BLESSING-GARDNER-DRAKE-McLIN


A BILL
To amend section 5728.08 of the Revised Code to require the Highway Use Tax to be paid annually, instead of quarterly, on farm trucks that consume less than fifteen thousand gallons of motor fuel annually, and to allow the Highway Use Tax to be paid either annually or quarterly, at the option of the person liable for payment of the tax, on trucks that consume fifteen thousand gallons or more of motor fuel annually.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:


Section 1. That section 5728.08 of the Revised Code be amended to read as follows:

Sec. 5728.08. Except as provided in section 5728.03 of the Revised Code AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, whoever is liable for the payment of the tax levied by section 5728.06 of the Revised Code, on or before the last day of each January, April, July, and October, shall file with the treasurer of state, on forms prescribed by the tax commissioner, a highway use tax return and make payment of the full amount of the tax due for the operation of each commercial car and commercial tractor for the next preceding three calendar months. IF THE COMMERCIAL CARS OR COMMERCIAL TRACTORS ARE FARM TRUCKS AND THE AMOUNT OF MOTOR FUEL USED TO OPERATE THE TRUCKS DURING THE NEXT PRECEDING TWELVE CALENDAR MONTHS WAS LESS THAN FIFTEEN THOUSAND GALLONS, THE HIGHWAY USE TAX RETURN SHALL BE FILED AND THE FULL AMOUNT OF TAX DUE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DAY OF EACH JULY FOR THE NEXT PRECEDING TWELVE CALENDAR MONTHS. IF THE COMMERCIAL CARS OR COMMERCIAL TRACTORS ARE FARM TRUCKS AND THE AMOUNT OF MOTOR FUEL USED TO OPERATE THE TRUCKS DURING THE NEXT PRECEDING TWELVE CALENDAR MONTHS WAS FIFTEEN THOUSAND GALLONS OR MORE, THE HIGHWAY USE TAX RETURN SHALL BE FILED AND THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE TAX DUE PAID EITHER ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DAY OF EACH JULY FOR THE NEXT PRECEDING TWELVE CALENDAR MONTHS, OR ON OR BEFORE THE LAST DAY OF EACH JANUARY, APRIL, JULY, AND OCTOBER FOR THE NEXT PRECEDING THREE CALENDAR MONTHS, AT THE OPTION OF THE PERSON LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF THE TAX.

Immediately upon the receipt of a highway use tax return, the treasurer of state shall mark on the return the date it was received by him THE TREASURER OF STATE and the amount of tax payment accompanying the return and shall transmit the return to the tax commissioner.

The treasurer of state shall place to the credit of the tax refund fund created by section 5703.052 of the Revised Code, out of receipts from the taxes levied by section 5728.06 of the Revised Code, amounts equal to the refund certified by the tax commissioner pursuant to section 5728.061 of the Revised Code. Receipts from the tax shall be used by the tax commissioner to defray expenses incurred by the department of taxation in administering sections 5728.01 to 5728.14 of the Revised Code.

All moneys received in the state treasury from taxes levied by section 5728.06 of the Revised Code and fees assessed under sections 5728.02 and 5728.03 of the Revised Code which are not required to be placed to the credit of the tax refund fund as provided by this section shall, during each calendar year, be credited to the highway improvement bond retirement fund created by section 5528.12 of the Revised Code until the commissioners of the sinking fund certify to the treasurer of state, as required by section 5528.17 of the Revised Code, that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code due and payable during the current calendar year and during the next succeeding calendar year. From the date of the receipt of the certification required by section 5528.17 of the Revised Code by the treasurer of state until the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year in which the certification is made, all moneys received in the state treasury from taxes levied under section 5728.06 of the Revised Code and fees assessed under sections 5728.02 and 5728.03 of the Revised Code which are not required to be placed to the credit of the tax refund fund as provided by this section shall be credited to the highway obligations bond retirement fund created by section 5528.32 of the Revised Code until the commissioners of the sinking fund certify to the treasurer of state, as required by section 5528.38 of the Revised Code, that there are sufficient moneys to the credit of the highway obligations bond retirement fund to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of bonds and other obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code due and payable during the current calendar year and during the next succeeding calendar year. From the date of the receipt of the certification required by section 5528.38 of the Revised Code by the treasurer of state until the thirty-first day of December of the calendar year in which the certification is made, all moneys received in the state treasury from taxes levied under section 5728.06 of the Revised Code and fees assessed under sections 5728.02 and 5728.03 of the Revised Code which are not required to be placed to the credit of the tax refund fund as provided by this section shall be credited to the highway operating fund created by section 5735.291 of the Revised Code, except as provided by the next succeeding paragraph of this section.

From the date of the receipt by the treasurer of state of certifications from the commissioners of the sinking fund, as required by sections 5528.18 and 5528.39 of the Revised Code, certifying that the moneys to the credit of the highway improvement bond retirement fund are sufficient to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of all bonds and other obligations which may be issued pursuant to Section 2g of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.10 and 5528.11 of the Revised Code, and to the credit of the highway obligations bond retirement fund are sufficient to meet in full all payments of interest, principal, and charges for the retirement of all obligations issued pursuant to Section 2i of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and sections 5528.30 and 5528.31 of the Revised Code, all moneys received in the state treasury from the taxes levied under section 5728.06 and fees assessed under sections 5728.02 and 5728.03 of the Revised Code, which are not required to be placed to the credit of the tax refund fund as provided by this section, shall be deposited to the credit of the highway operating fund.

AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "FARM TRUCK" MEANS ANY COMMERCIAL CAR OR COMMERCIAL TRACTOR THAT IS REGISTERED AS A FARM TRUCK UNDER CHAPTER 4503. OF THE REVISED CODE.


Section 2. That existing section 5728.08 of the Revised Code is hereby repealed.


Section 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect on February 1, 1998.
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