N.J.S.A. § 54:39-138 — Provision of shipping document to driver of transportation vehicle

38. a. A terminal operator and a refiner with a facility in this State shall prepare and provide to the driver of every fuel transportation vehicle receiving fuel into the vehicle storage tank at the facility a shipping document setting out on its face:

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Identification by city and state of the terminal or refinery from which the fuel was removed;

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The date the fuel was removed;

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The amount of fuel removed, gross gallons and net gallons;

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The state of destination as represented to the terminal operator or refiner by the transporter, the shipper or the agent of the shipper. A refinery or terminal operator may load fuel if a portion of the fuel is destined for sale or use in this State and a portion of the fuel is destined for sale or use in another state or states. However, such split loads removed shall be documented by the terminal operator or refiner by issuing shipping papers designating the state of destination for each portion of the fuel;

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The supplier, consignee and transporter of the fuel; and

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Any other information required by the director for the enforcement of P.L.2010, c.22 (C.54:39-101 et al.).

b. A terminal operator or refiner may manually prepare shipping papers if the terminal does not have the ability to prepare automated shipping papers or as a result of extraordinary unforeseen circumstances, including acts of God, which temporarily interfere with the ability of the terminal operator or refiner to issue automated machine-generated shipping papers.

c. No terminal operator or refiner shall imprint, and no supplier shall knowingly permit a terminal operator to imprint on behalf of the supplier, any false statement on a shipping paper relating to fuel to be delivered to this State or to a state having substantially the same shipping paper requirements with respect to the supplier of the fuel, whether or not it was dyed for the intended destination.

d. A terminal operator or refiner who shall knowingly imprint any false statement in violation of this section shall be jointly and severally liable for all the taxes imposed by P.L.2010, c.22 (C.54:39-101 et al.) which are not otherwise collected by this State as a result of that action.

e. A supplier who knowingly violates this section shall be jointly and severally liable with the terminal operator.

f. The director may impose a civil penalty of $500 for the first occurrence against a terminal operator or refiner that fails to meet shipping paper issuance requirements pursuant to P.L.2010, c.22 (C.54:39-101 et al.). Each subsequent occurrence described in this subsection against that terminal operator is subject to a civil penalty of $5,000.

L.2010, c.22, s.38.