67-3-608 - License application Form Investigation.
67-3-608. License application Form Investigation.
(a) Each application for a license under this part shall be made upon a form prepared and furnished by the department. It shall be subscribed to by the applicant and shall contain such information as the department may reasonably require for the administration of this chapter, including the applicant' s federal employer identification number and, with respect to the applicant for an exporter's license, a copy of the applicant's license to purchase or handle taxable motor fuel in the specified destination state or states for which the export license is to be issued.
(b) The department may investigate each applicant for a license under this chapter. No license shall be issued if the department determines that any one (1) of the following exists:
(1) The application is not filed in good faith;
(2) The applicant is not the real party in interest;
(3) Any prior license of the real party in interest has been revoked for cause;
(4) Information on the application has been falsified, is fraudulent, is incomplete or the applicant has in any material way misrepresented the true facts;
(5) With respect to an exporter's license, the applicant is not licensed in the intended specific state or states of destination;
(6) The applicant, or any of the applicant's agents, officers or employees, has a prior conviction for motor fuel tax evasion in any state, federal or foreign jurisdiction; or
(7) Other reasonable cause for non-issuance exists.
[Acts 1997, ch. 316, § 1; T.C.A., § 67-3-1708.]