KRS 234.340: Dealer's bond.

(1) Every liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel dealer shall file with the department a

corporate bond, cash bond, or securities approved by the department in a minimum

amount of five hundred dollars ($500) and in a maximum amount of four (4)

months' liability for taxes imposed under KRS 234.310 to 234.440 but not to exceed

fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). If, however, a liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel

dealer is bonded as provided in KRS 138.330 the department may waive the

bonding requirement in this section provided a rider is attached to the bond to

guarantee payment of all liquefied petroleum gas motor fuel taxes together with all

penalties and interest thereon and secure faithful compliance with the provisions of

KRS 234.310 to 234.440. The applicant for a license shall be the principal obligor

and this state shall be the obligee. The bond shall be conditioned upon the prompt

filing of true reports and the payment by the licensee to the department of all taxes

levied under KRS 234.310 to 234.440, together w ith all penalties and interest

thereon and generally upon faithful compliance with the provisions of KRS 234.310

to 234.440.

(2) If the liability upon the bond is discharged or reduced, whether by judgment

rendered, payment made, or otherwise or if in the opinion of the department any

surety has become unsatisfactory or unacceptable, the department may require the

licensee to file a new bond with satisfactory surety in the same form and amount,

failing which the department shall cancel the license in accord ance with the

provisions of this section. If a new bond is furnished by the licensee as above

provided, the department shall cancel the bond for which the new bond is

substituted.

(3) If upon an informal hearing, of which the licensee shall be given ten (1 0) days'

notice in writing, the department decides that the amount of the existing bond is

insufficient to insure payment to this state of the amount of the tax, penalties, and

interest for which the licensee is or may become liable, the licensee shall, up on the

written demand of the department, file an additional bond in the same manner and

form with surety thereon approved by the department, in any amount determined by

the department to be necessary, failing which the department shall cancel the license

in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(4) Any surety on a bond furnished by a licensee shall be released from all liability to

this state accruing on the bond after the expiration of sixty (60) days from the date

upon which the surety has lodge d with the department a written request to be

released, but this request shall not operate to release the surety from any liability

already accrued or which shall accrue before the expiration of the sixty (60) day

period. The department shall, promptly on the receipt of the request, notify the

licensee who furnished the bond, and unless the licensee shall, before the expiration

of the sixty (60) day period, file with the department a new bond with surety

satisfactory to the department in the amount and form prescribed in this section, the

department shall cancel the license in accordance with the provisions of this section.

If the new bond is furnished by the licensee as above provided, the department shall

cancel the bond for which the new bond is substituted.