{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-207.1089","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 207.1089","heading":"Transporter's license; fee; report; failure to submit report; penalty; waiver; importation of undyed motor fuel.","body":"Sec. 89.\n\nA person who transports motor fuel into this state or out of this state for another person shall obtain a transporter's license. A person licensed as a supplier, an exporter, or an importer under section 76 or 82 who transports motor fuel into this state or out of this state for their own account only is not required to obtain a transporter's license.\n\nThe fee for a transporter's license is $50.00.\n\nA person licensed as a transporter in this state shall file a quarterly report with the department by the twentieth day following the end of the quarter on forms or in a format prescribed by the department concerning the amount of motor fuel transported across the borders of this state.\n\nIf a transporter fails to submit the report required by this section, the department may require the transporter to pay a civil penalty of $1,000.00 for each violation.\n\nIf substantially similar information is readily available to this state from the federal government including a federal terminal report, or if the department determines that the report is not needed to properly administer this act, the department may waive the requirement that a transporter file the report described in subsection (3).\n\nA transporter is subject to a civil penalty of $10,000.00 for each incidence where the transporter knowingly imports undyed motor fuel in a transport truck without possessing either an import verification number or a shipping paper showing on its face that this state's motor fuel tax is not due or that the tax imposed by this act has been precollected by a licensed supplier.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 207","Act Act-403-of-2000"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-207-1089","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"037b1e3bd3c3396a6bd025e24a351b2cec32937469ab892ece8773a764ed582f","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-207.1088","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-207.1092"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}