Section 8401 Of Chapter 11. Violations From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 11.
8401
. It is unlawful for any person, firm, association, or
corporation, or any officer or agent thereof, through false
statement, trick or device, or otherwise, to do any of the following:
(a) Obtain motor vehicle fuel for export and fail to export it, or
cause it not to be exported.
(b) Divert motor vehicle fuel, or cause it to be diverted, from
interstate or foreign transit begun in this state.
(c) Return motor vehicle fuel to this state and sell or use it, or
cause it to be used or sold in this state, without complying with
the provisions of this part and without notifying the supplier from
whom the motor vehicle fuel was originally purchased of his or her
act.
It is unlawful for any supplier or other person to conspire with
any person, firm, association, or corporation, or any officer or
agent thereof, to withhold motor vehicle fuel from export, or to
divert it from interstate or foreign transit begun in this state, or
to return it to this state for sale or use so as to avoid any of the
taxes imposed by this part.
Any person violating any provision of this section is guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable as provided in Section 8402.
Each shipment illegally diverted or illegally returned constitutes
a separate offense, and the unit of each shipment is the cargo of
one vessel, or one railroad carload, or one automobile truck load, or
such truck and trailer load, or one drum, or one barrel, or one
case, or one can.