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§ 6715. Dyed fuel sold for use or used in taxable use, etc.
(a) Imposition of penalty
If—
(1) any dyed fuel is sold or held for sale by any person for any use which such person knows or has reason to know is not a nontaxable use of such fuel,
(2) any dyed fuel is held for use or used by any person for a use other than a nontaxable use and such person knew, or had reason to know, that such fuel was so dyed,
(3) any person willfully alters, chemically or otherwise, or attempts to so alter, the strength or composition of any dye or marking done pursuant to section 4082 in any dyed fuel, or
(4) any person who has knowledge that a dyed fuel which has been altered as described in paragraph (3) sells or holds for sale such fuel for any use which the person knows or has reason to know is not a nontaxable use of such fuel,
then such person shall pay a penalty in addition to the tax (if any).
(b) Amount of penalty
(1) In general
Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amount of the penalty under subsection (a) on each act shall be the greater of—
(A) $1,000, or
(B) $10 for each gallon of the dyed fuel involved.
(2) Multiple violations
(c) Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(1) Dyed fuel
(2) Nontaxable use
(d) Joint and several liability of certain officers and employees
(e) No administrative appeal for third and subsequent violations
In the case of any person who is found to be subject to the penalty under this section after a chemical analysis of such fuel and who has been penalized under this section at least twice after the date of the enactment of this subsection, no administrative appeal or review shall be allowed with respect to such finding except in the case of a claim regarding—
(1) fraud or mistake in the chemical analysis, or
(2) mathematical calculation of the amount of the penalty.
(Added Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13242(b)(1), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 520, § 6714; renumbered § 6715, Pub. L. 104–188, title I, § 1703(n)(9)(A), Aug. 20, 1996, 110 Stat. 1877; amended Pub. L. 105–34, title X, § 1032(e)(11), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 935; Pub. L. 108–357, title VIII, §§ 855(a), 856(a), (b), Oct. 22, 2004, 118 Stat. 1616, 1617.)