A. To determine the actual municipal sales tax liability of any person engaged in any business upon which the Oklahoma excise tax is levied, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 205 of this title, shall, upon request, make available reports to the governing body of each city or town that levies a municipal sales tax, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
1. A full and complete list of the names and addresses of persons who report doing business during the preceding calendar year within the boundary of the city or town and who have a sales tax permit;
2. A full and complete list of such persons specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection who are more than sixty (60) days delinquent in remitting sales tax levied pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Sales Tax Code;
3. A full and complete list of sales and use taxes collected by such persons specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection during the preceding calendar month;
4. A full and complete list of taxpayers who were issued a sales tax permit for a location in the city or town the previous calendar month; and
5. A full and complete list of taxpayers who have advised the Oklahoma Tax Commission that business at the location in the city or town was stopped during the previous calendar month.
B. Upon request by the governing body of a city or town that levies a municipal sales tax, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 205 of this title, shall release to such governing body such information or evidence necessary to be used by such body to prosecute violations of municipal sales tax ordinances. Such information or evidence shall include, but is not limited to, the following:
1. Certified copies of sales tax permit applications;
2. Certified copies of sales tax permits;
3. Certified copies of sales tax reports; and
4. Names of Tax Commission employees who may be potential witnesses for municipal prosecution purposes.
C. Except in reporting to the members of the governing body of the city or town, no city or town official or employee shall divulge any information gained from the Oklahoma Tax Commission except that the municipal prosecutor and other municipal enforcement personnel may receive all information necessary to enforce municipal sales tax ordinances.
D. Any city or town official or employee found in violation of this section shall be removed or dismissed from office in the manner provided by law. In addition, any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by the imposition of a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding one (1) year, or by both said fine and imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1976, c. 152, § 1, emerg. eff. May 28, 1976. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 102, § 2, emerg. eff. April 5, 1984; Laws 1985, c. 95, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Laws 1986, c. 218, § 4, emerg. eff. June 9, 1986; Laws 1988, c. 281, § 14, operative July 1, 1988; Laws 2010, c. 412, § 9, eff. July 1, 2010.