424.1  Title — director’s authority.
  1.  This chapter is entitled “Environmental Protection Charge on Petroleum Diminution”.
  2.  The director’s and the department’s authority and power under chapter 421 and other provisions of the tax code relevant to administration apply to this chapter, and the charge imposed under this chapter is imposed as if the charge were a tax within the meaning of that chapter or provision.
  3.  The director shall enter into a contract or agreement with the board to provide assistance requested by the board. Policy issues arising under this chapter or chapter 455G shall be determined by the board, and the board shall be joined as a real party in interest when a policy issue is raised.
  4.  The board shall retain rulemaking authority, but may contract with the department for assistance in drafting rules. The board shall retain contested case jurisdiction over any challenge to the diminution rate or cost factor. The department shall conduct all other contested cases and be responsible for other agency action in connection with the environmental protection charge imposed under this chapter.
  5.  The board shall reimburse the department of revenue by contract for the reasonable cost of administration of the environmental protection charge imposed under this chapter and for other duties delegated to the department or to the director by the board.
89 Acts, ch 131, §12, 13
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2003 Acts, ch 145, §286