701—255.2(453A) Partial year permits—payment—refund—exchange. For purposes of this rule, “year” means the cigarette tax year running from July 1 of year A to June 30 of year B and “quarter” means a yearly quarter with the first quarter commencing on July 1.
	255.2(1) Partial payment. If any permit is granted other than in the first quarter, the following partial payments are required:
	1.	During the second quarter - 75 percent of the permit fee.
	2.	During the third quarter - 50 percent of the permit fee.
	3.	During the fourth quarter - 25 percent of the permit fee.
	255.2(2) Partial refund. If any unrevoked permit for which the entire annual fee has been paid is voluntarily surrendered, the following permit fees will be refunded:
	1.	During the first quarter - 75 percent of the permit fee.
	2.	During the second quarter - 50 percent of the permit fee.
	3.	During the third quarter - 25 percent of the permit fee.
If any unrevoked permit for which 75 percent of the annual fee has been paid is voluntarily surrendered, the following permit fees will be refunded by the entity which issued the permit:
	1.	During the second quarter - 50 percent of the permit fee.
	2.	During the third quarter - 25 percent of the permit fee.
If any unrevoked permit for which 50 percent of the annual fee has been paid is voluntarily surrendered, the following permit fees will be refunded:
During the third quarter - 25 percent of the annual fee.
	255.2(3) Exchange of permits. If a permittee changes the location of an operation requiring a permit but remains within the jurisdiction of the same entity which granted the original permit, the permittee may exchange the invalid permit (valid only for the location described in the permit) for a valid permit free of charge, without the partial payment-partial refund process. (1934 O.A.G. 106)
The following nonexclusive examples will illustrate the application of this rule:
Example 1:  City Bar and Grill sells cigarettes at retail and has obtained a retail cigarette permit from the city of Des Moines. The establishment is moved across the street but remains within the city limits of Des Moines. The retail permit is valid only for the location described in the permit, and therefore, the original permit is no longer valid. However, since the establishment has remained within the jurisdiction of the entity which granted the original permit, Des Moines, the original, presently invalid permit may be exchanged for a valid permit with a new location description at no cost.
Example 2:  Same as Example 1, except the new location of City Bar and Grill is outside the corporate limits of Des Moines and within the unincorporated area of Polk County. City Bar and Grill would have to surrender the old permit to the city of Des Moines and obtain a new permit from Polk County with the schedules set forth in this rule applying.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 453A.13, subsections 3 and 4.
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