§40-17-271. Powers and authority of the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this law, the Commissioner of the Department of Revenue is authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements on behalf of this state with the duly authorized representatives of any of the states of the United States, the District of Columbia, or a state or province of a foreign country or a territory or possession of either the United States or a foreign country providing for the uniform administration of motor fuels use taxation laws with respect to motor vehicles operated in multiple member jurisdictions.

(b) In exercising the authority granted by this article, the commissioner is expressly authorized and empowered to enter into and to become a member of the International Fuel Tax Agreement or any other designation that may, from time to time, be given to that plan, developed pursuant to the Federal Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991.

(c) The commissioner is authorized to promulgate and to enforce reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the International Fuel Tax Agreement or any other agreement entered into under the authority of this article.

(d) If the commissioner enters into the International Fuel Tax Agreement or into any other agreement under the authority of this article, and if the provisions set forth in the International Fuel Tax Agreement or other agreements are different from the provisions prescribed by this code or any rules or regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to the authority granted hereunder to the commissioner, then the agreement provisions shall prevail.

(e) Any agreement entered into pursuant to this article shall be stated and agreed to in writing and shall be filed with the commissioner before it becomes effective. A current copy of any such agreement shall be maintained by the department.

(Acts 1994, No. 94-586, p. 1078, §2.)