360.521 AIRCRAFT TAX LIMITATION AND ELECTION.
(a) None of the provisions of sections
360.531 to
360.67 apply to aircraft or airline
companies used in air commerce which have a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by
the United States Civil Aeronautics Board.
(b) All aircraft of an airline company operating without a certificate of convenience and
necessity issued by the United States Civil Aeronautics Board and with at least three regularly
scheduled interstate flights per week shall be registered annually in the manner prescribed in
sections
360.511 to
360.67 or if the airline company so elects, thereafter, or until an election
otherwise, all of its air flight property shall be assessed annually by the commissioner of revenue
in a manner prescribed by sections
270.071 to
270.079 unless prior to July 1 in the year of election
the airline company has registered and paid a tax under sections
360.511 to
360.67.
(c) If pursuant to paragraph (b) an airline company being taxed pursuant to sections
270.071
to
270.079 registers pursuant to sections
360.511 to
360.67 prior to July 1, then such airline
company will be required to pay one-half of the registration tax which would have been due July 1
in the year of election for an airline company not already being taxed pursuant to sections
270.071
to
270.079, such one-half to be allocable to the last six months of the registration period.
(d) If an airline company registered pursuant to sections
360.511 to
360.67 elects to be
taxed in the manner prescribed by sections
270.071 to
270.079, then such airline company
will be required to pay one-half of the registration tax which would have been due July 1 of
the year of election if the airline company would not have elected to be taxed in the manner
prescribed by sections
270.071 to
270.079, such one-half to be allocable to the first six months
of the registration period.
(e) Written notice of such election shall be given to the commissioner of transportation
and the commissioner of revenue prior to July 1 in the year of election. If an airline company
not already taxed under sections
270.071 to
270.079 fails to make an election, then such airline
company shall register its aircraft and pay a tax under sections
360.511 to
360.67.
History: 1945 c 411 s 2; 1969 c 791 s 1; 1973 c 582 s 3; 1976 c 166 s 7