Indiana Code 8-1-6-8. Delinquent fees; penalty
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 8-1-6-8
- commission: refers to the Indiana utility regulatory commission. See Indiana Code 8-1-1-1
- Month: means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- public utility: as used in this chapter , shall mean and embrace every corporation, company, cooperative organization of any kind, individual, association of individuals, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever that on or after March 15, 1969, may own, operate, manage, or control any plant or equipment within the state for the conveyance of telegraph or telephone messages, or for the production, transmission, delivery, or furnishing of heat, light, water, or power, or for the collection, treatment, purification, and disposal in a sanitary manner of liquid and solid waste, sewage, night soil, and industrial waste, for service directly or indirectly to the public, but said term shall not include a municipality that may after March 14, 1969, acquire, own, or operate any of the foregoing facilities. See Indiana Code 8-1-6-3
Sec. 8. Each installment or required payment of the fee imposed by section 4 of this chapter becomes delinquent at midnight of the last day for payment thereof as provided in section 7 of this chapter. If a public utility has failed to pay, or has underpaid, the proper amount of any quarterly installment or payment, it shall pay a penalty to the commission of one percent (1%) of the amount so due on any quarterly installment or payment for each month or fraction thereof that such amount is unpaid. The commission may enforce the collection of any delinquent installment or payment, or portion thereof by legal action or in any other manner by which the collection of debts due the state of Indiana may be enforced under the laws of this state.
Formerly: Acts 1969, c.360, s.8. As amended by P.L.59-1984, SEC.56.