1.    To receive the benefits of a tax exemption or tax rate reduction, a certification of qualifying well status prepared by the industrial commission must be submitted to the tax commissioner as follows:

a.    To receive, from the first day of eligibility, a tax exemption on production from a stripper well property or individual stripper well under subsection 2 of section 57-51.1-03, the industrial commission’s certification must be submitted to the tax commissioner within eighteen months after the end of the stripper well property’s or stripper well’s qualification period.

b.    To receive, from the first day of eligibility, a tax exemption under subsection 3 of section 57-51.1-03 on production from a secondary or tertiary project, the industrial commission’s certification must be submitted to the tax commissioner within eighteen months after the month in which the first incremental oil was produced.

c.    To receive, from the first day of eligibility, a tax exemption or the reduction on production for which any other tax exemption or rate reduction may apply, the industrial commission’s certification must be submitted to the tax commissioner within eighteen months of the completion, recompletion, or other qualifying date.

d.    To receive, from the first day of eligibility, a tax rate reduction under subsection 5 of section 57-51.1-03 on production from a restimulation well, the industrial     commission’s certification must be submitted to the tax commissioner within six months after the month in which the first oil was produced.

2.    If the industrial commission’s certification is not submitted to the tax commissioner within the eighteen-month period provided in this section, then the exemption or rate reduction does not apply for the production periods in which the certification is not on file with the tax commissioner. When the industrial commission’s certification is submitted to the tax commissioner after the eighteen-month period, the tax exemption or rate reduction applies to prospective production periods only and the exemption or rate reduction is effective the first day of the month in which the certification is received by the tax commissioner.