§ 16-24. Service supplier responsible for payment of the emergency telephone charge.

(a)

Amount. Every service supplier shall be liable for:

(i)

The charges imposed and collected under this article until they have been remitted to the manager of finance; and

(ii)

The charges imposed under this article that the service supplier does not bill and collect from the service user.

(b)

Registration. Every service supplier providing service within the city shall register with the manager of finance.

(c)

Remittance. Every service supplier shall, on or before the last day of each month, file a remittance form with the manager of finance for the preceding calendar month and remit to the manager simultaneously therewith the total amount of the charges collected under this article for the preceding month. Service suppliers may retain two (2) percent of the total amount of the charges collected as a discount allowable for prompt payment. If any service provider is delinquent in remitting the charges imposed by this article, other than in unusual circumstances shown to the satisfaction of the manager, the service supplier shall not be allowed to retain any discount allowable for the prompt payment, and the full amount shall be remitted to the manager by any such delinquent service supplier together with any other applicable interest or penalties payable under the terms of this article.

(d)

Interest and penalties.

(i)

In any case in which a service supplier fails to file a remittance form or remit the charges within the time required by this article, but without the intent to defraud, there shall be added as a penalty, fifteen (15) percent of the total amount of the deficiency, but not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00), and interest in such cases shall be collected at the rate of one (1) percent each month or fraction thereof, on the amount due on the deficiency from the time the remittance form was due to the date the charge is paid, which interest and addition shall become due and payable within thirty (30) days after the written notice and demand by the manager of finance, and such penalty and interest shall be assessed, collected and paid in the same manner as the charge itself.

(ii)

If any part of a deficiency is due to fraud with the intent to evade the charge, there shall be added as a penalty fifty (50) percent of the total amount of the deficiency, and in such case the whole amount of the charge unpaid, including the additions, shall become due and payable thirty (30) days after written notice and demand by the manager of finance, and an additional one (1) percent each month, or fraction thereof, on said amounts shall be added from the date the remittance form was due until paid, and such addition shall be assessed, collected and paid in the same manner as the charge itself.

(e)

Delinquent payments. Payments of part of less than all of a deficiency, including interest, or interest and penalty, shall be first applied to penalty, if any, secondly to accrued interest and, lastly, to the charge itself.

(Ord. No. 254-16, § 1, 5-9-16)