A. Collection:
1. Any fee imposed pursuant to the authority provided by this chapter shall be collected, insofar as practicable, at the same time as, and along with, charges for telephone service in accordance with the regular billing practice of the local telephone company.
2. The local exchange telephone company or other provider of dial tone shall have no obligation to take any legal action to enforce the collection of any fee imposed pursuant to the authority in this chapter; however, should any service user tender a payment insufficient to satisfy all charges, tariffs, fees and taxes for telephone service, the amount tendered shall be credited to the emergency telephone fee in the same manner as other taxes and fees. The local telephone exchange company or other provider of dial tone shall annually provide the city treasurer with a list of amounts uncollected along with the names and addresses of those service users who carry a balance that can be determined by the local exchange telephone company or other provider of a dial tone or to be nonpayment of any fee imposed pursuant to the authority of this chapter. (Ord. 588, 2-19-2008)
B. Remittance To City; Administrative Fee:
1. The fees imposed pursuant to the authority of this chapter and the amounts required to be collected are due monthly. The amount of fee collected in one month shall be remitted to the city treasurer no later than thirty (30) days after the close of the month in which such fees were collected. On or before the last day of each month, a return for the preceding month shall be filed with the city treasurer in such form as the city treasurer shall require. The local exchange telephone company or the dial tone provider required to file the return shall deliver the return, together with remittance of the amount of fees payable to the city treasurer for deposit into a special revenue fund. The local exchange telephone company or other provider of dial tone shall maintain records of the amount of any fee collected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Such records shall be maintained for a period of three (3) years from the time the fee was collected unless a shorter holding period is authorized or a longer period is required by state law. (Ord. 588, 2-19-2008; amd. 2013 Code)
2. From every remittance to the city treasurer made on or before the date when same becomes due, the local exchange telephone company or other provider of dial tone required to remit the same shall be entitled to deduct and retain, as an administrative fee, an amount not exceeding three percent (3%). (Ord. 588, 2-19-2008)