§ 6-167. Collection of municipal electric utility tax.

(a)

Subject to the provisions of section 6-169 concerning the delivery of electricity to resellers, the tax imposed under section 6-166 shall be collected from purchasers by the person maintaining a place of business in the State who delivers the electricity to such purchasers. This tax shall constitute a debt of the purchaser to the person who delivers the electricity to the purchaser and is recoverable at the same time and in the same manner as the original charge for delivering the electricity.

(b)

Any tax required to be collected by this section, and any tax in fact collected, shall constitute a debt due and owing to the village by the person delivering the electricity, provided that the person delivering the electricity shall be allowed credit for such tax related to deliveries of electricity the charges for which are written off as uncollectible after reasonable collection efforts have been made, and provided further, that if such charges are thereafter collected, the person delivering the electricity shall be obligated to remit such tax to the village.

(c)

Persons delivering electricity shall collect the tax from the purchaser by adding such tax to the gross charge for delivering the electricity. Persons delivering electricity shall also be authorized to add to such gross charge an amount equal to three percent of the tax they collect to reimburse them for their expenses incurred in keeping records, billing customers, preparing and filing returns, remitting the tax, and supplying data to the village upon request. For the purposes of this article, any partial payment of a billed amount not specifically identified by the purchaser shall be deemed to be for the delivery of electricity.

(Code 1993, § 6-7.3; Ord. No. 98-O-64, 7-28-1998)