97-99 AMENDING THE CITY CODE CHAPTER 71

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, � _ Section shall be collected, enforced, and administered as set forth in section 4 of this Chapter. 4. COLLECTION, ENFORCEMENT,AND ADMINISTRATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE FEES. (a) A telecommunications retailer shall charge to and collect from each customer an � additional charge in an amount equal to the City infrastructure maintenance fee attributable to that customer's service address. b The infrastructure maintenance fee shall be remitted b th 1 ( ) y e te ecommunications retailer to the City not later than the last day of the month subsequent to the month in which a bill is issued to the customer; provided, however, that the telecommunications retailer may retain an amount not to exceed 2% of the City infrastructure maintenance fee collected by it to reimburse itself for expenses incurred in accounting for and remitting the fee. (c) Remittance of the municipal infrastructure fee to the City shall be accompanied by a return, in a form to be prescribed by the Director of Finance, which shall contain such information as the Director of Finance shall reasonably require. (d) Any infrastructure maintenance fee required to be collected pursuant to this Chapter and any such infrastructure maintenance fee collected by such telecommunications retailer shall constitute a debt owed by the telecommunications retailer to the City. The charge imposed under section 4 (a) by the telecommunications retailer pursuant to this Chapter shall constitute a debt of the purchaser to the telecommunications retailer who provides such services until paid and, if unpaid, is recoverable at law in the same manner as the original charge for such services. (e) If it shall appear that an amount of infrastructure maintenance fee has been paid that was not due under the provisions of this Chapter, whether as a result of a mistake of fact or an error of law, then such amount shall be credited against any infrastructure maintenance fee