Introduced Version
HOUSE BILL No. 1017
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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
Citations Affected: IC 13-23-12-7.
Synopsis: Underground storage tank fee penalties. Reduces the
penalty for failure to pay underground storage tank registration fees.
Authorizes a refund of part of a penalty paid after June 30, 2001, and
before the reduction.
Effective: July 1, 2004.
December 4, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Environmental Affairs.
Introduced
Second Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2004)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1017
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
environmental law and to make an appropriation.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 13-23-12-7; (04)IN1017.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 13-23-12-7, AS AMENDED BY P.L.14-2001,
SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2004]: Sec. 7. (a) An owner of an underground storage tank
who:
(1) is required to pay the fee under section 1 of this chapter; and
(2) fails to pay the fee when due as established under section 2 of
this chapter;
shall be assessed a penalty of not more than two thousand hundred
dollars ($2,000) ($200) per underground storage tank for each year that
passes after the fee becomes due and before the fee is paid.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), each penalty assessed
under this section and collected from the owner of an underground
petroleum storage tank shall be deposited as follows:
(1) Fifty percent (50%) shall be deposited in the petroleum trust
fund.
(2) Fifty percent (50%) shall be deposited in the excess liability
trust fund.
(c) Penalties assessed under this section and collected from owners
of underground storage tanks used to contain regulated substances
other than petroleum shall be deposited in the hazardous substances
response trust fund.
(d) The penalty set forth in this section is in addition to the penalties
that may be imposed under the following:
(1) IC 13-23-14-2.
(2) IC 13-23-14-3.
(3) IC 13-23-14-4.
(4) IC 13-30-4.
(5) IC 13-30-5.
(6) IC 13-30-6.
(7) IC 13-30-8.