15-70-352. Penalties for delinquency. (1) Any license tax not paid within the time provided in 15-70-344 is delinquent, a penalty of 10% is added to the tax, and the tax bears interest at the rate of 1% on the tax due for each calendar month or fraction of a month. Upon a showing of good cause by the distributor, the department of transportation may waive penalty.
     (2) If any distributor or other person subject to the payment of the license tax willfully fails, neglects, or refuses to make any statement required by this part or willfully fails to make payment of the license tax within the time provided, the department may revoke any license issued under this part.
     (3) The department shall set forth the information it requires in the statement and determine the amount of the license tax due from the distributor and shall add a penalty of $25 or 10% of the amount due, whichever is greater, together with an interest rate of 1% per month or fraction of a month from the date the statements should have been made and the license tax should have been paid.
     (4) The department shall proceed to collect the license tax, with penalties and interest. At the request of the department, the attorney general shall commence and prosecute to final determination in any court of competent jurisdiction an action to collect the license tax.

     History: En. Sec. 32, Ch. 525, L. 1993.