Section 3734.025. Return and remittance of fees by owner or operator

The owner or operator of an off-site infectious waste treatment facility shall pay the fees levied by an ordinance or resolution adopted under section 3734.024 of the Revised Code monthly to the treasurer or other such officer of the municipal corporation as, by virtue of the charter, has the duties of the treasurer or to the fiscal officer of the township. The owner or operator shall remit the fees to the treasurer or other officer or to the fiscal officer in accordance with rules adopted under section 3734.026 of the Revised Code. The remittance shall be accompanied by a return indicating the total amount of infectious wastes received at the facility for treatment during the month to which the return applies. If a monthly return and remittance of the fees are not submitted to the treasurer or other officer or to the fiscal officer within sixty days after the last day of the month to which the return and remittance apply or within sixty days after the date otherwise established in rules adopted under section 3734.026 of the Revised Code, the owner or operator shall pay a penalty of an additional fifty per cent of the amount of the remittance for each month that it is late.

Money received by the treasurer or other officer of the municipal corporation under this section shall be paid into the general fund of the municipal corporation. Money received by the fiscal officer of a township under this section shall be paid into the general fund of the township. The treasurer or other officer of the municipal corporation or the fiscal officer of the township, as appropriate, shall maintain separate records of money received from the fees remitted under this section.

No owner or operator of an off-site infectious waste treatment facility shall violate or fail to comply with this section or a rule adopted under section 3734.026 of the Revised Code.

Effective Date: 03-04-1992; 12-20-2005