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ORDINANCE NO. NS-1268.1 (EMERGENCY) PAGE FOUR Sec. 35-160. Duty to Collect - Procedures. The duty to collect and remit the taxes imposed by this Code shall be performed as follows: (a) The tax shall be collected insofar as practicable at the same time as and along with the charges made in accor- dance with the regular billing practice. (b) The duty to collect tax from a service user shall commence with the beginning of the first full regular billing period applicable to that person which starts on or after the operative date of this Code. Where a person receives more than one billing, for different periods, the duty to collect shall arise separately for each billing period. Sec. 35-161. Additional Powers and Duties of Tax Administrator, etc. (a) The Tax Administrator shall have the power and duty, and is hereby directed to enforce each and all of the provisions of this Code. Sec. 35-162. Assessment - Administrative Remedy. (a) The Tax Administrator may make an assessment for taxes not paid or remitted by a person required to pay. (b) Whenever the Tax Administrator determines that a service user has deliberately withheld the amount of the tax owed by him from the amounts remitted to a person required to collect the tax, or that a service user has failed to pay the amount of the tax to such person for a period of two or more billing periods, or whenever the Tax Administrator deems it in the best interest of the City, he shall relieve such person of the obligation to collect taxes due under this Code from such service users for specified billing periods. The Tax Administrator shall notify the service user that he has assumed responsibility to collect the taxes due for the stated periods and demand payment of such taxes. The notice shall be served on the service user by handing it to him personally or by deposit of the notice in the United States mail, postage prepaid thereon, addressed to the service user at the address to which billing was made by the person required to collect the tax; or, should the service user have changed his address, to his last known address. If a service user fails to remit the tax to the Tax Administrator within fifteen (15) days from the date of the service of the notice upon him, which shall be the date of mailing if service is not accomplished in person, a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount of the tax set forth in the notice shall be imposed, but not less than $5.00. The penalty shall become part of the tax herein required to be paid. Sec. 35-163. Records. It shall be the duty of every person required to collect and remit to the City any tax imposed by this Code to keep and preserve, for a period of three years, all records as may be necessary to determine the amount of such tax as he may have been liable for the collection of and remittance to the Tax Administrator, which records the Tax Administrator shall have the right to inspect at all reasonable times. Sec. 35-164. Refunds. (a) or paid more collected or Whenever the amount of any tax has been overpaid than once or has been erroneously or illegally received by the Tax Administrator under this Code