§ 13-23-12-1 — Annual registration fee; separate compartments within tank; combination of tanks; period preceding July 1, 2014

(a) Each year, if an underground storage tank
or aboveground storage tank has not been closed before January 1 of
the year under:
(1) rules adopted under IC 13-23-1-2; or
(2) a requirement imposed by the commissioner before the
adoption of rules under IC 13-23-1-2;
the owner of the underground storage tank or aboveground storage tank
shall pay to the department an annual registration fee.
(b) The annual registration fee required by this section is as follows:
(1) Ninety dollars ($90) for each underground petroleum storage
tank or aboveground petroleum storage tank.
(2) Two hundred forty-five dollars ($245) for each underground
storage tank containing regulated substances other than
petroleum.
(c) If an underground storage tank or aboveground storage tank
consists of a single tank in which there are separate compartments, a
separate fee shall be paid under subsection (b) for each compartment
within the single tank.
(d) If an underground storage tank consists of a combination of
tanks, a separate fee shall be paid under subsection (b) for each
compartment within each tank in the combination of tanks.
(e) The following apply to tanks that contain separate compartments
and that were in use before July 1, 2014:
(1) For the period preceding July 1, 2014, the payment of a single
annual fee of ninety dollars ($90) for a tank containing separate
compartments shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of
subsection (b).
(2) The department shall not be required to pay any refunds to a
tank owner that paid a separate fee under subsection (b) for each
compartment within a tank before July 1, 2014.
[Pre-1996 Recodification Citations: 13-7-20-32(a);
13-7-20-41(a).]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.1-1996, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.2-1998, SEC.56; P.L.212-1999, SEC.4; P.L.6-2014, SEC.3; P.L.96-2016, SEC.41; P.L.176-2023, SEC.48.