15-51-113. Penalty for violation -- enforcement. Any producer referred to in 15-51-101 who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter or who shall fail to pay the license tax herein provided for or any part thereof when due shall be liable for three times the amount of the unpaid or delinquent tax in a civil action instituted for that purpose in a court of competent jurisdiction in the name of the state of Montana, and in such suit, upon application of the state, an injunction may be issued, without requiring any bond, restraining the defendant from continuing to produce electricity or electrical energy so long as the tax due hereunder from said defendant remains delinquent.
History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 51, Ex. L. 1933; re-en. Sec. 2343.9, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 84-1609.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 51. Electrical Energy Producer's License Tax
15-51-101. Rate of tax -- electrical energy producers
15-51-102. Payment of tax -- may be itemized on customers' bills
15-51-103. Disposition of revenue -- penalty and interest on delinquency
15-51-104. Inspection of books of producer
15-51-106. Future producers to comply
15-51-107. and 15-51-108 reserved
15-51-109. Deficiency assessment -- review -- penalty and interest
15-51-110. Credit for overpayment -- interest on overpayment
15-51-111. Procedure to compute tax in absence of statement -- waiver of penalty
15-51-112. Warrant for distraint
15-51-113. Penalty for violation -- enforcement
15-51-114. Statute of limitations