MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                            1671

decrease shall be equally apportioned against the
remaining payments for the fiscal year. On or before
September fifteenth of each year, the chairman shall
compote the actual costs and expenses of the Commission
for the preceding state fiscal year and, after deducting
the amounts recovered pursuant to subsection (c) of this
section, on or before October fifteenth, shall send to
each public service company affected thereby a statement
setting forth the amount due and payable by , or the
amount standing to the credit of, the public service
company. Any amount owing by any public service company
shall be paid not later than thirty days following the
date the statement is received. Any amount standing to
the credit of any public service company shall be
refunded by the Commission or, at the option of the
public service company, applied as a credit against any
succeeding payment due. The total amount which may be
charged to any public service company under authority of
this section for any State fiscal year may not exceed
0.13% of the public service company's gross operating
revenues derived from intrastate utility operations in
the last preceding calendar year, or other twelve month
period as determined by the chairman. [For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1974 only, the bills shall be
rendered as soon as practicable after July 1, 1973, with
payment due within thirty days after the date the bill is
rendered, or by installments with the first installment
being due within said thirty days and the remaining
installments being due on the partial payment dates
specified herein.]

(e) In addition to the fees provided for in this
section, the Commission may charge reasonable fees for
[certified] copies of Commission papers and documents.
The Commission may also charge and collect a fee of $1.00
for the issuance and renewal of a taxicab driver license,
and a fee of $2.00 for the issuance of a duplicate
taxicab driver license.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect June 1, 1974.

Approved April 30, 1971.

CHAPTER 430
(House Bill 239)
AN ACT concerning