(A) Except as provided in divisions (B), (C), and (D) of this section, each public utility, except railroad companies, shall be subject to an annual excise tax, as provided by sections 5727.31 to 5727.62 of the Revised Code, for the privilege of owning property in this state or doing business in this state during the twelve-month period next succeeding the period upon which the tax is based. The tax shall be imposed against each such public utility that, on the first day of such twelve-month period, owns property in this state or is doing business in this state, and the lien for the tax, including any penalties and interest accruing thereon, shall attach on such day to the property of the public utility in this state.

(B) Gross receipts of an electric company, rural electric company, or energy company received after April 30, 2001, are not subject to the annual excise tax imposed by this section.

(C) A natural gas company's gross receipts received after April 30, 2000, are not subject to the annual excise tax imposed by this section.

(D) A telephone company's gross receipts derived from amounts billed to customers after June 30, 2004, are not subject to the annual excise tax imposed by this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, gross receipts derived from amounts billed by a telephone company to customers prior to July 1, 2004, shall be included in the telephone company's annual statement filed on or before August 1, 2004, which shall be the last statement or report filed under section 5727.31 of the Revised Code by a telephone company. A telephone company shall not deduct from its gross receipts included in that last statement any receipts it was unable to collect from its customers for the period of July 1, 2003, to June 30, 2004.

Amended by 128th General AssemblyFile No.48, SB 232, §1, eff. 6/17/2010.

Effective Date: 09-26-2003 .