(a) The tax shall become delinquent on the sixteenth day of the month next succeeding the month in which the tax accrues.

(b)

(1) Any person liable for the tax who, before the delinquency date, fails to make any return required by this part and pay the full amount of the tax due and payable under this part, shall be liable for a specific penalty in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the tax due, which penalty shall be in addition to other penalties provided in this section.

(2) A further penalty of fifty percent (50%) of the amount of the tax remaining due and unpaid on such delinquency date may be added, if, in the opinion of the commissioner based on reasonable evidence, the nonpayment of the tax or any portion of the tax is due to an intent to evade payment of the tax.

(c) If the nonpayment of the tax is due to an intent to evade payment of the tax, the person liable for the tax under this part may be restrained and enjoined by any court of competent jurisdiction from producing and distributing special nuclear materials in the county or municipality in which the production or distribution with respect to which the tax liability or use took place. Such proceeding shall be instituted in the name of the state by the attorney general and reporter upon the request of the commissioner.

(d) There shall be added to the amounts of tax and penalty due under this part interest in accordance with § 67-1-801.

(e) All such penalties and interest imposed under this part shall be payable to and collectible by the commissioner in the same manner as if they were a part of the tax imposed under this part.

(f) Any person required by this part to make a return, pay a tax, keep records, or furnish information deemed necessary by the commissioner for the computation, assessment, or collection of the tax imposed under this part, and who fails to make the return, pay the tax, keep the records, or furnish the information at the time required by this part, or rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner under this part, commits a Class B misdemeanor, in addition to other penalties provided by law.

(g) Any person, or any officer, employee, or, in the case of a partnership, member of a partnership, who willfully and fraudulently makes and signs a return that such person, officer, employee or member does not reasonably believe to be true and correct as to every material fact commits a felony and is subject to the penalties prescribed for perjury under the laws of this state.