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. Sec. 22-80. Combinations of tractor trucks and semitrailers, etc. (a) In the case of a combination of a truck or tractor truck and a trailer or semitrailer, each vehicle constituting a part of such combination shall be registered as a separate vehicle, but, for the purpose of determining that gross weight group into which any such vehicle falls pursuant to section 22-78, the combination of vehicles of which such vehicle constitutes a part shall be considered a unit, and the aggregate gross weight of the entire combination shall determine such gross weight group. The license fee for a trailer or semitrailer constituting a part of such combination shall be seventeen dollars ($17.00); provided, however, if such trailer or semitrailer exceeds a gross weight of (4,000) pounds such fee shall be twenty-two dollars ($22.00). (b) In determining the license fee to be paid for a truck or tractor truck constituting a part of such combination the fee shall be assessed on the total gross weight and the tax per one thousand (1,000) pounds applicable to the gross weight of the combination when loaded to the maximum capacity for which it is registered and licensed. There shall be no deduction from this fee for the fee on the trailer or semitrailer in the combination. Sec. 22-83. Date assessment and collection of fee to begin. . The commissioner of the revenue shall begin to assess and the city treasurer will collect the license fees imposed under this article beginning January first of each year. Sec. 22-85. Penalty for late payment of fee. If any license fee imposed by this article is not paid by June 5th of any license year, or in case of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer purchased or acquired thereafter, within thirty (30) days of the date of purchase or acquisition of same, there shall be added to such license fee a penalty of ten (10) percent of the amount of the license fee or ten dollars ($10.00), whichever is greater, to be assessed and paid along with the license fee as part thereof. Interest shall accrue at a rate of ten (10) percent per annum on the first day following the due date and each month thereafter until paid in full. Sec. 22-87.1. Refund for unused portion of license fee. (a) Any person paying a license fee on a vehicle under the requirements of this article shall be entitled to a refund upon furnishing proof, satisfactory to the commissioner of the revenue, of disposal of the vehicle or of the change of the vehicle's garaging to another jurisdiction. . (b) The amount to be refunded to such person shall be one-half (1/2) of the amount paid if disposed of or garaged in another jurisdiction between January 1 and June