HomeMy WebLinkAbout4080 AN C~DINANC~ amending Ordinance No. 1524, as
amended by No. 2530 and No. 3727, relating to
electric light and power utility tax and an
ordinance amending Ordinance No. 2169, as amend-
ed by Ordinance Nos. 2530, 3688 and 3727, relat-
ing to telephone business utility tax.
~rIE CITY (~[X~CIL OF ~ CITY OF ~ IX~S C~I~IN:
SECTICI~J 1. Ordinance No. 3727 §1 is hereby amended to read
as follows:
Tax: From and after January 1, 1983, there is hereby levied
upon and there shall be collected from every person, firm or corporation
engaged in the electric light and power business within or partly within
the corporate limits of the city, an annual tax for the privilege of so
doing. Such tax shall be equal to six and eight tenths of one per cent
(6.8%) of the total gross business rendered iwthin the city. Such tax
rate shall be the applicable rate for the tax year 1983 only, and shall be
decreased by two tenths of one per cent (.2%) each succeeding year until
the end of 1986. The tax rate for 1987 will be six and one tenths percent
(6.1%) as defined by__~l~_~_ ~_5_:~_2_1,~.0_.__. _Thee t~._rate, for !9_88~ will be six
percent (6.0%) and shall remain six percent (6.0%) from that year forward.
SECTI(I~ 2. Ordinance No. 3727 §2 is hereby amended to read as
fol lows:
Amount of License Tax: From and after January 1, 1983, there
is levied upon, and there shall be collected from, every person, firm or
corporation engaged in carrying on a telephone business for hire or for
sale of a ccamodity or a service within or partly within the corporate
limits of the city, a tax for the privilege of so doing business, as
defined in this section:
(1) Upon telephone business, there shall be levied a tax equal
to 7.6% of the total gross business rendered within the city. Such tax rate
shall be the applicable rate for the tax year 1983 only, and shall be decreased
by four tenths of one per cent (.4%) each succeeding year until the end of
1986. The tax rate for 1987 will be 6.8%, as.de_fined by Substitute Hosue
Bi 11 1892. Each y~e_ar_~t__h~rea_f_t_~r_ _the_ I.ax ra~e shal 1 be decreased by two
tenths of one t~r~n~(.2%)~ un_ti! the tax rate e~tusls six percent
The tax rate
shall remain six per cent (6%) from that point forward. .......... Gross operati
revenues for this purpose shall not include charges which are passed on to
the subscribers by a telephone cempany pursuant to tariffs required by
regulatory order to compensate for the cost to the company of the tax
imposed by this ordinance.
(2) "Telephone business" means the business of providing access
to a local telephone network, local telephone network switching service,
toll service, or coin telephone services, or providing telephonic, video,
data, or similar communication or transmission for hire, via a local tele-
phone network, toll line or channel, or similar ccrrmunication or transmission
system. It includes cooperative or farmer line telephone companies or
associations operating an exchange. "Telephone business" does not include
the providing of cempetitive telephone service, nor the providing of cable
television service.
(3) "Cc,,¥etitive telephone service" means the providing by any
person of telephone equipment, apparatus, or service, other than toll ser-
vice, which is of a type which can be provided by persons that are not
subject to regulation as telephone cempanies under 1~ Title 80 and for
which a separate charge is made.
~ by the City Council on the first reading this
dsy of C~-~ , 1986.
PASSED by the City Council fo the City of Bremerton, signed by
the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage
this ~,,~ day of 0~~-~ , 1986.
Director of Adninistrative Services