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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03474 f ORDINANCE NO. 3474 AN ORDINANCE. AMENDING SECTIONS 13 AND 20 OF ORDINANCES NOS. 2189 AND 3160 RELATING TO SALES AND USE TAX BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PEOPLE OF PUEBLO, THAT: (Brackets indicate material to be deleted by this amendment; under- scoring indicates new material added.) SECTION 1. Section 13 of Ordinance No. 2189, adopted by popular vote November 8, 1955 as amended by Ordinance No. 3160 adopted by popular vote November 7, 1967, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Section 13 Schedule; Tax Added to Price. There are hereby imposed upon all sales of commodities and services specified in Section 10, taxes in accordance with the following schedule: (a) On sales amounting to nineteen cents to and including [sixty- eight] fifty -one cents, a tax of one cent. (b) On sales amounting to [sixty-nine] fifty -two cents to and including [one dollar and eighteen] eighty- four cents, a tax of two cents. (c) On sales amounting to [one dollar and nineteen] eighty -five cents to and including one dollar [and sixty- eight cents], a tax of three cents. (d) On. all [higher] sales [one cent shall be added in each bracket of fifty cents of additional selling price.] in excess of one dollar, the .tax shall be three cents on each full dollar of the sales price, plus the tax shown in (a), (b) or (c) above for the applicable :fractional, part of a dollar of each such sales price. 3 dx Retailers shall add the tax imposed hereby, or the average equivalent thereof, to the sale price or charge, showing such tax as a separate and distinct item, and when added such tax shall constitute a part of such price or charge and shall be a debt from the consumer or user to the retailer until paid and shall be recoverable at law in the same manner as other debts." SECTION 2. Section 20 of Ordinance No. 2189, adopted by popular vote November 8, 1955, as amended by Ordinance No. 3160 adopted by popular vote November 7, 1967, is hereby further amended to read as follows: "Section 20 Articles from Outside Sources, Storage, Consumption and Use Tax--Schedule. There is hereby levied and there shall be collected from every person, in the City a tax or excise for the privilege of storing, using, or consuming in this city any articles of tangible personal property purchased at retail from sources outside the corporate limits of the City. Such tax shall be payable to and shall be collected by the Director of Finance in accordance with the following schedule: (a) On storage or acquisition charges or costs from nineteen cents to [sixty- eight] fifty -one cents, both inclusive, a tax of one cent. (b) On storage or acquisition charges or costs from [sixty-nine] fifty -two cents to [one dollar and eighteen] eighty -four cents, both inclusive, a tax of two cents. (c) On storage or acquisition charges or costs from [one dollar and nineteen] eighty -five cents to one dollar [and sixty - eight cents], both inclusive, a tax of three cents. - 2 - 1 0 j (d) On all storage or acquisition charges at costs higher than one dollar [and sixty -eight cents, one cent shall be added for each bracket of fifty cents] the tax shall be three cents on each full dollar of such charges or costs, plus the tax shown in (a) , (b) or (c) above for the applicable fractional part of a dollar of each such higher charges or costs." SECTION 3. That all Ordinances of the City of Pueblo, Colorado here- tofore adopted, amended or implemented pursuant to the authority of Ordinance No. 2189 adopted by popular vote November 8, 1955 and of Ordinance No. 3160 adopted by popular vote November 7, 1967 except as amended by this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 4. That this Ordinance shall become effective at 12 :01 o'clock A.M. on January 1, 1972, upon majority vote in favor thereof of the qualified electors of Pueblo voting thereon at said General Municipal Election. Adopted by vote of the People November 2, 1971 For //, Against g:7/0 - 3 -