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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06915ORDINANCE NO. 6915 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION 6 OF SECTION 81 OF CHAPTER 4 OF TITLE XIV OF THE PUEBLO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO SALES TAX AND USE TAX LICENSES AND FEES BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that (brackets indicate matter deleted, underscoring indicates matter added): SECTION 1 The City Council does hereby find and determine that: (a) in order to have an effective and efficient sales and use tax administration and procedures, persons engaged in business in the City and required to collect and remit sales taxes or to pay use taxes should be licensed; (b) a reasonable license fee should be imposed upon such persons in order to defray the overall cost, both direct and indirect, of issuing the licenses and regulating compliance with the City's sale and use tax ordinances; and (c) an annual license fee of $50.00 is deemed to be reasonable and necessary. SECTION 2 Subsection (6) of Section 81 of Chapter 4, Title XIV of the Pueblo Municipal Code is amended to read as follows: (6) A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) [twenty-five dollars ($25.00)] shall be paid with each application for issuance or renewal of a sales tax license and use tax license. All revenues derived from such license fees shall be appropriated by the City Council to the Department of Finance for the purpose of defraying the overall cost, both direct and indirect, of issuing the licenses and regulating compliance with the City's sales and use tax ordinances. SECTION 3 If any provision of this Ordinance or amendment to Section 81, Chapter XIV of the Pueblo Municipal Code as enacted hereby shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be illegal, inoperative or unenforceable, the same shall not affect any other provisions hereof or thereof or render the same invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent whatever. SECTION 4 This Ordinance shall become effective upon final passage and shall be applicable to all persons engaged in business in the City and all sales tax licenses and use tax licenses issued or renewed for calendar year 2003 and each calendar year thereafter. INTRODUCED November 11, 2002 BY Al Gurule Councilperson APPROVED: resident of City Council ATTEST: city C16 PASSED AND APPROVED: November 25, 2002