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/0-■ Ordinance No. G1-06
AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR A SIMPLIFIED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TAX RATE CHANGE
WHEREAS,the city council of the City of Elgin has determined it is necessary and desirable
to increase the rate of tax authorized by the Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act from
the current rate of five percent(5%) to the rate of six percent(6%).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ELGIN, ILLINOIS, as follows:
Section 1. That Chapter 4.38 of the Elgin Municipal Code, 1976, as amended, entitled
"Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax"be and is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Chapter 4.38
Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax
4.38.010 Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax:
The rate of the Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax imposed under the Simplified
Municipal Telecommunications Tax Act(35 ILCS 636/5-1 et seq.)is hereby changed to six
percent (6%).
4.38.020 Collection:
The tax hereby imposed shall be collected and enforced by the Department of ReVetyle of the
State of Illinois. The Illinois Department of Revenue shall have full power to administer and
enforce the provisions of this ordinance."
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this
ordinance be and are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
approval and publication as required by law,provided,however,that(1) Section 1 of this ordinance'
shall take effect for all gross charges billed by telecommunications retailers on or after the first day
of July,2006 and(2) any amounts due or payable to the m unicipality for any tax periods ending prior
to the first day of July, 2006 shall nevertheless remain payable as if this ordinance had not been =:.
adopted. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this ordinance with the Illinois
Department of Revenue on or before March 20, 2006.
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d Schock, Mayor
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Presented: January 11, 2006
Passed: January 11, 2006
Vote: Yeas: 5 Nays: 2
Recorded: January 12, 2006
Published: January 13, 2006
Attest:
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Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
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