G1-06 (2) 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 Revenue 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ordinance be and are hereby repealed.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 municipality 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.
s/Ed Schock
Ed Schock, Mayor
Presented: January 11, 2006
Adopted: January 11, 2006
Vote: Yeas: 5 Nays: 2
Attest:
s/Dolonna Mecum
Dolonna Mecum, City Clerk
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March 29, 2006
TO: Sean Stegall, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Loni Mecum, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Telecommunications Tax Ordinance No. G1-06
I am enclosing a copy of a letter received this week from Samuel J. Moore,
Associate Counsel of the Illinois Department of Revenue acknowledging receipt
of the above ordinance increasing the City's telecommunications tax to the rate of
six percent.
Enclosure
c: Jim Nowicki, Fiscal Services Director
Colleen Lavery, Assistant Finance Director
Bill Cogley, Corporation Counsel
Illinois Department of Revenue
4 Ir*. MLegal Services Office 5-500
!IP t 4, 101 W. Jefferson St.
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March 22, 2006
City of Elgin
150 Dexter Court
Elgin, IL 60120-5555
Attention: Dolonna"Loni" Mecum, CMC
City Clerk
Dear Ms. Mecum:
This is to acknowledge receipt of the City of Elgin's Ordinance No. G1-06 increasing the
Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax to the rate of 6%.
The Illinois Department of Revenue shall collect, administer and enforce such Simplified
Municipal Telecommunications Tax effective July 1, 2006, in accordance with the provisions of
35 ILCS 636/5-1 et seq.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact our office at the number
listed below.
Very truly yours,
jei.j
Samuel J. j
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Associate Counsel
(217) 782-2844
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Cc: Cecil Denton, Local Tax Allocation Division
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January 30, 2006
TO: Sean Stegall,Assistant City Manager
FROM: Loni Mecum, City Clerk C;(2k-/-
SUBJECT: Filing Telecommunications Tax Ordinance G1-06
Enclosed are two certified copies and one photocopy of the Ordinance G1-06
entitled"An Ordinance Providing for a Simplified Telecommunications Tax Rate
Change"passed by the City Council on January 11 2006.
You advised me that you will hand deliver said ordinance to the Illinois
Department of Revenue in Springfield tomorrow and will obtain a receipt or file-
stamped copy for the City Clerk's file.
Thank you for your assistance in this regard.
Enclosure
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March 21, 2006
TO: Sean Stegall, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Loni Mecum, City Clerk
SUBJECT: Telecommunications Tax Ordinance No. G1-06
I am enclosing a copy of the above ordinance which was mailed to the Illinois
Department of Revenue on February 10, 2006. The enclosed copy is marked
"Received March 7, 2006,by the Revenue-Local Tax Division."
In accordance with your direction, a copy of this memorandum and the filed
stamped ordinance are also being furnished to the individuals listed below.
Enclosures
c: Jim Nowicki,Fiscal Services Director
Colleen Lavery, Assistant Finance Director
Bill Cogley, Corporation Counsel
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Juan Figueroa
Robert Gilliam
David J. Kaptain
Brenda Rodgers
Thomas K. Sandor
John Walters
City Manager
February 10, 2006 Olufemi Folarin
Illinois Department of Revenue
101 W. Jefferson Street
Springfield IL 62794
Re: Telecommunications Tax Ordinance G1-06
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We are enclosing two certified copies and one photocopy of Ordinance G1-06
entitled"An Ordinance Providing for a Simplified Telecommunications Tax Rate
Change"passed by the Elgin City Council on January 11, 2006.
Please file said ordinance and return a file-stamped copy to my office in the
enclosed self-addressed envelope.
Should you have any questions, please contact our office at 847-931-5661.
Sincerely,
Dolonna"Loni"Mecum, CMC
City Clerk
Enclosures
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CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I,Dolonna Mecum, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that I am the duly qualified City Clerk of
the City of Elgin, in the Counties of Kane and Cook in the State of Illinois, and that as such City
Clerk I am the keeper and custodian of the files and records of said City of Elgin and the seal
thereof.
I DO FURTHER CERTIFY that the attached is a full, true, and correct copy of:
ORDINANCE NO. G1-06
AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR A SIMPLIFIED
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TAX RATE CHANGE
passed by the Elgin City Council at its legally convened meeting held on January 11, 2006.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of the
City of Elgin at the said City in the County and State aforesaid this January 30, 2006.
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City Clerk
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