HomeMy WebLinkAbout118 of 1977 - Amending section 20-3-24 clarifying utility revenue tax increase applicable exclusively to revenue d ROLL CALL
VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, Tuly 26 ,19 77
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Result AN • ' DINAN, E
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Section 20-3-14 of the Revised Ordinances of
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to utility revenue tax, to clarify
the utility sales and service revenues subject to said tax.
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah:
SECTION 1. That Section 20-3-14 of the Revised Ordinances of Salt
Lake City, Utah, 1965, relating to utility revenue tax, be, and the same
hereby is amended as follows:
Section 20-3-14. Utility revenue tax. There is hereby
levied upon the business of every person or company engaged
in business in Salt Lake City, Utah, of supplying telephone,
gas or electric energy service as public utilities, an
annual license tax equal to six percentum of the gross revenue
derived from the sale and use of the services of said utilities
delivered from and after July 1, 1977, within the corporate
limits of Salt Lake City, said fee being in addition to the
two percent franchise fee.
The term "gross revenue", as used herein, shall be con-
strued to mean the revenue derived from the sale and use of
public utility services within Salt Lake City, provided that
"gross revenue" as applied to the telephone utility shall be
construed to mean basic local exchange services revenue re-
ceived from subscribers located within Salt Lake City and
directly connected with the switchboard or switchboards of
said utility located in the city.
"Public utility services" shall mean the sale and use of
electric power and energy, natural gas and local exchange tele-
phone service.
Within forty five days after the close of each month in
a calendar year, any public utility taxed hereunder shall file
with the city treasurer of Salt Lake City a report of its
gross revenue derived from the sale and use of public utility
service in Salt Lake City as defined herein, together with a
computation of the tax levied hereunder against the utility.
Coincidental with the filing of such report, the utility
shall pay to the city treasurer the amount of the tax_
SECTION 2. In the opinion of the Board of Commissioners of Salt
Lake City, it is necessary to the health, peace and welfare of the
inhabitants of Salt Lake City that this ordinance become effective
immediately.
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect upon its first publi-
cation.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
26th day of July, 1977.
MAYOR
CITY RECO
(SEAL)
BILL NO.118 of 1977
Published July 30, 1977
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE Oh' UTAH, }
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County of Salt Lake
AN ORDINANCE-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING Section Nr3.l.f untie Revised Shand D. Palmer
Ordinances fax of Salt Lake City,
Utah,1965,relating to ohm,
subiecl to said tax. utility sales and service revenues
Be it ordained by the Board of Commissloners of Salt Lake
City,lliah:
secnoNl mMse ha,zo-3-I+dfineReYisedormnancpso, Being first duly sworn,deposes and says that he is legal adver-
salt Lake City I.
19e5 loll to utility re ue fax,be,and
the same herebyisamen,6,neasr'raa,a,ti en tisi.ng clerk of the DESERET NEWS, a daily (except Sunday)
Seo,,,n p:314.Utility tea.Theme Is hereby levied
�usinme by,of very°°roan° ru,?espaper printed in the English language with. general cir-
esa In salt Lake Clrv,Utah,of SUPYM110 felePhoonge,pas or
electric energy sec vice as nubile utilities,an annual license tax
°opal ro of ce�rnmorrneproso raYanneda,lYeo from Mosaic cIVirl7 tin Utah and published in Solt Lake City, Salt Lake.
d use M Ice of said uN fiev nue er iv Irom antl after }
July I,1977,within memrpororallmlh asaewko citi,s„Idfae County, in the State of Utah.
hemp In addition to the two percent franchise fee.
to The term
egress revenue",asusedheroih,shall be construed
teeneasethe revenue dere/o Irom the:ale area use M public
ev - within salt Lake City,provident that-grass '17utt the legal notice of which a coley is attached hereto
r nnue"as applied to she falpdxx,e"MINiAll he construed In
mean basic local exchange services revenue received from
subscribers located within Salt Lake City antl tllroctly eomoeted
with the switchboard or switch boa rds of said utility located in the pub notice to amend an ordinance relating. to
thy.
electric
ro er antisoeneerev Shall n the ie ea se o1
telephone service. tural eas antl local change
Within forty flue days after the Close of each utility revenue tax
thcalendar year,any public utility fazed Mrauntler shall file with
e city treasurer of Salt Lake City a retort el rds gross with
derived from the sale ao use of pubic utility service In$all Lake
CiIY as defined heroin,together l5 mutation Of the tax
levied hereunder against the utility.Coin!denial with the tiling
pf such repozT,the utility shall pay to the city treasurer the -�-- - - _--
amouM of the fax,
SECTION 2 In the opinion of the Board et Commissioners of
Sall Lake Clrt,ifis necessary 10 the health,peace and welfare of
the inhabit is of salt Lake Clty that(his ordinance become
elf immediate', -_ -
SECTION 3.This ordinance shall take effect anon ifs first
oublra ta
Uah,ih5tl1 b aMy oB oUs•oCommtssloers ai Sail take City,
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TED L.WILSON.
NILDRED V.XiIGHAM, Mayor July 30, 1977
sni order was published in said newspaper on
SILL Na Int of 1977
>ublished July 30,19n
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Legal Advertising Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before nun this____ 4th day of
July A.D. 19_73__•
Notary Public
My Conunission.Expires
Feb. 13, 1978
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