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AN ORDINANCEAMENDINGCHAPTER 3.30 OF THE MOSESLAKEMUNICIPALCODEENTITLED"UTILITYOCCUPATIONALTAX"
THE CITYCOUNCILOF THE CITYOF MOSESLAKE,WASHINGTONDOORDAINAS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.Chapter 3.30 ofthe Moses LakeMunicipal Code entitled"UtilityOccupationalTax"isamended
as follows:
0 3.30.050 OccupationsSubjectto Tax-Amount:There is hereby levied upon,and there shallbe collectedfrom,every person engaged in carrying on the following businesses for hire or for the sale of
a commodity,or service withinor partly within the corporate limits of the city the tax for the
privilege of so doing business as herein after defined,as follows:
A.Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of selling,fumishing,delivering,
or distributing any telephone business within the city there shall be levied a tax equal to7.6%ofthe total gross operating income untilOctober 31,1983.Tax on the total grossoperatingincomeshallthenbereducedasfollows:
11/1/83 -7.2%
11/1/84 -6.8%11/1/85 -6.4%
1/1/87 -6.8%
1/1/88 -6.4%
1/1/89 -6%
Gross operating income for this purpose shallnot includecharges whichare passed on tothesubscribersbyatelephonecompanypursuanttotariffsrequiredbyregulatoryorderto
compensate for the cost to the company ofthe tax Imposed by this chapter,
B.Uponeveryperson engaged inor carryingon the business ofselling,furnishing,delivering,
or distributingelectric light and power or electricalener0y withinthe city there shall beleviedataxequalto7.6%ofthe totalgross operating income until October31,1983.Tax
on thetotal gross operating income shallthen be reduced as follows:
11/1/83 -7.2%
11/1/84 -6.8%11/1/85 -6.4%
11/1/86 -6.0%
C.Upon every person engaged inor carrying onthe business ofsellingor furnishingwater for
domestic or industrialconsumptionwithinthe city there shall be levied a tax equalto 8%ofthetotalgrossoperatingincome.
D.Upon every person engaged In or carrying on the business of sellingor furnishing sewerfacilitiesand/or servicefor domesticor industrial consumptionwithin the citythere shall beleviedataxequalto8%of the total gross operatingincome.
E.Upon everyperson engaged in or carrying on the business of selling orfurnishing of natural,manufactured,or mixedgas forresidential,commercial,domestic,orindustrialconsumptionwithinthecitythereshallbeleviedataxequalto7.6%ofthe total gross operating Income
untilOctober 31,1983.Tax on the total gross operating income shallthen be reduced asfollows:
11/1/83 -7.2%
11/1/84 -6.8%
11/1/85 -6.4%11/1/86 -6.0%
0 F.Uponevery person engaged in or carrying on the business of sellingor fumishing garbagefacilitiesand/or service for domestic or Industrial use within the citythere shall be levied ataxequalto8%ofthe total gross operating income.
G.Upon every person engaged Inor carryingon the business of furnishing a cable subscrip-tionsystem for televisionsignaldistribution withinthe citythere shallbe levied a tax equalto8%ofthe total gross operating income.It is notthe intent ofthis sectionto classifythebusinessasapublicutility.
H.Upon every person engaged in or carrying on the business of furnishing competitivetelephoneservice,includingbut notlimitedto,cellulartelephoneservicewithin the citythereshallbeleviedataxequalto8%ofthe totalgross operatingincome.
Section 2.This onlinance shall take effect and be in force five (5)days after its passage and publication
as providedby law.
Adopted by the CityCounciland signed 8
ËinanceDirector
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QIlyAttorney
PUBLISHED5/1/92
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