HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD478ORDINANCE NO.478
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AMENDING THE APACHE JUNCTION CITY CODE,CHAPTER
8 BUSINESS,ARTICLE 8-3 TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX,SECTION 8-3-3(A)
PERCENTAGE OF TAX AND BUSINESS LIABLE TO TAXATION AND SECTION
8-3-10 SUNSET AND TAX USE PROVISIONS,BY REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.470
AND ADOPTING IN LIEU THEREOF ORDINANCE NO.478 PERTAINING TO
ADOPTION OF AN ADDITIONAL ONE-HALF CENT (1/2¢)SALES TAX;REPEALING
ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS;AND PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION,ARIZONA,AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I IN GENERAL
That the Apache Junction City Code,Chapter 8 BUSINESS,Article 8-3
TRANSACTION PRIVILEGE TAX,Section 8-3-3(A)Percentage of Tax and Business
Liable to Taxation and Section 8-3-10 Sunset and Tax Use Provision,be
amended to read as follows:
Section 8-3-3(A).Percentage of Tax and Business Liable
to Taxation.
The words "one percent of the gross proceeds"are hereby
stricken and are replaced by the words "one and one-half
(11)percent of the gross proceeds."
Section 8-3-10 Sunset and Tax Use Provisions
A)Any tax levied by Section 8-3-3 of this chapter shall remain at
one and one-half (11)percent until such time as Pinal County,
Arizona,enacts on County Transportation Excise Tax,pursuant to
Chapter 8.3 of House Bill 2409 (1985),which enacts Arizona
Revised Statutes §42-1481 through §42,1991.On such date that
the Pinal County,Arizona,County Transportation Excise Tax
becomes effective,the tax rate stated in Section 8-3-3(A)of
this chapter shall be automatically reduced to one (1)percent.
For such period that the City of Apache Junction,Arizona,
levies a Section 8-3-3(A)tax at the rate of one and one-half
(11)percent,thirty-three and one-third percent (33 1/3)of
the revenues collected from such tax shall be allocated for
transportation expenditures within the City limits of Apache
Junction,Arizona.Transportation expenditures shall include,
but are not limited to,paving of roadways,acquisition of
rights -of -way,installation of signs or traffic control devices,
installation of curbs and gutterings,and installation of street
lights.
B)The collection of additional one half cent (10 sales tax as
provided by this article shall commence on March 1,1986.
SECTION I I REPEALING ANY CONFLICTING PROVISIONS
All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance or any part of the code adopted herein by reference are
hereby repealed.
SECTION III PROVIDING FOR SEVERABIILTY
I f any section,subsection,phrase,clause or portion of this ordinance
or any part of the code adopted herein by reference if,for any reason,
held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent
jurisdiction,such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions thereof.
ORDINANCE NO.478
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PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF APACHE
JUNCTION,ARIZONA,THIS 21ST DAY OF JANUARY ,1986.
ATTEST:
KATHLEEN CONNELLY
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
EXAND
CitMttorney
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NORMAN S.HILL
Mayor