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CHAPTER 51.3 <br /> Additions and'-'�'�� <br /> UTILITY TAXES <br /> 1. DEFINITIONS. Words and phrases, when used in this Chapter, shall have the <br /> meanings ascribed to them in Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/8-11-2). <br /> 2. TAX IMPOSED. A tax is hereby imposed on all persons engaged in the following <br /> occupations or privileges: <br /> (a)persons engaged in the business of distributing, supplying, furnishing, or <br /> selling gas for use or consumption within the corporate limits of the City of <br /> Decatur, and not for resale, at the rate of four and one-fourth percent (4.25 %) <br /> of the gross receipts therefrom,but excluding the distribution,supplying,furnishing, <br /> or sale of gas to school districts or units of local government; and, <br /> (b) persons (but excluding school districts and units of local government) <br /> engaged in the privilege of using or consuming electricity acquired in a purchase at <br /> retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur <br /> at the following rates, calculated on a monthly basis for each purchaser: <br /> (i) For the first 2,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a <br /> month: 0.2533 cents per kilowatt-hour; <br /> (ii) For the next 48,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a <br /> month: 0.16592 cents per kilowatt-hour; <br /> (iii) For the next 50,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a <br /> month: 0.14926 cents per kilowatt-hour; <br /> (iv) For the next 400,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in <br /> a month: 0.14518 cents per kilowatt-hour; <br /> (v) For the next 500,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a <br /> month: 0.14110 cents per kilowatt-hour; <br /> (vi) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed <br /> in a month: 0.13294 cents per kilowatt-hour; <br /> (vii) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed <br /> in a month: 0.13056 cents per kilowatt-hour; <br /> Revised 10/2019 <br />