2015-66 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 51.3 - UTILITY TAXES

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ORDINANCE NO. 2015-66 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE -CHAPTER 51.3- UTILITY TAXES BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 51.3 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and ; the same is hereby amended and modified at Section 2, so that said Section 2 as amended, shall I, provide as follows: !i 2. TAX IMPOSED. A tax is hereby imposed on all persons engaged in the following I occupations or privileges: (a)persons engaged in the business of distributing, supplying, furnishing, or selling gas for use or consumption within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur, and not for resale, at the rate of four and one-fourth percent (4.25 %) of the gross receipts therefrom, but excluding the distribution, supplying, furnishing, or sale of gas to school districts or units of local government; and, (b) persons (but excluding school districts and units of local government) engaged in the privilege of using or consuming electricity acquired in a purchase at retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the City of Decatur at the following rates, calculated on a monthly basis for each purchaser: (i) For the first 2,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.2533 cents per kilowatt-hour; (ii) For the next 48,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.16592 cents per kilowatt-hour; (iii) For the next 50,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.14926 cents per kilowatt-hour; (iv) For the next 400,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.14518 cents per kilowatt-hour; (v) For the next 500,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.1411 cents per kilowatt-hour; (vi) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.13294 cents per kilowatt-hour; (vii) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.13056 cents per kilowatt-hour;