2016-39 AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 51.5 SECTION 5 - HOTEL USE TAX

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-39 ORDINANCE AMENDING CITY CODE - CHAPTER 51.5 SECTION 5 - - HOTEL USE TAX - BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS: Section 1. That Chapter 51.5 Section 5 of the City Code of the City of Decatur, Illinois, be, and the same is hereby modified and amended so that said Chapter 51.5 Section 5 as so modified and amended, shall provide as follows: 5. PAYMENT OF TAX. A. A sworn monthly return shall be filed with the Finance Department of the City for each hotel in the City on forms prescribed by the Finance Director showing all receipts from each renting, leasing or letting of rooms, which return shall be filed no later than the finrentieth day of the month next succeeding the month for which the return is made, and shall be accompanied by payment of all taxes due and owing for the month covered by said return. B. If for any reason any tax is not paid when due, a penalty at the rate of ten percent (10%) percent per thirty day period, or portion thereof, from the day of delinquency shall be added thereto and paid. C. Any person filing a timely return pursuant to this Section may retain One and Three quarters(1.75) percent of the tax they collect to be remitted with that return. This retention is allowed for the purpose of compensating for the costs incurred in complying with the duties and obligations set forth under this Chapter. If the return is not timely filed, no retention shall be allowed. D. PRESENTED, PASSED, APPROVED AND RECORDED this 20th day of June, 2016. � G�/%%� `' 1..� JULIE MOORE-WOLFE, M OR ATTEST: