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CIT Y 0 F MAR Y S V ILL E
Marysville,Washington
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE AMENDING SECTIONS
3.64.020,3.64.030 AND 3.64.040 OF THE MARYSVILLE
MUNICIPAL CODE AND REDUCING THE RATE OF THE UTILITIES TAX
FOR TELEPHONE BUSINESS,SALE OF GASES,AND SALE OF
ELECTRICITY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MARYSVILLE,WASHINGTON DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
section 1.section 3.64.020 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.64.020 Telephone Business.
(a)Upon any telephone business there is levied a tax
equal to five percent (5%)of the total gross operating
revenues,including revenues from intrastate tOll,derived
from the operation of such business within the city.The
tax shall be paid monthly on or before the twentieth (20th)
day of the following month.In computing the tax there
shall be deducted from the revenues and following items:
1.Charges which are passed on to the subscribers
by a telephone company pursuant to tariffs required by
regulatory order to compensate for the cost to the
company of the tax imposed herein;
2.The amount of uncollectible service charges
actually sustained by the telephone company;
3.Amounts derived from transactions in
interstate or foreign commerce or from any business
which the city is prohibited from taxing under the
constitutions of the State of washington or the united
States.
b."Telephone business"means the business of
providing access to a local telephone network,local
telephone network switching service,toll service,or coin-
telephone services,or providing telephonic,video,data,or
similar communication or transmission for hire,via a local
telephone network,toll line or channel,or similar
communication or transmission system.It includes
cooperative or farmer-line telephone companies or
associations operating an exchange."Telephone business"
does not include the providing of competitive telephone
service,nor the providing of cable television service.
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c."competitive telephone service"means the providing
by any person or telephone equipment,apparatus,or service,
other than toll service,which is of a type which can be
provided by persons that are not sUbject to regulation as
telephone companies under Title 80 RCW and for which a
separate charge is made.
section 2.section 3.64.030 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.64.030 Sale of Gases.Upon any business engaged in
the sale of artificial,natural or mixed gases,there is
levied a tax equal to five (5)percent of the total gross
monthly service charge billed to business and residence
customers within the corporate limits of the City,exclusive
of monies collected by such business for reimbursement of
such tax.The tax shall be paid monthly on or before the
twentieth (20th)day of the following month.In computing
the tax,there shall be deducted from the revenues the
amount of any uncollectible service charges actually
sustained by the taxpayer.
section 3.section 3.64.040 of the Marysville Municipal
Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
3.64.040 Sale of Electricity.Upon every business
engaged in the sale of electricity,including a public
utility district,there is levied a tax equal to five (5)
percent of the total gross monthly service charges billed to
business and residence customers within the corporate limits
of the city.The tax shall be payable monthly on or before
the twentieth (20th)day of the following month.In
computing the tax,there shall be deducted from the revenues
the amount of any uncollectible service charges actually
sustained by the taxpayer.
section 4.This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
on March 1,1994.
~PASSED by the city council and APPROVED by the Mayor this
/$-"I day of December,1993.
~¥L-=~CITY CLERK
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CITY OF MARYSVILLE
By QdJA!}1Umi4
MAYOR
Approved as to form:
BylJ~K.0JJ
,CITY ATTORNEY
Date of Publication:
Effective Date (5 days after publication):
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