File #: 15-624    Version: Name: Ordinance Amendment 911 Tax Single Access Lines on Prepaid Wireless Services
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
In control: City Council
Meeting Date: 11/16/2015 Final action: 12/7/2015
Enactment date: 12/7/2015 Enactment #: Ordinance 2015-014
Title: ORDINANCE Amending Section 2-18-210 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to the Temporary Reduction of the Emergency Communication System Access Tax (911 Tax) Percentage Rate for Single Access Lines on Prepaid Wireless Services
Sponsors: David Baum Finance Director

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ORDINANCE Amending Section 2-18-210 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to the Temporary Reduction of the Emergency Communication System Access Tax (911 Tax) Percentage Rate for Single Access Lines on Prepaid Wireless Services

 

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The City Council of the City of San Leandro does ORDAIN as follows:

 

Section 1.                     Title 2, Chapter 18, Section 2-18-210 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is amended to reflect a single access line temporary reduction effective January 1, 2016 through January 1, 2020 to comply with the Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act (AB1717) and to read as follows:

 

“2-18-210 IMPOSITION OF EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ACCESS TAX

 

(c)  Only one payment of the tax herein imposed shall be required for any access line, trunk line, or super trunk line, notwithstanding that access lines of more than one service supplier are used in furnishing local telephone service to a telephone subscriber.  The Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act mandates that the Single Access Line Rate for Emergency Communication System Access Tax for 911 Services shall be temporarily reduced from $2.32 to $1.65, or 3.3 percent.” 

 

Section 2.                     Effective Date.

 

This ordinance shall take effect January 1, 2016 for four years and end on January 1, 2020.  The City Clerk is directed to publish the title once and post a complete copy thereof on the City Council Chamber bulletin board for five (5) days prior to adoption.

 

Introduced by Councilmember Lee on this 16th day of November, 2015, and passed to print by the following called vote: 

 

Members of the Council:

 

AYES:                     Councilmembers Cox, Lee, Lopez, Prola, Reed, Thomas; Mayor Cutter                     (7)

 

NOES:                     None                     (0)

 

ABSENT:                     None                     (0)