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City of IV:1mila
Washington
Cover page to Ordinance 1279
The full text of the ordinance follows this cover page.
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SALES OR USE TAX UPON
MTh TO BE COLLECTED FROM THOSE PERSONS FROM WHOM THE STATE
SALES OR USE TAX .IS COLLECTED, FIXING THE RATE OF TAX,
PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION THEREOF,
CONSENTING TO THE INSPECTION OF RECORDS, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF,
Ordinance 1279 was amended or repealed by the
following ordinances.
AMENDED BY: REPEALED BY:
1305 1368
1399
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ORDINANCE NO. /G2 7
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING AN ADDITIONAL SALES OR USE TAX UPON
AND TO BE COLLECTED FROM THOSE PERSONS FROM WHOM THE STATE
SALES OR USE TAX IS COLLECTED, FIXING THE RATE OF TAX,
PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION THEREOF,
CONSENTING TO THE INSPECTION OF RECORDS, AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. IMPOSITION OF SALES USE TAX.
There is hereby imposed an additional sales or use tax, as the case
may be, as authorized by RCW 82.14.030(2), upon every taxable event,
as defined in RCW 82.14.020, occurring within the City of Tukwila.
The additional tax shall be imposed upon and collected from those
persons from whom the state sales tax or use tax is collected
pursuant to Chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW. This tax is in addition
to the sales or use, tax imposed by Ordinance 611 1 (1970).
SECTION 2. RATE OF TAX IMPOSED.
The rate of the additional tax imposed by Section 1 of this
ordinance shall be two tenths (2/10) of one
percent of the selling price or value of the article used, as the
case may be; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That during such period as there is
in effect a sales tax or use tax imposed by King County under
Section 17(2), Chapter 49, Laws of 1982, First Extraordinary Session
at a rate equal to or greater than the rate imposed by this section,
CITY OF TUKWILA
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the County shall receive fifteen percent of the tax imposed by
Section 1; PROVIDED FURTHER, That during such period as there is in
effect a sales tax or use tax imposed by King County under
Section 17(2), Chapter 49, Laws of 1982, First Extraordinary Session
at a rate which is less than the rate imposed by this section, the
County shall receive from the tax imposed by Section 1 that amount
of revenues equal to fifteen percent of the rate of the tax imposed
by the County under Section 17(2), Chapter 49, Laws of 1982, First
Extraordinary Session.
SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION OF TAX.
The administration and collection of the tax imposed by this
ordinance shall be in accordance with the provisions of
RCW 82.14.050.
SECTION 4. CONSENT TO INSPECTION OF RECORDS.
The City of Tukwila hereby consents to the inspection of such
records as are necessary to qualify the City for inspection of
records of the Department of Revenue, pursuant to RCW 82.32.330.
SECTION 5. AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF CONTRACT FOR ADMINISTRATION.
The Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized to enter into a contract
with the Department of Revenue for the administration of this tax.
SECTION 6. DISTRIBUTION OF TAX PROCEEDS AND LIMITATIONS OF THE
USE THEREOF
The proceeds of the tax imposed herein shall be placed in
municipal capital improvement funds,
CITY OF TUKWILA
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SECTION 7. SPECIAL INITIATIVE PROCEDURE
(1) The tax imposed by this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
the effective date of this ordinance and cease to be effective upon the
termination date of this ordinance; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that pursuant to
Section 19, Chapter 49, Laws of 1982, First Extraordinary Session, a Special
Initiative Petition, either ratifying or prospectively repealing the tax im-
posed by this ordinance, may be filed with the City Clerk following the final
passage of this ordinance. The tax imposed herein shall be effective until
the first day of the calendar year quarter next succeeding 30 days from a
majority vote of the people in favor of a Special Initiative Petition which
repeals the tax imposed herein. The Special Initiative Procedure does not act
to retroactively repeal the tax nor to repeal the tax sooner than prescribed
herein.
(2) The number of registered voters needed to sign a petition for Special
Initiative shall be fifteen percent of the total number of names of persons
listed as registered voters within the City of Tukwila on the day of the last
preceding general election. Within ten days from the filing of a petition,
the City Clerk shall ascertain and append to the petition a certificate stating
whether or not the petition is signed by a sufficient number of registered
voters.
(3) If the signatures are found by the Clerk to be insufficient, the
petition may be amended in that respect within ten days from the date of the
certificate. Within ten days after submission of the amended petition, the
Clerk shall make an examination thereof and append the certificate thereto
in the same manner as before. If the second certificate shall also show the
number of signatures to be insufficient, the petition shall be returned to the
person who filed the petition.
(4) If the petition contains a request that, unless passed by the City
Council, the initiative be submitted to a vote of the people, the City Council
shall either:
(a) Pass the proposed initiative without alteration within twenty
days after the City Clerk's certificate that the number of signatures on the
petition are sufficient; or
(b) Immediately after the Clerk's certificate of sufficiency is
attached to the petition, cause to be called a special election to be held
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not less than thirty nor more than sixty days thereafter, for submission of
the proposed initiative without alteration, to a vote of the people unless a
general election will occur within ninety days, in which event submission must
be made thereat.
(5) If the Clerk finds the petition insufficient or if the City Council
refuses either to pass an initiative ordinance or order an election thereon,
any taxpayer may commence an action in the superior court against the City
and procure a decree ordering an election to be held in the City for the
prupose of voting upon the proposed ordinance if the court finds the petition
to be sufficient.
(6) The City Clerk shall provide notice of any initiative required to
be submitted to the voters at an election. Publication of such notice, the
election, the canvass of the returns and declaration of the results, shall
be conducted in all respects as are other city elections.
SECTION 8. PENALTIES.
Any seller who fails or refuses to collect the tax as required with the in-
tent to violate the provisions of this ordinance or to gain some advantage
or benefit, either direct or indirect, and any buyer who refuses to pay any
tax due under this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined no more than $500 or imprisoned for not more
than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 9. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this ordinance or its applicability to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance or the appli-
cation of the provisions to other persons or circumstances is not affected.
SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERMINATION DATE.
This ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 1983 and expire on December
31„ 1985
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THECITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
at a regular meeting thereof this .29 rh day of rc�c�- 1982.
Mayor; Gamy L. Van Dusen
ATTEST:
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Approved as to Form City C erk
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Deputy City Attorney, Daniel Woo
Published Record Chronicle December 2, 1982
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW
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JOHN R. BEARD' ALL OTHERS
DAVID A. LAWER November 30, 1982 N WASHINGTON MITTED
Mr. Matthew Coyle
Assistant Director
Excise Tax Division
Department of Revenue
General Administration Bldg.
Olympia, Washington 98504
MS -AX -02
Re: Imposition by the City of Tukwila
of an Additional Sales or Use Tax,
as the Case May Be, as Authorized
by RCW 82.14.030(2)
Dear Mr. Coyle:
This office- represents the City of Tukwila. I am a deputy
city attorney for the City. On November 29, 1982, the Tukwila
City Council passed an ordinance imposing the optional sales
or use tax allowed by RCW 82.14.030(2). A copy of the ordinance
is attached. This letter is being written in compliance with
condition 3 of the letter of November 3, 1982 from Donald R.
Burrows, Director, Department of Revenue, to all cities and
counties.
Pursuant to the ordinance, this tax is effective on
January 1, 1983. The ordinance provides that there is no
possibility of subsequent retroactive repeal. Section 7 of the
ordinance sets forth a special initiative procedure, which
explicitly provides that a special initiative may either ratify
or prospectively repeal the tax. Section 7(1) also provides the
following:
"The tax imposed herein shall be effective
until the first day of the calendar year
quarter next succeeding 30 days from a
14-1-Td- rrv IE1) ORD- )f`l
Mr. Matthew Coyle
November 30, 1982
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majority vote of the people in favor of a
Special Initiative Petition which repeals
the tax imposed herein. The Special
Initiative Procedure does not act to
retroactively repeal the tax nor to repeal
the tax sooner than prescribed herein."
It is our opinion that the ordinance was passed lawfully.
Furthermore, we concur with the opinion from the Office of the
Attorney General set forth in AGO 1982 No. 13, dated
October 28, 1982. In other words, we believe that the Special
Initiative Procedure set forth in the ordinance is in
compliance with Section 19, Chapter 49, Laws of 1982, First
Extraordinary Session.
Very truly yours,
LeSOURD, PATTEN, FLEMING,
HARTUNG EMORY
Daniel D. Woo
Deputy City Attorney
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