HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #2211 ORDINANCE NO. 2211
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH
AMENDING THE HUNTINGTON BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE
BY AMENDING SECTIONS 3. 36 .160 THROUGH 3. 36.210
PERTAINING TO THE PAYMENT OF UTILITIES TAX
The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does
ordain as follows :
SECTION 1. The Huntington Beach Municipal Code is hereby
amended by amending Sections 3. 36.160 through 3. 36. 210 to read
as follows :
3. 36. 160 Filing return and payment. Each service supplier
shall make a return to the tax administrator, on forms provided
by him, stating the amount of taxes billed by the service sup-
plier during the preceding month. The full amount of the tax
collected shall be included with the return and filed with the
tax administrator. The tax administrator is authorized to require
such further information as he deems necessary to determine
properly if the tax here imposed is being levied and collected in
accordance with this chapter. Returns must be postmarked with
prepaid postage and properly addressed, or personally delivered to
the tax administrator on or before the 20th of each month.
Returns are due immediately upon cessation of business for any
reason.
3. 36. 170 Delinquent when. Taxes collected from a service
user which are not filed with the tax administrator on or before
the due dates provided in this chapter are delinquent .
3. 36. 180 Penalty--Effect . Penalties for delinquency in
payment of any tax collected or any deficiency determination,
shall attach and be paid by the person required to collect and
remit at the rate of 15 percent of the total tax collected or
imposed herein.
3. 36. 190 Penalty--Imposed by administrator. The tax ad-
ministrator shall have power to impose additional penalties upon
persons required to collect taxes under the provisions of this
chapter for fraud or negligence in reporting or paying at the
rate of 15 percent of the amount of the tax collected or as
recomputed by the tax administrator.
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3. 36. 200 Penalty--Combining nature. Every penalty im-
posed under the provisions of this chapter shall become a part of
the tax required to be paid.
3. 36 . 210 Actions to collect . Any tax required to be paid
by a service user under the provisions of this chapter shall be
deemed a debt owed by the service user to the city . Any such tax
collected from a service user which has not been paid to the tax
administrator shall be deemed a debt owed to the city by the .
person required to collect and pay. Any person owing money to the
city under the provisions of this chapter shall be liable to an
action brought in the name of the city for the recovery of such
amount .
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect thirty days
after its adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
of this ordinance and cause same to be published within fifteen
days after adoption in the Huntington Beach News, a weekly news-
paper of general circulation, printed and published in Huntington
Beach, California.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the lst
day of August , 19 77.
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ATTEST:
Alicia M. Wentworth
City Clerk Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By �` �
Deputy City Clerk City Atf6rney
INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the said City, do hereby certify that the whole number
of member$ of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing ordinance was read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 18th day of July
1977 , and was again read to said City Council at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 1st day of August , 19 77 , and
was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of more than a majority of
all the members of said City Council.
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Wieder, Coen, Gibbs, Siebert, Shenkman, Pattinson
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
None
Alicia M. Wentworth
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
By
Deputy City Clerk
I, Alicia M. Wentworth CITY CLERK of the City of }
Huntington Beach and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council, do hereby certify that this ordinance has
been pu'',N�hsd in the Huntington Beach Nows on
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In accordanceJ, h t C"ty C a of said City.
ALICIA M. WENTWORTH
City Clerk
Deput City Clerk