O73-39ORDINANCE NQ. 73-39
AN ORDINANCE OF TIlE CITY OF BOYt~TON BEACH,
FLORIDA, AMEBYDING SECTION 26-5 OF Cl]APTER 26
OF T~E CODIFIED oRDiNANCES OF SAID CITY, T~
PROVIDE FOR AN AMEiqDMENTOF TItE MUNICIPAL
EXISE TAXES OF SAID CtTY~ PROVIDING FOR AU-
tHORITY TO CODIFY, SAVINGS CLAUSE, REPEALING
PROVISIONS, AN- EFFECTIVE DATE AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of BoYnton Beach,
Florida, deerms it to be necessary and advisable to amend the
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CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA:
pgction 1: That Section 26-5
Ordinances of the City of Boynton Beach,
by amended to read as fellows
excise taxes of said city as hereinafter provided;
Tt/~REFORE, BE IT ORDAII~ED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
of Chapter 26 of the Codified
Florida, be and is here-
"Section 26-5.
There is hereby levied by the city on each and
every purchase in the city of electricity, metere~ or
bottled gas (natural, liquified petroleum gas, or
manufactured), and local telephone service, a tax
based upon the charge made by the seller thereof, said
tax to be at the rate of 6 1/2% upon said charges,
which tax~ shall in every case, be P~id by the purchaser,
for the use of the city, to the seller of such elec-
tricity, gas, or telephone service at the time of pay-
lng the charge therefor, to the seller thereof, but not
less often than monthly.
Established churches located within the municipal
limits of the City of .Boynton Beach, Florida, are
hereby specifically exempt from imposition and payment
of the taxes hereinabove established."
S~ction 2: A~ut. horitv To CodifyL: Specific authority is
hereby granted to codify and incorporate this Ordinance in the
City's existing Code.
Section 3:
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Ordinance are separable, including word, clause, phrase or
sentence, and if any portion thereof shall 1~ declared invalid,
the remaining portion shall not be affected but shall remain in
full force and effect.
Section 4: ~pealinq Provisions: All ordinances or parts
of ordinanees in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5: An Effective Data:
effective in the manner a~d at the time provided in the
and Ordinances of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida.
First reading this 4th
day of September, A.D., 1973
Second, final reading and passage this day of
September, A.D., 1973.
This Ordinance shall become
Charter
CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH,
By:
FLORIDA
Mayor
ATTEST:
~ ' City Clerk
Mayor
~ounc~ lman
Councilman
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