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ORDI?~1A~~Ci' N0. 84-2569
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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE N0. 80-2397 INCREAS-
SING 'THE: ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF HOTEL AND MOTEL
OCCUPANCY. TAX FROM FOUR PERCEiNT {4%) TO SEVEN PERCENT
(7%) OF"THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COST OF OCCUPANCY OF
ANY ROOM OR SPACE Ih1 ANY HOTEL OR MOTEL WITH::CERTAIN
EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR PUE>LICATION AND FOR AN EFFEC-
TIVE :DATE .
.WHEREAS, ORDINANCE N0. 73-1330 AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE
N0. 80-2397 CITY OF PLAINVIET~f PROVIDERS FOR THE ASSESS-
MENT AND COLLECTION OF THE HOTEL AND MOTEL OCCUPANCY
TAX OF FOUR PERCENT (4%) OF T'HE CONSIDERATION PAID BY
THE OCCUPANT OF SUCH ROOM OR SPACE IN A MOTEL OR HOTEL:
AND
WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED THAT IT WOULD
BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS AND ITS
CITIZENS TO INCREASE THE HOTEL AND. MOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX
OF FOUR PERCENT (4-%) TO SEVEN PERCENT (7%) AS AUTHO-
RIZED BY ARTICLE 1269)-4.1 TAX REVISED CIVIL STATUTES;
NOW, 7CHEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS:
ORDINANCE N0, 80-2397 SHALL BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY
AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION l: LEVY OF TAX; RATES; EXCEPTIONS
(a) 'I'h.ere is hereby levied a tax upon the occupancy of
a;ny room or space furnished by any hotel or motel where such
cost of occupancy is at the rate of $2.00 or more per day;
such tax shall be equal to seven percent (7%) of the considera-
tion paid by the occupant of such room: or space in such hotel
o:r motel.
(b) No tai shall be imposed hereunder upon a permanent
resident,
All former ox-dinanees or parts thereof conflicting or in-
consistent with the provisions of this amendment of Ordinance
No. 80-2397 are hereby repealed.
Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or word
o~E this ordinance ox Ordinance No. 73-1330 or any amendment
tlxereto providing for the assessment and collection of a hotel
axid motel occupancy tax be deelareci unconstitutional or invalid
f<ar any reason, the remai;ncl.er of Ordinance No. 73-1330 and any
anneridxn.ent thex°eto shall not be affE~cted.
The City Secretary is hereby ~iuthorzed and directed to
cause the publication of the descriptive 'captioxz of this amend-
mc~nt ts~ Ordinance No. 80-2397 together with the penalty pro-
via ions of Orinance No. 73-1330. 'his ordinance shall be effec-
tive on the first.. day of.November, 15x84. after its passage in
publication as rec~u "red by law.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on First Reading on the 25th
day of __ S,etatember 1984.
PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading on the 9th
<iay fo _ October 1984. -
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E. V. RID EHUBER, Mayor
ATTEST:
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T~ALTER S`: DODSON, City Clerk
City of Plainview