There is hereby imposed and levied by the City, upon each and every purchaser of a public utility service, an excise tax upon the privilege of purchasing, using or consuming, within the corporate limits of the City, such public utility service. Such tax shall be in the amount of two percent (2%) of the charge exclusive of any Federal or State tax thereon, imposed upon the purchaser, made by the seller against the purchaser with respect to each public utility service, which tax in every case shall be collected by the seller and paid by the purchaser upon the amount of each periodic statement rendered such purchaser by the seller and shall tee paid by the purchaser to the seller at the time the purchase price or such charge becomes due and payable under the agreement between the purchaser and the seller. The tax imposed and levied by this section is in addition to all other taxes imposed and levied by the City. In the event the amount of the charge for any single public utility service exceeds the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in any given calendar month, to any single purchaser, no tax shall be imposed for such additional purchase, use or consumption in excess of the amount of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000). In the event more than one public utility shall furnish the identical public utility service to the same purchaser, such purchaser shall be entitled to group the same as a single public utility service in calculating the amount of the charges in any calendar month for such public utility service.
If any utility at a future date should adopt lifeline utility rates, the City shall recognize such rates for its taxing purposes under this article and impose and levy the two percent (2%) on the lower amount. (Ord. 87-10. Passed 4-2-87.)