§ 36.016 SIMPLIFIED MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TAX IMPOSED.
   A tax is hereby imposed upon any and all the following acts or privileges:
   (A)   The act or privilege of originating in the municipality or receiving in the municipality intrastate telecommunications by a person at a rate of one and one-half percent of the gross charge for such telecommunications purchased at retail from a retailer;
   (B)   The act or privilege of originating in the municipality or receiving in the municipality interstate telecommunications by a person at a rate of one and one-half percent of the gross charge for such telecommunications purchased at retail from a retailer; and/or
   (C)   The tax imposed by this subchapter is not imposed on such act or privilege to the extent such act or privilege may not, under the Constitution and statutes of the United States, be made the subject of taxation by the municipality.
(Ord. 2587, passed 9-10-2002)