7-201: ADOPTION; AMENDMENTS 1 :
   A.   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as CITY OF HARRAH SALES TAX ORDINANCE. (Prior Code, Sec. 7-14)
   B.   Following are the sales tax ordinances passed by the city: (1986 Code)
Ord.
Date
Description/Purpose
Ord.
Date
Description/Purpose
 
Effective 1977
Initial tax of $0.01
82
10-1-1981
Increased to $0.02
91
4-1-1982
Effective 7-1-1982
through 7-1-1985
Increased to $0.03
1984-18
Effective 7-1-1985
Continued sales tax of 3 percent
1987-7
Effective through
7-1-1991
Continued rate of 3 percent
1991-1
1-3-1991 effective
through 7-1-2000
Continued rate of 3 percent
1995-16
Effective 5-1-1996
An additional 1 cent levied for 1 year added to tax rate of 3 percent
1998-5
Effective 10-1-1998
through 9-30-2003
1 percent tax imposed with revenues to be used for police or fire department facilities, safety equipment and vehicles; public works equipment and vehicles; and capital improvements
2000-1
Effective 7-1-2001
for 20 years following
1 percent tax imposed to be used for financing capital improvements including Harrah wastewater treatment plant; water and sewer extensions and replacement; city buildings, public safety and administrative facilities, structures and equipment; drainage improvements; the senior center; upgrading of transportation program especially for senior citizens and persons with a disability
2002-13
Effective 10-1-2003
through 9-30-2008
1 percent tax imposed with revenues to be used for police or fire department facilities, safety equipment and vehicles; public works equipment and vehicles; and capital improvements
2007-4
Effective 10-1-2008
for 20 years following
1 percent tax imposed to be used for capital improvements, including, but not limited to, projects such as expansion/rehabilitation of the Harrah wastewater treatment plant; water and sewer extensions and replacement; city buildings, public safety and administrative facilities/structures and equipment; drainage improvements, including the payment of debt service in connection with obligations issued to finance said capital improvements, and used for operation, maintenance and upgrading of the senior center
2020-9
Effective 8-25-2020
with no stated termination date
1 percent tax imposed to be used only for the purpose of paying for or financing capital improvements, including projects such as expansion/ rehabilitation of the Harrah Wastewater Treatment Plant; water and sewer extensions and replacement; city buildings, public safety and administrative facilities/structures and equipment; drainage improvements; operation, maintenance and upgrading of the Senior Center; and upgrading of a transportation program especially for Senior citizens and persons with a disability 1 percent tax imposed to be used for Capital Improvements, including but not limited to projects such as expansion/rehabilitation of the Harrah Wastewater Treatment Plant; water and sewer extensions and replacement; city buildings, public safety and administrative facilities/ structures and equipment; drainage improvements, including the payment of debt service in connection with obligations issued to finance said capital improvements, and used for operation, maintenance and upgrading of the Senior Center. 
 
(Ord. 2020-09, 6-10-2020)

 

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1. 68 OS §§ 2701, 1350 et seq.