(A) Pursuant to ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2, subsection 3 and any and all other applicable authority, a tax is imposed upon the privilege of using or consuming electricity acquired in a purchase at retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the city at the following rates calculated on a monthly basis for each purchaser.
(1) For the first 2,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.440 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(2) For the next 48,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.288 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(3) For the next 50,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.260 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(4) For the next 400,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.252 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(5) For the next 500,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.245 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(6) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.231 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(7) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.227 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(8) For the next 5,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.224 cents per kilowatt-hour;
(9) For the next 10,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: 0.220 cents per kilowatt-hour; and
(10) For all electricity used or consumed in excess of 20,000,000 kilowatt-hours in a month: 0.216 cents per kilowatt-hour.
(B) The tax imposed by this subchapter is in addition to all taxes, fees and other revenue measures imposed by the city, the State of Illinois, or any other political subdivision of the state.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, the tax shall not be imposed if and to the extent that imposition or collection of the tax would violate the Constitution or statutes of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
(Ord. 15-016, passed 8-19-15)