§ 3.40.030 OPERATIVE DATE.

   This chapter shall be operative on January 1, 1974.

(`83 Code, § 3.40.030)

§ 3.40.040 PURPOSE.

   The City Council hereby declares that this chapter is adopted to achieve the following, among other purposes, and directs that the provisions of this chapter be interpreted in order to accomplish those purposes:

   (A)   To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which complies with the requirements and limitations contained in Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code Division 2, Part 1.5;

   (B)   To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which incorporates provisions identical to those of the sales and use tax law of the state insofar as those provisions are not inconsistent with the requirements and limitations contained in Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code Division 2, Part 1.5;

   (C)   To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which imposes a tax and provides a measure therefor that can be administered and collected by the State Board of Equalization in a manner that adapts itself as fully as practicable to, and requires the least possible deviation from the existing statutory and administrative procedures followed by the State Board of Equalization in administering and collecting the California State Sales and Use Taxes;

   (D)   To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which can be administered in a manner that will, to the degree possible consistent with the provisions of Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code Division 2, Part 1.5, minimize the cost of collecting city sales and use taxes, and at the same time minimize the burden of recordkeeping upon persons subject to taxation under the provisions of this chapter.

(`83 Code, § 3.40.040)

§ 3.40.050 CONTRACT WITH STATE.

   Prior to the operative date of this chapter, this city shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the administration and operation of this sales and use tax ordinance; provided, that if this city shall have not contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operative date, it shall nevertheless so contract and in such a case the operative date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of such a contract rather than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of such a contract rather than the first day of the first calendar quarter following the adoption of this chapter.

(`83 Code, § 3.40.050)

§ 3.40.060 SALES TAX.

   For the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail, a tax is hereby imposed upon all retailers in the city at the rate stated in § 3.40.020 of the gross receipts of the retailer from a sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in this city on and after the operative date.

(`83 Code, § 3.40.060)

§ 3.40.070 PLACE OF SALE.

   For the purposes of this chapter, all retail sales are consummated at the place of business of the retailer unless the tangible personal property sold is delivered by the retailer or his agent to an out-of-state destination or to a common carrier for delivery to an out-of-state destination. The gross receipts from such sales shall include delivery charges, when such charges are subject to the state sales and use tax, regardless of the place to which delivery is made. In the event a retailer has no permanent place of business in the state or has more than one place of business, the place or places at which the retail sales are consummated shall be determined under rules and regulations to be prescribed and adopted by the State Board of Equalization.

(`83 Code, § 3.40.070)