(a) Pursuant to Section 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code (65 ILCS 5/8-11-2) and any and all other applicable authority, a tax is hereby 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 Village at the following rates, calculated on a monthly basis for each purchaser:
Kilowatt-Hours Consumed in a Month | Tax (Cents per Kilowatt-Hour) |
Kilowatt-Hours Consumed in a Month | Tax (Cents per Kilowatt-Hour) |
For the first 2,000 | 0.520 |
For the next 48,000 | 0.303 |
For the next 50,000 | 0.302 |
For the next 400,000 | 0.300 |
For the next 500,000 | 0.270 |
For the next 2,000,000 | 0.220 |
For the next 2,000,000 | 0.190 |
For the next 5,000,000 | 0.150 |
For the next 10,000,000 | 0.120 |
In excess of 20,000,000 | 0.080 |
(b) The tax is in addition to all taxes, fees and other revenue measures imposed by the Village, the State of Illinois or any other political subdivision of the State.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the tax shall not be imposed if and to the extent that the imposition or collection of the tax would violate the Constitution or statutes of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Illinois.
(d) The tax shall be imposed with respect to the use or consumption of electricity by residential customers beginning with the first bill issued on or after October 1, 1998, and, with respect to the use or consumption of electricity by nonresidential customers, beginning with the first bill issued to such customers for delivery services in accordance with Section 16-104 of the Public Utilities Act (220 ILCS 5/16-104), or the first bill issued to such customers on or after January 1, 2001, whichever issuance occurs sooner.
(Ord. 992. Passed 9-14-98.)