(a) Effective January 1, 2018, for the privilege of engaging in the business of making an initial Distribution within the City of a Bottled Sugar-Sweetened Beverage, Syrup, or Powder, the City imposes a Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax, which shall be a general excise tax, on the Distributor making the initial Distribution of a Bottled Sugar-Sweetened Beverage, Syrup, or Powder in the City.
(b) The Tax shall be calculated as follows:
(1) One cent ($0.01) per fluid ounce of a Bottled Sugar-Sweetened Beverage upon the initial Distribution within the City of the Bottled Sugar-Sweetened Beverage; and
(2) One cent ($0.01) per fluid ounce of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage that could be produced from Syrup or Powder upon the initial Distribution of Syrup or Powder. The Tax for Syrups and Powders shall be calculated using the largest volume of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage that would typically be produced by the amount of Syrup or Powder based on the manufacturer’s instructions or, if the Distributor uses the Syrup or Powder to produce a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage, the regular practice of the Distributor.
(c) The Tax is a general tax. Proceeds of the Tax are to be deposited in the General Fund.
(Added by Proposition V, 11/8/2016)