(A) Pursuant to § 8-11-2 of the Illinois Municipal Code (ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2) 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 village 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: $0.612 per kilowatt-hour;
(2) For the next 48,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.436 per kilowatt-hour;
(3) For the next 50,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.389 per kilowatt-hour;
(4) For the next 400,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.350 per kilowatt-hour;
(5) For the next 500,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.310 per kilowatt-hour;
(6) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.250 per kilowatt-hour;
(7) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.190 per kilowatt-hour;
(8) For the next 5,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.150 per kilowatt-hour;
(9) For the next 10,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.110 per kilowatt-hour; and
(10) For all electricity used or consumed in excess of 20,000,000 kilowatt-hours in a month: $0.080 per kilowatt-hour.
(B) The tax is in addition to all taxes, fees and other revenue measures imposed by the village, the state 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 imposition or collection of the tax would violate the Constitution or statutes of the United States or the Constitution of the state.
(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 9-1-1998; and with respect to the use or consumption of electricity by non-residential customers beginning with the first bill issued to the customers for delivery services in accordance with § 16-104 of the Public Utilities Act (ILCS Ch. 220, Act 5, § 16-104), or the first bill issued to the customers on or after 1-1-2001, whichever issuance occurs sooner.
(Ord. 98-4, passed 7-31-1998)