A tax is imposed on all persons engaged in the following occupations or privileges:
(A) The privilege of using or consuming electricity acquired in a purchase at retail and used or consumed within the corporate limits of the municipality 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: $0.444171 per kilowatt hour;
(2) For the next 48,000 kilowatt hours used or consumed in a month: $0.291260 per kilowatt hour;
(3) For the next 50,000 kilowatt hours used or consumed in a month: $0.262134 per kilowatt hour;
(4) For the next 400,000 kilowatt hours used or consumed in a month: $0.254852 per kilowatt hour;
(5) For the next 500,000 kilowatt hours used or consumed in a month: $0.254851 per kilowatt hour;
(6) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt hours used or consumed in a month: $0.254850 per kilowatt hour;
(7) For the next 2,000,000 kilowatt hours used or consumed in a month: $0.254849 per kilowatt hour;
(8) For the next 5,000,000 kilowatt hours used or consumed in a month: $0.254848 per kilowatt hour;
(9) For the next 10,000,000 kilowatt-hours used or consumed in a month: $0.254847 per kilowatt hour;
(10) For all electricity used or consumed in excess of 20,000,000 kilowatt hours in a month: $0.254846 per kilowatt hour.
(B) Pursuant to ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2, the rates set forth in division (A) of this section shall be effective on August 1, 1999.
(C) Pursuant to ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 8-11-2, Chapter 36, § 36-2-1(C) shall specifically remain in effect until July 31, 1999.
(D) The provisions of this § 36-3-1 shall not be effective until August 1, 1999.
(Ord. 1103, passed 7-19-1999)