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ORDINANCE NO. 1717
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AMENDING
SECTION 3 . 44 . 021 OF CHAPTER 3 , 44 OF THE CHULA VISTA
� MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO. PROVISIONS FOR A REBATE
OF UTILITY USER'S TAX TO SENZOR CITIZENS QUALIFY- �
ING FOR AN EXEMPTION
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does ordain
as follows :
SECTION I : That Subsection B of Section 3 . 44 . 021 of
� Chapter 3 . 44 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code be, and the same
is hereby ar,iended to read as follows :
Sec. 3 . 44.021 , Senior Citizen Exenption.
B. .Any service user exempt from the taxes imposed
� by this Chapter because of the provisions of subsection
A above, may file an application with the Director of
Finance for an exemption. Such an application shall
be made upon forms supplied by the Director of Finance
and shall recite facts verified by declaration under
penalty of perjury which qualify the applicant for an
� exemption. The Director of Finance shall review all
such applications and certify as exempt those appli-
cants determined to qualify therefor and shall notify
• all service suppliers affected that such exemption has
been.approved, stating the name o£ the applicant, the
address to which such exempt service is being supplied,
the account nunber, if any, and such other information
as may be necessary for the service supplier to remove
the exempt service user from its tax billing procedure.
Said certification- of such application for exemption
shall be granted if the eligibility requirements of
subsection A are met, except that no exemption shall �
be granted to an applicant who is receiving service
from a service supplier through a master meter, or who
� is sharing or prorating service with other service users
even though such service users qualify under the pro-
visions of subsection A. Provided, however, that the
person receiving service through a master meter or shar-
ing or prorating service with other service users, shall
, be eligible for a rebate of the Utility User' s Tax in
the amount of $12 . 00 per year, or any larger amount
upon a showing of actual billing from the person having
control of said master meter, to be paid at the begin-
ning of each fiscal year £or the preceding fiscal year,
commencing on July 1, 1977. Such person seeking said
rebate must file the application therefor on or before
� September lst of each year to receive said rebate for
the preceding fiscal year. It is furttier provided that
said rebate may be prorated i£ the applicant has not
resided in the same location for the full preceding
fiscal year. D]o exemption shall be granted with respect
to any tax imposed by this chapter which is or has been
� paid by a public agency or where the applicant receives
funds from a public agency specifically for the payment
of such tax.
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' .Upon receipt of such notice, the service supplier
shall not be required to continue to bill any further
tax imposed by this chapter from such exempt service
user until further notice by the Director of Finance
is given. The service supplier shall eliminate such
� exempt service user from its tax billing procedure for
bills dated on or after July 1 , 1976 upon receipt of
such notice from the Director of Finance prior to
• July 1, 1976 and thereafter the bills dated no later
than sixty (60) days after• receipt of such notice from
the Director of Finance.
All exemptions shall continue and be renewed auto-
matically by the Director of Finance so long as the
= prerequisite facts supporting the initial qualification
for exemption shall continue; provided, however, that
the exemption shall automatically terminate with any
change in the service address or residence of the exempt
individual; further provided such individual may never-
theless apply £or a new exemption with each change of
� address or residence. Any individual exempt from the
tax shall notify the Director of' Finance within ten
days of any change' in fact or circumstance which might
' disqualify said individual £rom receiving such exemption.
It- shall be a misdemeanor for any person to knowingly
- receive the benefits oP the exemptions provided by this
• section�when the basis' for such exemption either does
not exist or ceases to esist.
.Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this sub-
section, however, any service supplier who determines
by any means that a new or non-exempt service user is
receiving service through a meter or connection exempt
, by virtue of any exemption issued to a previous user
' or exempt user of the same meter or connection, such
service supplier shall immediately notify the Director
of Finance of such fact and the Director of Finance
shall conduct an .investigation to ascertain whether or
not the provisions of this section have been complied
� with, and where appropriate, order the service supplier
to commence collecting the tax from the non-exempt •
service user.
SECTION II: This ordinance shall take effect and be in
, full force and effect on the thirty-first day from and after its
adoption.
Presented and Approved as to Form by
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George D. Lin erg, City Attorn
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, ihis 14th d0y of December
197 6 , by the following vote, to—wit:
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AYES� Councilmen Cox, Hamilton, Eedahl . Hobel . Hvde
NAYES� Councilmen Vone
ABSTAIN: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen �`�ne
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Mayor of the City of Chul Vista
ATTEST ��
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of ihe City of Chulo Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
,and that the same has not been amended or repealed.
DATED
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