Ordinance - 1818ORDINANCE NO. 1818
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING
• UNIFORM LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE
CREDIT FOR PAYMENT OF SALES AND USE TAXES PAID TO
THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina (the "City")
has heretofore adopted an ordinance adding the Uniform Local Sales and
Use Tax Ordinance of the City of West Covina to the West Covina
Municipal Code, constituting Article II of Chapter 21 of said Code (the
"City Ordinance"). pursuant to the Bradley -Burns Uniform Local Sales
and Use Tax Law of the State of California, constituting Part 1.5 of
Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State of California
(the "Code"); and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of West Covina (the
"Agency") is authorized pursuant to Section 7202.6 of the Code to adopt
a sales and use tax ordinance in accordance with the provisions of said
Section 7202.6, and the Agency proposes to adopt such an ordinance at
this time; and
WHEREAS, Section 7202.6 of the Code provides that the agency may
adopt such sales and use tax ordinance if the City Ordinance contains
the provision described in Section 7202.5 of the Code providing a
credit under the City Ordinance for the amount of sales and use taxes
due to the Agency; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approves of the adoption of such sales
and use tax ordinance by the Agency; and now desires to amend the City
Ordinance as set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Amendment of City Ordinance. The City Ordinance is
hereby amended by adding a new Section 21-32 to Article II of Chapter
21 of the West Covina Municipal Code, to read in its entirety as
follows:
Section 21-32. Credit for taxes due to Redevelopment Agency
of the City of West Covina.
Any person subject to a sales and use tax under the provisions
of this Article shall be entitled to credit against the payment of
taxes due under this Article the amount of sales and use taxes due
to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of West Covina pursuant to
Section 7202.6 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. In the event that
the Redevelopment Agency of the City of West Covina issues
obligations secured in whole or in part by taxes levied pursuant to
the provisions of Section 7202.6 of the Revenue and Taxation Code,
the City shall not revoke this credit in whole or in part, nor
shall it reduce its sales and use tax rate, so long as such
obligations are outstanding.
Section 2. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect
• thirty days following its passage and adoption.
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Section 3. Publication and Posting. The City Clerk shall certify
to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance to be
published and posted as required by Section 36933 of the Government
Code of the State of California.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordi-
nance.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of West Covina
at a regular meeting held on the loth day of July ,
1989.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF WEST COVINA )
I, Janet Berry , City Clerk of the City of West Covina, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1818 was
regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 26th day of June , 1989.
That, thereafter said ordinance was duly adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council on the loth day of July 1989, by the
following vote:
AYES:
McFadden, Manners,
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
Tarozzi
ABSTAIN:
None
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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A Professional Law Corporation
as Special Counsel
Lewis, Bacon
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City Clerk
C E R T I F I C A T I O N
• I, JANET BERRY, City Clerk of the City of West .Covina,. State of
California, do hereby certify that a true and accurate copy of
Ordinance No. was published, pursuant to law, in the
San Gabriel Valley Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation
published and circulated in the City of West Covina.
Janet Berry, City Cler
City of West Covina, California
DATED: Y- -yf