08/29/2017 Ordinances 9647�
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ORDINANCE NO. 9647
An ordinance to amend Grand Island City Code Chapter 23, Article I, Section 23-
1, 23-2, and 23-5 pertaining to Occupation Taxes to be paid by persons engaged in the business
of distributing, manufacturing, or furnishing gas, either natural, manufactured or mixed gas, in
the City; to repeal any ordinance or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith; and to provide for
publication and the effective date of this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA:
SECTION 1. Chapter 23, Article I, Section 23-1 of the Grand Island City Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
§23-1. Occupation Tax
Except as provided in §23-2, any person engaged in the business of distributing,
manufacturing or furnishing gas, either natural, manufactured or mixed gas, in the City, shall be
required to pay to the City an occupation tax in an amount equal to three cents per therm of all
such gas distributed or furnished to the inhabitants of the City. Provided, however, the
occupation tax shall be one cent per therm of all such gas transported within the city to transport
customers.
SECTION 2. Chapter 23, Article I, Section 23-2 of the Grand Island City Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
§23-2. Federal and State Sales Exempt
Any person engaged in the business of selling, distributing and furnishing natural,
or manufactured, or mixed gas in the City shall not be required to pay the occupation tax
provided for by §23-1 on the sale of such gas to the United States government, or any of its
departments, or any sold to the state, or any of its departments, or any of the political
subdivisions thereof, and no part or portion of the tax provided for in such section shall be levied
upon or assessed against or taken from the United States government, the government of the
state, or any of either of their departments or political subdivisions.
Approved as to Form tt
August 29, 2017 Ci ttorney
ORDINANCE NO. 9647 (Cont.)
SECTION 3. Chapter 23, Article I, Section 23-5 of the Grand Island City Code is
hereby amended to read as follows:
§23-5. Monthly Report of Therms
Any person engaged in the business described in §23-1 shall, on or before the
tenth day of each month, file with the city clerk a full, complete and detailed statement of the
number of therm units of all such gas distributed or furnished to the inhabitants of the City and
all such gas transported within the city for transport customers for the preceding month, which
statement shall be duly verified and sworn to by such person or by the managing officer of any
gas company.
SECTION 4. Any ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be, and
hereby are, repealed.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in force and take effect on October 1, 2017
from and after its passage and publication in one issue of the Grand Island Independent as
provided by law.
Enacted: August 29, 2017.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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