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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-67 RESOLUTION• • RESOLUTION NO. ({J l A RESOLUTION LEVYING A MUNICIPAL MOTOR VEHICLE TAX FOR THE YEAR \ 68 UNDER AUTHORITY OF ACT 446 OF 1965 AS AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR THE PROCEDURE FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH TAX; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS: SECTION 1. A Municipal Motor Vehicle Tax is hereby levied for the year 1968 upon the owners of all motor vehicles within the corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the privilege of using and operating said motor vehicles upon the public roads, streets and other public ways of the city. That such tax shall become effective upon approval by the qualified electors of the City of Fayetteville at an election to be called on Dec.em'1p,eR 21 . \%7• 4 SECTION 2. The amount of such tax of such motor vehicles shall be as follows: For all motor vehicles with four (4) or more wheels (including but not limited to automobiles, busses, trucks, taxicabs, ambulances, etc.) $5.00 per year for all motor vehicles with three (3) or less wheels (including but not limited to motorcycles, motor scooters, motor bikes, etc.) $2.00 per year. SECTION 3. The vehicle tax shall be due and payable, without penalty, during the month of January of 1968. Penalty for delinquent payment of the tax shall be One Dollar ($1.00) per vehicle per month for each month's delinquency; and any owner of any such vehicle, delinquent in the payment of the vehicle tax for more than five (5) months, who thereafter shall use and operate any such vehicle upon the public roads, streets and other public ways within this municipality or who shall knowingly permit the same to be so used or operated by another, shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined any sum not less than Twenty- five Dollars ($25.00) and not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each violation; and the fine so assessed shall be in addition to the afore- mentioned tax and penalty. SECTION 4. The owner of any such vehicle, first acquired or first used in this municipality after July 1 shall herequired to pay only one-half (1/2) of the annual rate of the vehicle tax for the remainder of the calen- dar year, and such tax may be paid without penalty, during the thirty (30) day period next following the date of such first acquisition or first use Provided that no such tax shall be required -of the owner if the vehicle tax (under Act 446 of 1965 as amended) for 1968 has been paid by a former owner, in any county or municipality in the state. • • 2 SECTION 5. The owner of a vehicle having paid the vehicular tax in any county or municipality in this state (under Act 446 of 1965 as amended) for the year 1968, shall not be required to pay the vehicle tax for use of the same vehicle in this municipality for the year 1968. SECTION 6. The City•Controller is hereby designated as the Collector of this tax. Consecutively numbered receipts, printed in duplicatq shall be used by the Collector in acknowledging payment of the tax. Each receipt shall have printed on it the name of the municipality, the name of the tax, the year of the tax and space indicating the name and address of the taxpayer, the date of payment, the amount of tax, the amount of penalty, and the total amount collected, the make and year model of the vehicle, the state motor vehicle license number for the year 1968, and the space for the signature of the Collector. At the time of issuing his receipt, the Collector shall also deliver to the taxpayer a windshield sticker, a metal tag or other type of identi- fication to be attached to the vehicle by the owner. A separate receipt shall be issued for each vehicle, the original of which shall be given to the taxpayer at the time of the payment of the tax. The duplicate receipt shall be retained by the Collector for accounting and auditing purposes. SECTION 7. For the purpose of segregating and keeping apart the revenues derived from the vehicle tax from the other revenues of the municipality, there shall be established a separate account styled "Fayetteville Munici- pality Vehicle Tax Account", in a bank that is an authorized depository of the municipal funds and all revenues derived from the tax shall be deposited in said separate account. Withdrawals shall be made from said separate account only for the purpose of paying the cost of duplicate receipts, windshield stickers, or other types of identification to be attached to vehicles as required hereunder, payment of the Collector's commission if any, and thereafter transmitted to the Treasurer of this municipality. ..The -Treasurer shall credit such funds received by him from the Vehicle Tax Account to the General Fund, there to be used for Ambulance Operations; Public Works Fund to be used for street purposes. PASSED AND APPROVED this S,\ day of November, 1967. APPROVED: DON TRUMBO, MAYOR ATTEST: GEORGE JU DAyLS, CITY CLERK