HomeMy WebLinkAbout1945 Amending Ordinance 1924 - Imposing a State Sales or Use Tax HN ORDtNA~E AMENDING ORDINANCE NO~ 1924
TI~-~CIT-Y. COUNCIL OF'THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, IN REGULAR SESSION ASSEMBLED,
DO ~ ORDAIN" AS FOLLOWS:
Section ,1. Section' 6 of Ordinance N(~ 19~4~ passed August 3, 1982, is
hereby amended to re~d as' follows:. -~ ~
"Section 6. ~,.Special Initiative. ~. ~T~is ordinance shall be subject to a
Speical ~In~tiative 'b~oP~Sing that the" tax imPOsed b~ this ordinance be changed
or' repeale~ T~e number of registered voters needed to. sig~ a petition for
SPecial tnitiative-s~all"~be ~ifteen .percent of the to'tel number of names of
pers°n~ i~S. ted. as reqis~er~d voters within" the City on the day of the last
'preceding ~neral election. If~ a S~eoial InitiatiVe'Petition is filed with
the ,City Court'i!? the ,~eratio~ 6f this o~diX~a~ce snail not be suspended Dena-
ing the City CoUncil or vo~er approval of the' Special Initiative and the tax
imposed herein Sha!l~be ~ollected until ea.~h~Special,~Initiative is approved by
the Ci~ycC6%mcil' of.the~ 'voters. The,pr~o~edures for Initiative ~pon Petition
containedi?in RCW 35A;11~ 100 shall apply to any sueh Special 'Initiative'Petition."
~ec~i°~ 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect after passage,
approval aRd pu~licatio~ i~ the form and manner provided by law.
Read for the first; second, and third times an~ passed by the Council
and aPProved' by the ~yor 'on December 2~, 1982.
ATTEST:
City~ clerk-TreaSurer