06 LC 28
2909/AP
House
Bill 1469 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representative Sims of the
169th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act creating a new charter for the City of Willacoochee, approved
December 22, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 3039), as
amended, so as to authorize the mayor and aldermen to impose a gross receipts
tax; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
An
Act creating a new charter for the City of Willacoochee, approved
December 22, 1953 (Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 3039), as
amended, is amended by inserting a new Section 824.1 to read as
follows:
"SECTION
824.1.
Gross receipts tax.
Gross receipts tax.
The
mayor and aldermen of said city shall have the authority to impose a tax on
gross receipts for individuals, companies, and entities operating within the
city, including, but not limited to, railroads, street railways, public
transportation, telephone companies, electric companies, electric membership
corporations, cable television and other telecommunications companies, gas
companies, transportation companies, and other organizations, not otherwise
paying a franchise fee, including each secondary supplier (including
specifically electric membership corporations, whether or not operated for
profit) within the meaning of Chapter 3 of Title 46 of the O.C.G.A.,
distributing and selling electric power within the city which is not otherwise
paying a franchise fee pursuant to a franchise agreement and whether or not said
secondary electric supplier has, operates, or maintains offices within the
incorporated limits of the City of
Willacoochee."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.