§ 66-293. Collection of gas use tax.

The director of finance is authorized to enter into a contract for collection of the tax imposed by this article with any public utility providing gas service in the city. The contract shall include and substantially conform with the following provisions:

(1)

The public utility will collect the tax from retail purchasers as an independent contractor;

(2)

The public utility will remit collected taxes to the city clerk no more often than once each month;

(3)

The public utility will be entitled to withhold from tax collections a service fee equal to three percent of the amounts collected and timely remitted to the city clerk;

(4)

The public utility shall not be responsible to the city for any tax not actually collected from a retail purchaser; and

(5)

Such additional terms as the parties may agree upon.

(Code 1996, § 66-293; Ord. No. F-1477, § 2, 3-15-2010)

Editor's note— Ord. No. F-1477, § 2, repealed the former § 66-293 and enacted a new § 66-293 as set out herein. The former § 66-293 pertained to similar subject matter and derived from Ord. No. F-0756, § 2, adopted Sept. 3, 2002.

Note— For the purpose of this ordinance, the terms "retail purchaser" and "public utility" have the same meaning as in section 66-291 of the Wheaton City Code, as amended.