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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2006 . ~ ~ 3'7 <8 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING DAPPENDIX A, FEES, D OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES <br />OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE, CONTAINING <br />A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS <br />LAW, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. <br /> <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: <br /> <br />Section 1. Section 10-51 of the Code of Ordinances of the <br /> <br />City of La Porte, "Levy; maximum amount; registration of machines", <br /> <br />is hereby amended and shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: <br /> <br />"Sec. 10-51. Levy, maximum amount, registration of machines. <br /> <br />The city council hereby shall levy and collect the <br />maximum yearly occupation tax authorized by state law on each <br />coin-operated machine exhibited in the city, on an annual <br />basis, at the rate established in Appendix A -- Fees, of this <br />Code, for each machine so exhibited. Each machine upon which <br />this occupation tax must be paid shall be registered with the <br />city by the owner, such registration to contain the make, <br />model and serial number of each machine; each such machine <br />registered with the city shall also be subject to an annual <br />registration fee at the rate established in Appendix A -- Fees <br />of this Code, due for each calendar year, or any part of a <br />calendar year, in which a machine is exhibited. Every machine <br />so registered shall display a decal issued by the city, <br />securely fixed to a noninterchangeable part of the machine. <br />All ad valorem taxes on any and all property, personal or <br />real, necessary to the operation of any business must be paid <br />prior to the issuance of any decal for such operation. <br /> <br />(Code 1970, ~ 4 1/2-6(c)) <br />State law references: Authority to levy, Texas Occupations <br />Code Chapter 2153" <br /> <br />Section 2. Chapter 10 of Appendix A -- Fees, "Amusements," <br /> <br />Article II, "Coin Operated Machines", Division 2. "Occupational <br /> <br />Tax", subparagraph (a), is hereby amended and shall hereafter read <br /> <br />as follows, to-wit: <br /> <br />"(a) Occupational Tax <br /> <br />(1) Machine displayed before <br /> <br />April 1 ........................ <br /> <br /> <br />(2) Machine displayed after <br /> <br />March 31 ....................... <br /> <br />15.00 <br /> <br />11.25 <br />