HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-3102 REDUCING GAMBLING TAXES .
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ORDINANCE N0, ��
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AN ORDINANCE relating to licenses and business re-
gulations; reducing punchboard and pu||tab
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gambling taxes; and amending subsection
5.49.020A of the City of Yakima Municipal
Code.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF YAKIMA
Section 1. Subsection 5.49.020A of the City of Yakima
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
x5.49.020 Tax im[}wsad--Amounts--Exemptions.
A. Tax imposed. There is levied a tax upon all
persons, associations and organizations who conduct or
operate gambling activities within the City of Yakima and
who have been duly licensed by the Washington State Gambling
Commission to conduct or operate such gambling activities.
Such tax shall be paid on the following gambling activities
in the following respective amounts:
1. Any bingo or raffle, at the rate of ten percent
and any amusement game at the rate of two percent
of the difference between the gross revenue
received from the conduct of such bingo, raffle or
amusement game and the amount paid for or as
prizes in the conduct of such activity;
2. Any punchboard or pu||tab, a tax computed at the
rate of five percent of the gross receipts
received from the conduct of such activity;
provided, however that effective April 1, 1988 and
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thereafter, such tax shall be computed at the rate
of four percent of the gross receipts from the
conduct of such activity;
3. Any social card game, a tax computed at the rate
of twenty percent of the gross income received
from the conduct of such activity;
4. Any public cardroom operated as a commercial
stimulant, a tax computed at the rate of twenty
percent of the gross income received from the
conduct of such activity."
Section 2, This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect thirty days after its passage, approval and pub-
lication as provided by law and by the City Charter.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, signed and approved this
�~ a�y of , 1988.
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