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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1967 01_A Electon Sales Tax_1967.01.23RESOLUTION TO ISSUE PROCLAMATION OF SPECIAL ELECTION ON SALES TAX BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF OWASSO, OKLAHOMA, AS FOLLOWS: 1. That the president of the Board of Trustees of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma, be and he is hereby authorized and directed to call a special election to be held in the Town of Owasso on the 21st day of February, 1967, for the purpose of submitting to the registrered qualified voters thereof the following proposition: "Shall Ordinance No. 86, adopted the 23rd day of January, 1967, leving and assessing an excise tax of one percent (1%) upon the Gross proceeds of gross receipts derived from all sales taxable under the sales tax law of oklahoma, including any and all amendments to and revisions thereof and enumerating certain sales presently presently included therein; Providing exemptions exempted by the Sales Tax law of Oklahoma including any and all amendment to and revisions thereof and enumerating vertain exemptions presenly included therin; specifying when such taxes are payable; Adopting a bracket system; Providing such taxes constitute superior claims; Providing vendor duty to collect such Town Sales Tax; Requiring returns and remittances and providing discounts to collectors; Providing interset and penalties for delinquent payment of taxes; Providiing for waiver of interest and penalties; providing for submission of claims for refund of erroneous payments; Providing penalties for fraudulent returns; Providing that records shall be confidential and privileged; providing for amendments to the Ordinance; providing that taxes collected hereunder shall be cumulative; Providing for severability of the sections of this ordinance; Defining terms; Defining word "town"; Defining Tax Collector; Establishing Classification fo taxpayers; ratifiying the subsisting State permits; Establishing purposes for which revenues collected hereunder shll be expended; Establishing the effective date of the Ordinance is approved by registered qualifed voters of the Town of Owasso, and dependent on passage and approval of sales tax ordiannce by the City of Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Establishing citation of the Ordinance, by APPROVED". 2. That such call for said election shall be byproclamation signed by the President of the Board of Trustees and attested by the Town Clerk setting forth the date of the election; the proposition to be voted on at such election; the ballots for the registed qualified voters which set for the proposition above mentioned to be voted upon substainially as set out in part 1 hereof; the time of opening and closing the polls; the number and location of polling places; the names of precint officers; residents of the precient who shall condut said election, which officers shall consist of inspector, judge and clerk for each polling place; which officers shall also act as counters and certify the results to the County Election Board; who shall canvas the election,and certifty the resuls thereof as required by law. 3. That by reason of the eminent need of the Town of Owasso for additional funds for the support of the functions of the municipal governent of the Town of Owasso, an emergency is declared to exist by reason whereof this resolution shall become effective immediately from and after its passage, and approval. PASSED, with the emergecy clause ruled upon separately and approved this 23rd day of January, 1967, by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma. APPROVED, this 23rd day of January, 1967, by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Owasso, Oklahoma. President of the Board of Trustees ATTEST:, Town Clerk