HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1663NO.
A Resolution
URGING THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
TO SUPPORT LEGISLATION DURING THE 1991 LEGISLATIVE
TAX
THE
WHEREAS, during the 70th Legislature a tax bill (HB 61) was
passed in the Second Called Session that imposed various state
taxes and fees on the residents of our cities and state; and
WHEREAS, one tax in particular, the tax on municipal garbage
collection is inequitable in that this tax is only collected
from those municipalities that bill separately for garbage
collection; and
WHEREAS, the tax on municipal garbage collection increases
the costs to the municipal consumer with no added benefit to
either the customer or the city that provides the service; and
WHEREAS, citizens in those cities that attempt to operate
their garbage collection systems as self-sustaining enterprises
are penalized because of having to pay overall higher costs due
to the tax on municipal garbage collections; and
WHEREAS, the citizens of each individual city would be better
served by local rates that reflect only local costs of solid
waste management rather than the state imposed tax on garbage
collection that provides no benefit to the cities in their
efforts to provide services; and ,
WHEREAS, municipal garbage collection is a local
responsibility and any taxes or fees imposed on the collection
of garbage need to be imposed, collected, and spent for this
service locally and not to supplement the state general fund;
NOW THEREFORE, BE R RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE trITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
CITY OF FORT MORTH
that the Fort Worth City Council identifies a need for changes
in state tax code which will exempt municipal garbage collection
from the state sales tax so that garbage collection rates can be
adjusted to reflect a true local cost;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Fort worth city council.
urges the Texas Municipal League at its 1990 Annual Conference
_ to pass a resolution in support of legislation to be introduced
in the Texas State Legislature that will amend Section 151.0048
(3) of the Tax Code such that garbage or other solid waste
collection and removal collected by municipal operations whether
contracted out or otherwise will be exempt from the imposition
of the state sales tax.
Approved this ~_ day of 1990, A.D.
Mayor Bob Bolen
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED BY
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SEP 4 1990
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