Title
Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 685 County Regional Transit Gross Receipts Tax Reauthorization Election.
Recommended Action
I move that Council adopt Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 685 County Regional Transit Gross Receipts Tax Reauthorization Election; I further move that, upon passage, the Ordinance be published as required.
County Manager's Recommendation
The County Administrator recommends that Council adopt Incorporated County of Los Alamos Ordinance No. 685.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has passed a resolution calling for this action.
Body
Ordinance No. 685 would place the following question on the November 6, 2018 General Election ballot:
COUNTY REGIONAL TRANSIT GROSS RECEIPTS TAX REAUTHORIZATION
Do you support reauthorization of the existing County Regional Transit Gross Receipts Tax of one-eighth of one percent (1/8%) to finance the operational costs and capital expenditures of passenger transportation in the North Central Regional Transit District by repealing the 2024 expiration of the tax?
FOR REAUTHORIZATION ____
AGAINST REAUTHORIZATION____
Ordinance No. 684 implements this GRT reauthorization action locally, but it is not effective until approved by a majority of voters in the District. The ordinance being introduced, No. 685, is required to place this question on the ballot.
The governing State statute is included below for reference.
7-20E-23. County regional transit gross receipts tax; authority to impose; rate; election required.
A. Upon a request by resolution of the board of directors of a regional transit district, a majority of the members of the governing body of each county that is within the district shall impose by identical ordinances an excise tax at the rate specified in the resolution, but not to exceed one-half percent of the gross receipts of any person engaging in business in the district for the privil...
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