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07/23/2018 <br />This ordinance is adopted to achieve the following, among other purposes, and directs <br />that the provisions hereof be interpreted in order to accomplish those purposes: <br />A. To impose a retail transactions and use tax in accordance with the provisions of <br />Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and <br />Taxation Code and Section 7285.9 of Part 1.7 of Division 2 which authorizes the <br />City to adopt this tax ordinance which shall be operative if a majority of the <br />electors voting on the measure vote to approve the imposition of the tax at an <br />election called for that purpose. <br />B. To adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance that incorporates provisions <br />identical to those of the Sales and Use Tax Law of the State of California insofar <br />as those provisions are not inconsistent with the requirements and limitations <br />contained in Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. <br />C. To adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance that imposes a tax and <br />provides a measure therefore that can be administered and collected by the <br />California Department of Tax and Fee Administration in a manner that adapts <br />itself as fully as practicable to, and requires the least possible deviation from, the <br />existing statutory and administrative procedures followed by the California <br />Department of Tax and Fee Administration in administering and collecting the <br />California State Sales and Use Taxes. <br />D. To adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance that can be administered in <br />a manner that will be, to the greatest degree possible, consistent with the <br />provisions of Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, minimize <br />the cost of collecting the transactions and use taxes, and at the same time, <br />minimize the burden of record keeping upon persons subject to taxation under <br />the provisions of this ordinance. <br />Sec. 32.904. - Contract with the State. <br />Prior to the operative date, the City shall contract with the California Department of Tax <br />and Fee Administration to perform all functions incident to the administration and <br />operation of this transactions and use tax ordinance; provided, that if the City shall not <br />have contracted with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration prior to <br />the operative date, it shall nevertheless so contract and in such a case the operative <br />date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following the execution of such a <br />contract. <br />Sec. 32.905. - Transactions Tax Rate. <br />For the privilege of selling tangible personal property at retail, a tax is hereby imposed <br />upon all retailers in the incorporated territory of the City at the rate of 0.5% of the gross <br />receipts of any retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold at retail in said <br />territory on and after the operative date of this ordinance. <br />AM/RESO.0075/CC RESO ELECTION — SALES TAX RESO. NO. 15693 <br />REV: 07-19-18 VR MUFF NO. 307 <br />Page 7 of 13 <br />