CITY OF SEATTLE
ORDINANCE __________________
COUNCIL BILL __________________
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AN ORDINANCE relating to heating oil; repealing Ordinance 125934 relating to imposing a tax on heating oil service providers and adding a new Chapter 5.47 to the Seattle Municipal Code.
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WHEREAS, on September 23, 2019, the City Council passed Ordinance 125934 that imposed a new tax on heating oil providers beginning on September 1, 2020; and
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2020, the City Council passed Ordinance 126144 that delayed the effective date of the heating oil tax to September 1, 2021; and
WHEREAS, on July 19, 2021, the City Council passed Ordinance 126391 that delayed the effective date of the heating oil tax to April 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, on March 1, 2022, the City Council passed Ordinance 126541 that delayed the effective date of the heating oil tax to January 1, 2023; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance 125934, relating to heating oil, passed by the City Council on September 23, 2019, and signed by the Mayor on September 30, 2019, is repealed.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.
Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2022, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2022.
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President ____________ of the City Council
Approved / returned unsigned / vetoed this _____ day of _________________, 2022.
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Bruce A. Harrell, Mayor
Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2022.
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Elizabeth M. Adkisson, Interim City Clerk
(Seal)