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A RESOLUTION LEVYING A MUNICIPAL MOTOR VEHICLE TAX FOR THE YEAR 1975 UNDER AUTHORITY OF ACT 446 OF 1965 AS AMENDED; PROVIDING FOR THE PROCEDURE FOR THE COLLECTION OF SUCH TAX; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
SECTION 1: A municipal Motor Vehicle Tax is hereby levied for the year 1975 upon the owners of all motor vehicles within the corporate limits of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, for the privilege of using and operating said motor vehicles upon the public roads, streets, and other public ways of the City.
Provided further, that the tax shall become effective only in the event that the Craighead County Quorum Court by the time of the adjournment of its regular annual session for the year 1974 fails to levy a vehicle tax upon owners residing within the City of Jonesboro; and provided further, that in the event that the Quorum Court does levy a vehicle tax effective for the year 1975 upon residents of this City, and such levy is subsequently approved by the County Electors, but does not levy the full amount of the authorized tax, then in that event, the tax levied hereunder shall be the difference between the amount so levied by the County Quorum Court and the maximum tax per vehicle as provided in Section 2 hereof.
SECTION 2: The amount of such tax of such motor vehicles shall be as follows:
For all motor vehicles with four (4) or more wheels (including but not limited to automobiles, busses, trucks, taxicabs, ambulances, etc.) $5.00 per year.
For all motor vehicles with three (3) or less wheels (including but not limited to motorcycles, motor scooters, motor bikes, etc.) $2.00 per year.
SECTION 3: The vehicle tax shall be due and payable, without penalty, during the month of January, 1975. Penalty for delinquent payment of the tax shall be One Dollar ($1.00) per vehicle per month for each month’s delinquency; and any owner of any such vehicle, delinquent in the payment of the ve...
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