HomeMy WebLinkAboutIndiana Voting in Favor of Ordinance Imposing the County Option Income Tax is St. Joseph Co. (COIT)Attest:
RESOLUTION
NO. 2227 -95
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
Attest:
March
28, Iq 95
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
Approved and signed by me
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Clerk
of Common Council.
City Clerk
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Mayor
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RESOLUTION NO X �/--q5
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
PROPOSING AND VOTING IN FAVOR OF AN ORDINANCE
OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INCOME TAX COUNCIL
IMPOSING THE COUNTY OPTION INCOME TAX
IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
(COIT)
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
recognizes that the Indiana Legislature has passed legislation
which provides for the County Option Income Tax (COIT); and
WHEREAS, in order to continue to provide essential
governmental services to all residents of St. Joseph County,
Indiana, and in recognition there is a financial need to impose the
County Option Income Tax (COIT).
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana proposes and casts its 42.71 votes for the proposed
ordinance of the St. Joseph County Income Tax Council which reads
as follows:
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A COUNTY OPTION
INCOME TAX
IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA
(COIT)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE & INTENT
The St. Joseph County Income Tax Council,
pursuant to IC 6- 3.5 -6, has determined that it will
be in the public interest to impose a county option
income tax in St. Joseph County to provide funding
for needed governmental services to all residents
of St. Joseph County, Indiana.
The members of the St. Joseph County Income
Tax Council are the South Bend Common Council,
Mishawaka Common Council, the St. Joseph County
Council, and other local units.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ST.
JOSEPH COUNTY INCOME TAX COUNCIL OF ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION I. The St. Joseph County Income Tax
Council imposes the County Option Income Tax (COIT)
on the county taxpayers of St. Joseph County. The
County Option Income Tax (COLT) is imposed at a
rate of Two - tenths of one percent (0.2 %) on the
resident county taxpayers and at a rate of
Five - hundredths of one percent (0.05 %) on all
nonresident county taxpayers. This tax takes
effect July 1 of this year, 1995.
SECTION II. The county option income tax
(COIT) is imposed on the county taxpayers of St.
Joseph County at the following rates for subsequent
years as follows:
Resident Nonresident
County County
Taxpayers Taxpayers
July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997
0.3% 0.075%
July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998
0.4% 0.10
July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999
0.5% 0.125%
July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000
and subsequent years
0.6% 0.15%
SECTION III. If any part, section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason declared
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance.
SECTION IV. This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage by the
St. Joseph County Income Tax Council.
SECTION II. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
PRESENTED 3 - a g - iS
NOT APPROVED
ADOPTED 3-2F, L
Me , Bend Common Council
MAR 2 7 1995
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