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File #: 18-0045    Version: 1 Name: RESOLUTION OPPOSING HB 110 and SB 130
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 1/19/2018 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/5/2018 Final action: 2/5/2018
Title: RESOLUTION OPPOSING HB 110 and SB 130
Title
RESOLUTION OPPOSING HB 110 and SB 130


Summary
Description of Topic: (who, what, where, when, why and how much)

Budgetary Impact:
Non-Capital Item:
____ Budgeted under account #_______________ (discussion item)
____ Not budgeted, requesting transfer of $__________ from Account #______________ to Account #_____________.
____ Not budgeted requiring increase to account #___________ in the amount of $____________.

Capital - Departmental
____ Budgeted under account #______________ for $___________ and described in budget as __________________________________.
Additional amount needed, if any: Increase in budget of $_____________ OR, transfer of $___________ from Account #____________ to Account #_______________
____ Not Budgeted - account #____________ requires budget increase of $_____________.

Capital Project - **THE PRE-PROJECT CHECKLIST AND BUDGET CHECKLIST MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS FILE**
In current year Capital Projects Plan:
_____ Yes, planned amount $___________, requesting $_________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #_________________
_____ No, requesting $___________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #____________________

Body

WHEREAS, in 2015, the State of Alabama enacted the Simplified Seller Use Tax Remittance Act (SSUT) which allowed eligible sellers to voluntarily participate in a program in which they collect, report, and remit use taxes on sales made into Alabama that would otherwise be outside the City’s taxing authority; and,
WHEREAS, in recent years, online sales have dramatically increased resulting in a significant, adverse impact on local brick and mortar businesses located within the City of Foley and its police jurisdiction; and,
WHEREAS, as a result of the SSUT and the significant increase in online sales, use tax collections have drastically declined in recent years making...

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