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Amendment of Municipal Code Sections 3-56-040 and 3-56-050 regarding grace period for purchase of wheel tax license
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MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 3 - Revenue & Finance - Ch. 56 Wheel Tax Licenses
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Committee on License and Consumer Protection
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:
SECTION 1. Section 3-56-040 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
3-56-040 Issuance.
Upon payment by the applicant of the wheel tax license fee hereinafter provided, the city clerk shall issue, or cause to be issued, a wheel tax license. The period for a wheel tax license shall begin on the required purchase date and shall end on the last day of the month indicated on the face of such license. Provided, however, that if a wheel tax license is issued before the required purchase date, such license shall be valid upon its issuance. Provided further, that in the case of renewal of a valid and current wheel tax license only, the following requirements shall apply:
(1) Prior to July 1, 2016, the applicable period for renewing a valid and current wheel tax
license shall include a 15 day grace period, during which the applicant may purchase a wheel lax license without incurring any (1) late fees under Section 3 56 050, or (2) penalties under Section 3 56 150 for failure to obtain the wheel tax license by the required purchase date.
(21) On and after July L 2016, tThe applicable period for renewing a valid and current wheel tax license shall include a 30-day grace period, during which the applicant may purchase a wheel tax license without incurring any late fees under Section 3-56-050. Provided, however, that nothing in the paragraph (a)(2)this paragraph shall be construed to authorize the waiver of penalties under Section 3-56-150 for failure to obtain the wheel tax license by the required purchase date.
(32) Any grace period provided for under this section shall commence at 12:01 A.M. on the day after the required purchase date and shall end at midnight on the fifteenththirtieth day after the required purchase date.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
SECTION 2. Section 3-56-050 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck through, and by inserting the language underscored, as follows:
3-56-050 Fees - Late fees.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b)(2) of this section, if the applicant for a wheel tax license fails to purchase such license by the required purchase date, a late fee of $60.00 shall be assessed. Such late fee shall be in addition to the wheel tax license fee set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
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Committee on License and Consumer Protection
The late fee for not more than one smaller or larger passenger automobile registered to any person 65 years of age or older, upon satisfactory proof of age and vehicle ownership, shall be reduced by an amount equal to one-half of the late fee provided in subsection (b)(1), if the wheel tax license for such vehicle is purchased after the required purchase date. Such late fee shall be in addition to the wheel tax license fee set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
No late fee shall be imposed under this subsection (b) if (i) the applicant obtains a wheel tax license within 30 days of commencing residence in the city, as required under Section 3-56-021(a): or (ii) the applicant obtains a wheel tax license within 30 days of purchasing or otherwise acquiring ownership of a vehicle, as required under Section 3-56-021(a); or (iii) in the case of a renewal of a wheel tax license, the applicant obtains a current wheel tax license within the grace period provided for under Section 3-56-040 (a)(l) or (a)(2), as applicable.
(Omitted text is unaffected by this ordinance)
City Clerk
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SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect July 1, 2016.