Record #: O2015-7826   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 10/28/2015 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Finance
Final action: 11/18/2015
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Section 3-47-030 by imposing tax on retail sale of liquid nicotine products
Sponsors: Moreno, Proco Joe
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 3 - Revenue & Finance - Ch. 47 Chicago Liquid Nicotine Product Tax
Attachments: 1. O2015-7826.pdf

 

ORDINANCE

 

 

SECTION 1. Section 3-47-030 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the struck-through language and inserting the language underscored, as follows:

 

3-47-030 Tax imposed.

 

A tax is hereby imposed on the retail sale of liquid nicotine products in the City. This tax shall be paid by the purchaser, and nothing in this chapter shall be construed to impose a tax on the occupation of retail or wholesale liquid nicotine product dealer. The tax shall be imposed at a . rate of $1.25 $0.80 per product unit, plus an additional $0.25 $0.55 per fluid milliliter of consumable liquid, gel, or other solution contained in the product.

 

 

SECTION 2. Following due passage and publication, this ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2016, and the figures set forth herein shall be deemed to immediately supersede the figures set forth in Section 3-47-030 of the Municipal Code as set forth in the 2016 Substitute Revenue Ordinance, as Amended.

Procottoe Moreno Alderman, 1st Ward