Record #: SO2018-9195   
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
Intro date: 11/14/2018 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
Final action: 1/23/2019
Title: Amendment of Municipal Code Chapter 3-56 regarding waiver of Wheel Tax license emblem and replacement fees for U.S. military veterans
Sponsors: Valencia, Anna M., Moreno, Proco Joe, Hopkins, Brian , Dowell, Pat, King, Sophia D., Hairston, Leslie A., Harris, Michelle A., Sadlowski Garza, Susan, Thompson, Patrick D., Cardenas, George A., Quinn, Marty, Burke, Edward M., Lopez, Raymond A., Foulkes, Toni, O'Shea, Matthew J., Willie B. Cochran, Munoz, Ricardo, Tabares, Silvana, Scott, Jr. Michael, Solis, Daniel, Maldonado, Roberto, Burnett, Jr., Walter, Taliaferro, Chris, Reboyras, Ariel, Santiago, Milagros, Waguespack, Scott, Mell, Deborah, Villegas, Gilbert, Mitts, Emma, Sposato, Nicholas, Laurino, Margaret, Napolitano, Anthony V., Reilly, Brendan, Smith, Michele, Arena, John, Cappleman, James, Pawar, Ameya, Moore, Joseph, Silverstein, Debra L.
Topic: MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS - Title 3 - Revenue & Finance - Ch. 56 Wheel Tax Licenses
Attachments: 1. SO2018-9195.pdf, 2. O2018-9195.pdf
Wheel Tax license emblem and replacement fees for U.S. military veterans
Committee(s) Assignment: Committee on Pedestrian and Traffic Safety
ORDINANCE


BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Section 3-56-050 of the Municipal Code of Chicago is hereby amended by deleting the language struck-through and inserting the language underscored, as follows:
3-56-050 Fees - Late fees.
(a) £1) Applicable license fees are as follows; provided, however, that each amount set forth in this subsection "a" shall be adjusted upwards, if applicable, for the term starting on January 1, 2014 and every two years thereafter by applying to it the rate of inflation over the two-year period ending on the most recent July 1, calculated based on the Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Chicago All Items) published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, as calculated by the Comptroller, communicated to the Clerk by the Comptroller, and published by the Clerk. Such adjustment shall take place on January 1 of the applicable year, and shall apply the overall rate of inflation, if any, for the two-year period ending on the most recent July 1. Provided further, that the amount of any such adjustment shall be capped at 105% of the fee being adjusted:

Vehicle Fee
: Smaller passenger automobiles $85.00
Larger passenger automobiles ; $135.00

(2) The city clerk shall maintain a list of makes and models of passenger automobiles classified as "smaller" or "larger" for the purposes of this provision. The list shall be available for public Inspection at any time during the clerk's regular business hours.

Vehicle Fee:
Smaller passenger automobiles, larger passenger automobiles or motorcycles only, not more than one motor vehicle, registered to a person 65 years of age or older, upon satisfactory proof of age and motor vehicle ownership ....... $30.00
Replacement passenger wheel tax license emblem registered to a person 6...

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