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ORDINANCE NO. 5660
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8
OF THE VILLAGE CODE REGARDING THE SIMPLIFIED MUNICIPAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TAX
Passed and approved by
the President and Board of Trustees
the 20th day of November 2007.
Published in pamphlet form
by authority of the corporate
authorities of the Village of
Mount Prospect, Illinois, the
215t day of November 2007.
ORDINANCE NO. 5660
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 8 OF THE VILLAGE CODE
REGARDING THE SIMPLIFIED MUNICIPAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS TAX
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF
TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF MOUNT PROSPECT, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS,
ACTING IN THE EXERCISE OF THEIR HOME RULE POWERS:
SECTION ONE: The definition of "Telecommunications" in Section 8.1501 of
Article XV, Simplified Municipal Telecommunications Tax, of Chapter 8 of the Village
Code of the Village of Mount Prospect shall be deleted in its entirety and a new
definition of "Telecommunications" inserted in its place to be and read as follows;
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: In addition to the meaning ordinarily and popularly ascribed
to it includes, without limitation, messages or information transmitted through use of
local, toll, and wide area telephone service, private line services, channel services,
telegraph services, teletypewriter, computer exchange services, cellular mobile
telecommunications service, specialized mobile radio, stationary two-way radio, paging
service, or any other form of mobile and portable one-way or two-way communications,
or any other transmission of messages or information by electronic or similar means,
between or among points by wire, cable, fiber optics, laser, microwave, radio, satellite,
or similar facilities. This definition shall also include the provision of cable service or
video service to subscribers and the interaction of subscribers with the person or entity
that has received authorization to offer or provide cable or video service from the Illinois
Commerce Commission pursuant to Section 21-401 of the Cable and Video
Competition Law of 2007. As used in this article, "private line" means a dedicated
nontraffic sensitive service for a single customer, that entitles the customer to exclusive
or priority use of a communications channel or group of channels, from one or more
specified locations to one or more other specified locations. The definition of
"telecommunications" shall not include value added services in which computer
processing applications are used to act on the form, content, code, and protocol of the
information for purposes other than transmission. "Telecommunications" shall not
include purchases of telecommunications by a telecommunications service provider for
use as a component part of the service provided by such provider to the ultimate retail
consumer who originates or terminates the taxable end to end communications. Carrier
access charges, right of access charges, charges for use of intercompany facilities, and
all telecommunications resold in the subsequent provisions of, used as a component of,
or integrated into, end to end telecommunications service shall be nontaxable as sales
for resale. Prepaid telephone calling arrangements shall not be considered
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"telecommunications" subject to the tax imposed under this article. For purposes of this
section, "prepaid telephone calling arrangements" means that term as defined in section
2-27 of the retailers' occupations tax act.
SECTION TWO: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after its
passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form.
AYES:
Corcoran, Hoefert, Juracek, Korn, Lohrstorfer, Zadel
NAYS:
None
ABSENT:
Wilks
PASSED and APPROVED this 20th day of November 2007.
Richard M. L h
Mayor Pro Te
ATTEST:
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M. isa Angell (,
Village Clerk
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