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ORD CC 07/26/77 - Amending Ch 15B - Hotel-motel taxesORDINANCE NO. 77 -16 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION (a) SECTION 15 B -3, OF CHAPTER 15 B OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE BY CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF OCCUPANCY TAX TO BE LEVIED UPON OCCUPANTS OF HOTELS OR MOTELS, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas, that subsection (a) Section 15 B -3, of Chapter 15 B of the Code of Ordinances be amended to read as follows: Section 15 B -3. Levy of Tax, rate, exceptions (a) There is hereby levied a tax upon the occupancy of any room or space furnished by any hotel or motel where such cost of occupancy is at the rate of $ 2.00 or more per day; such tax to be equal to four per cent (4 %) of the consideration paid by the occupant of such room or space to such hotel or motel. BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this amendment shall take effect and be in force from and after August 29, 1977. ATTE PASSED AND APPROVED on the 26th day of July, A.D. , 1977. THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS BY: RI H DeSHAW, CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM:'• MARTI ALLEY TTORNEY 1 MORRIS I. WALLER, MAYOR