CITY OF SEATTLE

ORDINANCE __________________

COUNCIL BILL __________________

AN ORDINANCE relating to taxation; repealing Ordinance 125578 relating to adding a new Chapter 5.37 (Employee Hours Tax) and a new Chapter 5.38 to Title 5 of the Seattle Municipal Code.

WHEREAS, on November 20, 2017, the City Council unanimously adopted Resolution 31782, establishing a process by which the City Council will determine new progressive revenues including an Employee Hours Tax, expressing the City Council’s intent to impose such potential revenues, and expressing the City Council’s intent to make investments with these revenues that would assist people who are homeless or at a high risk of becoming homeless in obtaining and retaining stable housing; and

WHEREAS, on May 14, 2018, the City Council amended and passed Council Bill 119250, which became Ordinance 125578; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Ordinance 125578, relating to taxation, and passed by the City Council on May 14, 2018, and signed by the Mayor on May 16, 2018, is repealed.

Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after presentation, it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020.

Passed by the City Council the ________ day of _________________________, 2018, and signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this _____ day of _________________________, 2018.

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President ____________ of the City Council

Approved by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2018.

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Jenny A. Durkan, Mayor

Filed by me this ________ day of _________________________, 2018.

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Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk

(Seal)