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Home My WebLink AboutLocal Option Sales Tax Augusta Richmond GA DOCUMENT NAME: / 0 teA \ 0 \~i 0(\ .so..\e.-S T^-X DOCUMENT TYPE: YEAR: I vrqG BOX NUMBER: ) FILE NUMBER: )~ --;70 NUMBER OF PAGES: s ..,t. . . LARRY E. SCONYERS Chairman FREDDIE L. HANDY Vice-Chainnan BOARD Of COMMKssnONERS HENRY H. BRIGHAM JERRY BRIGHAM Wm. .WILLlE' H. MAYS, III LEE NEEL, III J. B. POWELL MOSES TODD ROOM 605. CITY-COUNTY MUNICIPAL BLDG. (11) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30911 Bus. (706) 821-4488 Fax No. (706) 722-5984 July 19, 1996 LINDA W. BEAZLEY County Administrator WALTER S. HORNSBY. III Ass!. County Administrator JAMES B. WALL County Attorney Ms. Lena Bonner Clerk, Augusta-Richmond County Commission-Council 801, City-County Bldg. (11) Augusta, GA 30911 Reply To: P. O. BOX 2125 Augusta. GA 30903 Dear Lena: I enclose herewith duplicate originals of the Certificate of Distribution for the local option sales tax, which was approved earlier by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission-Council. Please attest both originals, and return one copy to me for forwarding to the Revenue Commissioner. The other copy should be placed in the permanent records of Augusta-Richmond County. Thanking you and with best personal regards, I am JBWjsjp ery truly, Enclosures .. '"'-~ ...... CERTIFICATE OF DISTRIBUTION TO: State Revenue Commissioner Pursuant to an Act of the Georgia General Assembly, 1994 Ga. Laws 1816-1822, effective July I, 1994, relating to Local Sales & Use Taxes, the governing authorities for the qualifying municipalities and the county located within the special district coterminous with the boundaries of Richmond County hereby certify that the proceeds of the combination city/county local sales and use tax generated in such district shall be distributed by the State Revenue Commissioner effective as of January 1, 1996, as follows: Augusta-Richmond County Urban Services District A (former City of Augusta) shall receive 25.3838 g.. o . City of Hephzibah shall receive 1.5956 %. Town of Blythe shall receive 0.2700 %. Augusta-Richmond County Suburban Services District (former County of Richmond) shall receive 72.7506 %. This certificate shall continue in effect until such time as a new certificate shall be executed as provided in said Act. By executing this schedule the county and cities, acting through their respective officers, represent that all municipalities lying wholly or partly in the tax jurisdiction have been given an opportunity to show that they are "qualified municipali ties," as that term is used in the Act, and that all municipalities listed herein as recipients are "qualified" and so may receive distributions from the proceeds of the tax. Executed on behalf of the governing authorities of the qualifying municipalities representing not less than a majority of the aggregate population of all qualifying municipalities located within the special district and the governing authority of the county, this AY~~day of June, 1996. ATTEST: ~ ATTEST: ATTEST: .~ .. ~ 1"" ?", *"- '" .... flLrrCU9 ~. QIoiliull.,fjr. QIammiB B iancr JBepnrhnent of ~e&eltue (.-:%>btc Lif (X)l:.'oru[cc / ~ -110 'Wrillity)iJll1I911illgton ~lliloillg J',tlal1tu, (ieOTgia 3033-1 (404) 656-'10 15 November 1, 1995 .~~mj . . NO'! 7 1995 RICHMOND COUNTY BOARD m C;OMI,IISSIONERS omCf Richmond County Board of Commissioners City-County Municipal Building (11) Augusta, Georgia 30911 Mayor City of Hephzibah Post Office Box 85 Hephzibah, Georgia 30815 Mayor City of Augusta City-County Municipal Building (11) 530 Greene Street Augusta, Georgia 30911 Mayor Town of Blythe Blythe, Georgia 30805 Re: Richmond County Local Option Sales and Use Tax Distribution Gentlemen: This is in response to recent correspondence this Department has received on behalf of the City of Hephzibah, requesting that the city be considered an "Absent Municipality", for the purposes of local option sales and use tax distribution. Pursuant to the Georgia Public Revenue Code and the decision of the Georgia Supreme Court, please be advised that in the absence of the Revenue Commissioner's receiving a new, valid distribution certificate by the close of business, December 29, 1995, the following new distribution formula will be effective for local option sales and use tax distributions to the local governments on and after January 1, 1996: An Equal Opportunity Employer ,. . ...) ".. Richmond County page two November 1, 1 995 Richmond County . . Augusta Hephzibah Blythe 72.8500% 25.3838% 1.5956% .1706% fI 'I Total 100.00% Should you have any questions, please contact the Sales and Use Tax Division at 404- 656-4060. MEC/GEA/jls Sincerely, 1n~fZ Commissioner , ' ~ .~ ,i".. LARRY E. SCONYERS Chairman FREDDIE L. HANDY Vlca-Chairman lB(O.L~RD :OF CI01YI1Ylrr8SU'ONEK~S HENRY H. BRIGHAM JERRY BRIGHAM Wm. "WILLIE. H. MAYS, III LEE NEEL, III J. B. POWELL MOSES TODD ROOM 605. CITY-COUNTY MUNICIPAL BLDG. (11) AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 30911 LINDA W. BEAZLEY Counly Administralor Bus. (706) 82' .2400 Fax No. (706) 821-2819 WALTER S. HORNSBY, III Ass!. Counly Administrator JAMES B. WALL County Allorney June 21, 1995 Mr. A. B. McKie Comptroller Richmond County, Georgia Dear Butch, The Board of Commissioners, at their Regular Called Meeting held Tuesday, June 20, 1995, approved adoption of a Resolution regarding the Local Option Sa18s 'I'.-lX, wh1':=h s~ts forth the following percentages for dis t r.ibll tj nl1 : City of Augusta: City of Hephzibah: Town of Blythe: Richmond County: 24.7% .88% .27% 74.15% (As recommended by the Finance Committee at the Pre-Meeting held June 20, 1995.) If you have any questions in this regard, please do not hesitate to call. Sincerely, ~6/ Linda W. Beazley County Administrator LWB/shw cc: ~r. James B. Wall Mrs. Donna Williams 6-20-95-#14A