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3.__Municipal clerk.__"Municipal clerk" means the clerk of an
eligible municipality.

 
4.__Municipal referendum.__"Municipal referendum" means a
referendum conducted pursuant to this chapter by an eligible
municipality.

 
5.__Municipal treasurer.__"Municipal treasurer" means the
treasurer of an eligible municipality.

 
§1872.__Authority to impose local tax; administration

 
1.__Generally.__The legislative body of an eligible
municipality may, if the legal voters of the eligible
municipality give their approval in a referendum vote conducted
pursuant to section 1874, and subject to the other requirements
of this chapter, impose an additional 1% local option sales tax
on transactions that are otherwise subject to the tax imposed by
this Part, together with a local option use tax of an additional
1% on storage, use or other consumption that is otherwise subject
to the tax imposed by this Part.__Any tax imposed under this
chapter must receive certification by the Commissioner of
Economic and Community Development pursuant to section 1875.

 
2.__Collection and remittance; administration by State.__
Retailers that collect the 1% sales and use tax adopted by an
eligible municipality pursuant to this chapter shall transfer the
revenue from that tax at the time and in the manner required by
chapter 219.__Taxes imposed pursuant to this chapter are
administered by the assessor and are subject to the interest,
penalty and administrative provisions of Parts 1 and 3.

 
3.__Effective date of tax.__A local option sales and use tax
approved by the voters of an eligible municipality pursuant to
section 1874 is effective on the first day of the first full
calendar quarter that begins more than 60 days after the date on
which the assessor receives from the Commissioner of Economic and
Community Development certification of the local option sales and
use tax pursuant to section 1875.__If the effective date provided
by this subsection does not allow the assessor to provide
retailers with at least 60 days' notice of the imposition of the
tax, the effective date is the beginning of the next succeeding
calendar quarter; however, a tax imposed pursuant to this chapter
may not take effect prior to July 1, 2004.

 
4.__Expiration of tax.__A local option sales and use tax
imposed pursuant to this chapter expires on the first day of the
calendar quarter that begins after the earliest of the following
dates:


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