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Amending Ordinance 95-20 Section 1 (1) of the Town of Pulaski Code of Ordinances Increasing
the Cigarette Tax
ADOPTED: May 11, 2004
EFFECTIVE: May 11, 2004
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TOWN OF PUI.ASKI, VIRGINIA
O1RDIl~lANCE 2004-iS
AMENDING ORDIIYANCE 95-20 SE ON i (i) OF THE TOWN OF PULA9I0 a
CODE OF ORDINANCES INCREASING THE CIGARETTE TAX
VfTHEREAS, the Town Council of the Tows of Pulaski, Virginia has considered in
budget deh'berations the Hoed to secure additional sources of rovenne to moat Town
budgetary needs for the provision of services to its citizens; and ..
WHEREAS, the Town Council has delibaratod on the pry a~ cons of adopting
an increase in the cigarette tax and fiuthe~ has considered the economic impact to the
Town's businesses as well as the public i and general welfare; and
NOW, TIIEREPORB, be it ORDAII~iBD by the Town Council of the Town of
Pulaski, Virginia that Ordinaace 95-20 Section 1(1) of the Town of Pulaski Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended to provide that the cigarette tax be increased from 50.0050
per cigarette (50.10 per pack of 20 cigarettes) to 50.0075 p~ cigarette ($0.15 per pack of
20 cigs~ettes).
This ordinance is effective upon adoption aad ie hereby adopted this 11'~ day of
May, 2004 sad is adoptaod by the duly recorded vote of the Town Council of the Town of
Pulaski, as follows:
Bettye H. Steger - A y e
John T. Bolas - A y e
Pa~iline G. Mitchell - Nev
Jeffrey S. Worrell - ,g,~~
Kennathlbi.Fleenor - :ape
James M. Nable~tt, Jr. - Ave
B. G. Black, h - A y e
Town of Pulaski, Virginia
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By: a,c~~
Charles W. Stewart, Jr., May~nr
ATTI3STED:
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
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I, Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council, certify that the foregoing Ordinance 2004-15, Amending
Ordinance 95-20 Section 1 (1) of the Town of Pulaski Code of Ordinances Increasing the
Cigarette Tax, is a true and correct copy as adopted by the Pulaski Town Council at their regular
meeting on May 1 1, 2004.
Patricia Cruise, Clerk of Council
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