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ORDINANCE N0. 19980 <br />AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A VIDEO DISPLAY GAMBLING <br />DEVICE TAX; AND ADDING SECTIONS 3.100, 3.702, 3.104, <br />3.106, 3.108, 3.110, 3.112, 3.714, 3.116, 3.718, AND <br />3.120 TO THE EUGENE CODE, 1971. <br />The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: <br />A. Gertai n retai 1 ers within the City operate video display gamb1 i ng <br />devices pursuant to 1 icens.es issued by the state of Oregon. <br />B. The presence of these devices within the City creates unique demands <br />on the City's community policing resources. <br />C. It would therefore be i n the public interest to impose a tax of 10% <br />of the retai 1 er's gross income derived from the video display gambling devices <br />and to dedicate the amounts received therefrom to the City's Public Safety fund <br />for community policing. <br />Now, therefore, based on the above findings, <br />THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. Sections 3.700, 3.102, 3.704, 3.106, 3.108, 3.710, 3.112, <br />3.114, 3.116, 3.718, and 3.120 are added to the Eugene Cade, 1911, to provide: <br />Video Dis la Gamblin Device Tax <br />3.100 Video Dis la Gamblin Device Tax - Definitions. Except where the <br />context otherwise requires, the def i n i ti Ons given i n this section <br />govern the construction of sections 3.702 to 3.720 of this code. <br />~ a} Retailer. The holder of a 1 i tense Pram the state of <br />Oregon to operate video display gambling devices within the city. <br />~ b} Retai 1 er ross income. The total cash value of games <br />played on a v i deo display gambling machine or device, 1 ess the sum <br />of prizes paid to players and the amount forwarded to the state of <br />Oregon as its share of the gross revenues . <br />~ c} Tax administrator. The person designated by the city <br />manager to administer and enforce sections 3.100 to 3.720 of this <br />code . <br />~d} ~lideo di,,,s,play,g„ambling,.,device. A video poker machine or <br />any other video display gambling machine or device l i tensed to a <br />retai 1 er by the state of Oregon. <br />3. l02 video Dis l a Gamblin Device Tax - lev . Cammenci ng October 1, <br />Ordinance - 1 <br />