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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO ORDINANCE NO. 2008-018 (1055/3084/3142) AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 2 OF THE SAN LEANDRO MUNICIPAL CODE, BY ADDING CHAPTER 18 ENTITLED EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ACCESS TAX AND REPEALING CHAPTER 16 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. AMENDMENT OF CODE. Title 2 of the San Leandro Municipal Code is hereby amended to add a new Chapter 18 and shall read as follows: "CHAPTER 18" EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ACCESS TAX SEC.2-18-200 Title/Purpose A. In order to ensure and improve the performance of the City's 911 communication system, the City must impose a tax. This Chapter shall be known as the "Emergency Communication System Access Tax Ordinance" and the tax imposed herein shall be known as the "Emergency Communication System Access Tax." B. The purpose of this Chapter is to require subscribers to telephone service in the incorporated area of the City to pay for the improvements to and operation of the 911 communication system that will be financed by tax revenues. C. The Emergency Communication System Access Tax is the most practical and equitable revenue mechanism to finance the acquisition and construction of equipment, software, and facilities and other resources that are needed to provide an adequate and reliable 911 communication system. The tax is intended to recover the majority of the costs related to the benefits the 911 system will provide to nonexempt telephone subscribers. D. The tax imposed by the provisions of this Chapter is intended solely to provide revenue for eligible project costs and eligible operating costs, as defined in this Chapter. Tax revenues shall be deposited by the Finance Director in the Emergency Communication System Access Fund established pursuant to Section 2-18-235 of this Chapter.