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CITY OF LINO LAKES
ORDINANCE NO. O'-11
AMENDING TITLE 600, CHAPTER 611 OF THE LINO LAKES CODE OF
ORDINANCES RELATING TO LAWFUL GAMBLING.
The City Council of the City of Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota, does
ordain:
Section 1. That Chapter 611, Section 611.10 of the Lino Lake Code of
Ordinances be amended as follows:
611.10 Local Gambling Tax.
(1) A local gambling tax of .0.10% is imposed on the gross receipts of a
licensed organization from all lawful gambling less prizes actually paid out by the
organization to be used only by the city to cover the costs of regulating lawful
gambling.
(2) The tax shall be paid by the organization on a monthly basis and shall
be reported on a copy of the monthly gambling activity summary and tax return
filed with the Minnesota Department of Revenue. The report shall be an exact
duplicate of the report filed with the Department and must contain the signatures
of organization officials as required on the report form.
(3) The tax return and payment of the tax due must be postmarked or
received in the office of the City Clerk on or before the second day of the second
month following the reportable month.
(4) An incomplete tax return will not be considered timely filed unless
corrected and returned by the due date for filing.
Section 2. That the City Fee Schedule be amended as follows:
AMUSEMENT AND COMMERCIAL RECREATION
State Licensed Gambling Regulation Tax % 0.10% of gross
receipts less prizes
paid
Rob Ra y, Acting Mayor
Att's:JuIianneBa ell, ity Clerk
Adopted by the Lino Lakes City Council this 28th day of February, 2011.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing ordinance was duly seconded by
Council Member Roeser and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof:
O'Donnell, Roeser, Gallup, Rafferty
The following voted against same:
None. (Absent - Reinrt) on said ordinance was eclared
duly passed and adopted.
AGENDA ITEM 3B
STAFF ORIGINATOR: Julie Bartell
MEETING DATE: February 28, 2011
TOPIC: Second Reading of Ordinance No. 07-11,
Amending Chapter 611 of the Lino Lakes City
Code relating to Lawful Gambling
VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5
BACKGROUND
Under the state law that governs lawful gambling, the city is allowed to impose a local
gambling tax but only to cover costs incurred to regulate lawful gambling. The city has
two charitable organizations that conduct lawful gambling (pulltabs, bingo) in the city
and chooses to impose a tax upon their gross receipts.
The city code contains language that establishes the city tax at the state maximum of
3%; the tax is also indicated in the city fee schedule. City staff has recently discovered
that the proper amount for the city to charge, based on enforcement activities, is
0.10%. Therefore it is appropriate to change the city code and fee schedule to reflect
the correct tax amount.
The council approved first reading of Ordinance No. 07-11 on February 14, 2011.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff is recommending approval of the second reading and passage of Ordinance
Number 07-11, amending Chapter 611, Section 611.10, of the Lino Lakes Code of
Ordinances and the city fee schedule, to correctly reflect imposition of a city lawful
gambling tax of 0.10 %.
ATTACHMENT
1. Ordinance Number 07-11