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ORDINANCE NO. 1814 SERIES 2021 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CITY'S DISPOSABLE BAG TAX TO PROVIDE A CREDIT IN THE AMOUNT OF THE STATE CARRYOUT BAG FEE TO BE COLLECTED BY RETAILERS AND TO OTHERWISE ALIGN WITH THE STATE CARRYOUT BAG FEE IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON THE CITY'S RETAILERS WHEREAS, the City of Louisville is a Colorado home rule municipal corporation duly organized and existing under laws of the State of Colorado and the City of Louisville Home Rule Charter; and WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 1797 adopted on July 28, 2020, the City Council referred to the City's voters a twenty-five cent ($0.25) per bag disposable bag tax, which tax was approved by the City's voters at the November 3, 2020 election and will be collected by the City's retailers beginning January 1, 2022; and WHEREAS, during the 2021 legislative session, the General Assembly adopted House Bill 21-1162, the Plastic Pollution Reduction Act, which imposes a ten cent ($0.10) per bag fee on plastic and paper carryout bags beginning January 1, 2023; and WHEREAS, in order to ease the administrative burden on the City's retailers presented by compliance with the City bag tax and the state bag fee, and to maintain the twenty-five cent per -bag amount to be collected by retailers when the state bag fee becomes effective, the City shall apply a credit in the amount of state bag fees collected by retailers toward the amount of City bag taxes due for disposable bags provided to consumers by retailers within the City, as set forth herein; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds the other amendments set forth herein are reasonable and necessary in order to simplify collection and remittance of the bag taxes and fees to be collected under both the City's ordinance and the state legislation, to ease the administrative burden on the City's retailers. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO: Section 1. The definition of retailer set forth in Section 3.34.020.E of the Louisville Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows (words to be deleted stricken; words to be added underlined): Sec. 3.34.020. Definitions. As used in this Chapter, unless the context clearly demonstrates otherwise, words and phrases shall have the meaning defined in Section 3.20.020 of this Ordinance No. 1814, Series 2021 Page 1 of 4