133281 RESOLUTION NO. 13,328
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3 A RESOLUTION TO CERTIFY LOCAL GOVERNMENT
4 ENDORSEMENT OF A. BRIGGS PASSPORT & VISA EXPEDITORS,
5 INC., TO BE LOCATED AT 5611 KAVANAUGH BOULEVARD, LITTLE
6 ROCK, ARKANSAS, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARKANSAS TAX
7 BACK PROGRAM (AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION 15- 4- 2706(D) OF
8 THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE ACT OF 2003); AND FOR OTHER
9 PURPOSES.
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11 WHEREAS, the regulations of the Arkansas Tax Back Program require local government
12 endorsement of businesses or enterprises that wish to participate in and take advantage of the program;
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14 WHEREAS, A. Briggs Passport & Visa Expeditors, Inc., has been declared by the management of
15 the Arkansas Tax Back Program to be an appropriate applicant to benefit from the features of the
16 program; and
17 WHEREAS, A. Briggs Passport & Visa Expeditors, Inc., will be purchasing land, expanding and
18 renovating an existing building, and purchasing equipment and furnishings; and
19 WHEREAS, the project will result in fifteen (15) new jobs and a total investment of $571,000.00;
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WHEREAS, A. Briggs Passport & Visa Expeditors, Inc., has agreed to furnish to the management of
the Arkansas Tax Back Program all information necessary to assure compliance with the terms and
conditions of the program;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
Section 1. The City endorses and the Mayor is authorized to execute any required Certificate of
Local Government Endorsement of A. Briggs Passport & Visa Expeditors, Inc., to participate in the
Arkansas Tax Back Program and to be eligible to benefit from any refunds and tax credits, including City
gross receipts and compensating use tax credits, in accordance with the regulations of the Arkansas Tax
Back Program.
Section 2. To the extent the City has authority to grant such authority, the Department of Finance
and Administration is authorized to refund any City sales and compensating use taxes collected from the
A. Briggs Passport & Visa Expeditors, Inc., during the period of time that it participates in the Arkansas
Tax Back Program.
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Section 3. Severability. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such declaration or
adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain in full force and
effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional were not originally a part of the
resolution.
Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are inconsistent
with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
ADOPTED: June 7, 2011
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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?U'san ngN, City Clerk Mark Stodola, Mayor
APPR E AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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Thomas M. Carpenter, Uty At n y
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