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ORDINANCE NO. 17,360
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3 AN ORDINANCE LEVYING ADDITIONAL FRANCHISE
4 FEES TO BE PAID BY SOUTHWESTERN BELL
5 TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR THE YEAR 1997; AND
6 PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF.
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8 WHEREAS, the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
9 ( "Telephone Company ") is duly authorized by ordinance to operate
10 a telephone business and system in the City of Little Rock,
11 Arkansas ( "City "); and
12 WHEREAS, the Telephone Company is now and will be occupying
13 the streets, alleys, airways and other public rights -of -way of
14 the City for the purpose of operating and maintaining its
15 telephone system; and
16 WHEREAS, the City is legally authorized to impose and the
17 Telephone Company is obligated to pay a just and reasonable
18 franchise fee in connection with its operations in the City.
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20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
21 THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
22 SECTION 1. There is hereby imposed and Southwestern Bell
23 Telephone Company shall pay to the City a franchise fee in an
24 amount equal to seven and thirty -two hundredths percent (7.32$)
25 of the Company's local exchange access line charges collected
26 within the City's corporate limits for the calendar year 1996,
27 or a minimum of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000).
28 SECTION 2. Payments to the City by Southwestern Bell
29 Telephone Company for the net additional fee as provided for in
30 Section 1 hereof shall be made monthly by the 30th day of each
31 month except for the December payment which shall be made by the
32 15th of December.
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34 SECTION 3. Not later than March 31, 1997, Southwestern
35 Bell's access line revenue collected in Little Rock during 1996
36 Will be certified to the City by a responsible official of the
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Company. April and subsequent monthly payments will be adjusted
to provide the total amount due the City in 1997, 7.328 of 1996
certified revenue.
SECTION 4. The City recognizes and accepts the purposes
and results of an Order of the Arkansas Public Service
Commission entered on February 7, 1980, in Docket U -30132
relating to the treatment by the Telephone Company of all city
special fees.
SECTION S. It is acknowledged that Ordinance No. 11,345
amended by Ordinance No. 14,981 which set out the terms and
conditions of the present privilege authority under which the
Telephone Company is operating is the controlling document over
this franchise.
SECTION 6. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as
altering or amending any other rights or obligations of the City.
or the Telephone Company and provided for in Ordinance No.
11,345 except the portion of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 11,345
pertaining to the method of calculating the Telephone Company's
annual franchise fee.
SECTION 7. This Ordinance shall be in effect on and after
January 1, 1997.
PASSED: December 17, 1996
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK ROBBIE HANCOCK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THOMAS M. CARPENTER
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
MAO JIM DAILEY
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