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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12646I RESOLUTION NO. 12,646 2 3 A RESOLUTION TO CERTIFY LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENDORSEMENT OF 4 VSURANCE, LOCATED AT 220 WEST 6T" STREET, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 5 TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARKANSAS TAX BACK PROGRAM (AS AUTHORIZED BY 6 SECTION 15- 4- 2706(D) OF THE CONSOLIDATED INCENTIVE ACT OF 2003); 7 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 8 9 WHEREAS, the regulations of the Arkansas Tax Back Program require local government 10 endorsement of businesses or enterprises that wish to participate in and take advantage of the 11 program, and 12 WHEREAS, VSURANCE has been declared by the management of the Arkansas Tax Back Program 13 to be an appropriate applicant to benefit from the features of the program, and 14 WHEREAS, VSURANCE will enlarge an existing building and purchase equipment for the 15 operation of the business, and 16 WHEREAS, the project will result in 100 new jobs and a total investment of $1,300,000, and 17 WHEREAS, VSURANCE has agreed to furnish to the management of the Arkansas Tax Back 18 Program all information necessary to assure compliance with the terms and conditions of the program; 19 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY OF LITTLE 20 ROCK, ARKANSAS: 21 Section 1. The City endorses and the Mayor is authorized to execute any required Certificate 22 of Local Government Endorsement of VSURANCE to participate in the Arkansas Tax Back Program and 23 to be eligible to benefit from any refunds and tax credits, including City gross receipts and 24 compensating use tax credits, in accordance with the regulations of the Arkansas Tax Back Program. 25 Section 2. To the extent the City has authority to grant such authority, the Department of 26 Finance and Administration is authorized to refund any City sales and compensating use taxes collected 27 from VSURANCE during the period of time that it participates in the Arkansas Tax Back Program. 28 Section 3. Severabi(ity. In the event any title, section, paragraph, item, sentence, clause, 29 phrase, or word of this resolution is declared or adjudged to be invalid or unconstitutional, such 30 declaration or adjudication shall not affect the remaining portions of the resolution which shall remain 31 in full force and effect as if the portion so declared or adjudged invalid or unconstitutional was not 32 originally a part of the resolution. 33 Section 4. Repealer. All laws, ordinances, resolutions, or parts of the same, that are 34 inconsistent with the provisions of this resolution, are hereby repealed to the extent of such 35 inconsistency. Resolution [PAGE I OF 2] To endorse Vsurance to participate In the Tax Back Program 1 ADOPTED: February 5, 2008 2 ATTEST: 3 4 5 Nan Wood, 6 ,ty Clerk 7 APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: 8 10 Thomas M. Carpenter, City Att ney 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Resolution [PAGE 2 OF 2] To endorse Vsurance to participate In the Tax Back Program APPROVE Mark Stodola, Mayor