2009-23 Registration Fee for Non-Domiciled BusinessesRESOLUTION 2009-23
• A RESOLUTION OF THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF
NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, ESTABLISHING A REGISTRATION
FEE FOR PERSONS PERFORMING OR ENGAGING IN ANY TYPE OF
BUSINESS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE VILLAGE THAT IS
NOT REGULATED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION AND AGAINST WHOM THE VILLAGE IS
NOT AUTHORIZED TO LEVY A BUSINESS TAX; PROVIDING FOR
CONFLICTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 205.043, Florida Statutes, authorizes the Village to levy a business tax for
the privilege of engaging in or managing any business, profession, or occupation within its
corporate limits on any person who maintains a permanent business location or branch office
within the Village or any person who does not maintain a permanent business location or branch
office and who transacts any business or engages in any occupation or profession in interstate
commerce, if the business tax is not prohibited by the United States Constitution; and
WHEREAS, the Village may require persons who are not required to pay a business tax, yet who
come within the Village to carry on, complete, perform or engage in any type of business, to
complete a registration form and pay a registration fee, unless the trade or business is regulated
by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the registration fee is to recover the administrative costs incurred by
the Village in registering these additional businesses, occupations and professions; and
WHEREAS, the Village Council determines that the establishment of a registration fee is in the
best interests of the residents and citizens of the Village of North Palm Beach.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE
OF NORTH PALM BEACH, FLORIDA as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are ratified as true and incorporated herein.
Section 2. The Village Council hereby establishes a registration fee of twenty-five dollars
($25.00) for persons carrying on, completing, performing or engaging in any type of business
within the Village and for whom the Village is not statutorily authorized to require payment of a
business tax. All such persons shall provide the Village with a copy of a valid business tax
receipt issued by another municipality and/or county. The registration fee shall not apply to any
person engaging in or managing a business, profession, or occupation regulated by the Florida
Department of Business and Professional Regulation that has paid a business tax for the current
year to the county or municipality where the person's permanent business location and branch
office is maintained.
Section 3. All resolutions in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 26th DAY OF NIE
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ATTEST:
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VILLAGE CLERK
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