Fiscal Note
The effect on General Fund revenues is unknown. The Ordinance raises the late fees for a number of alcohol-related licenses which are issued by the Clerk's Office. The Clerk's Office does not collect data that are specific to late fees, so the effect on General Fund revenues derived from the change in late fees is unknown. In addition, the increase in late fees may impact compliance, so there may be some expectation that the number of late registrants will decrease, thus reducing the incidence and amounts of late fee collections.
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AMENDED Amending Sections 38.05(3)(g), 38.08(4) and 38.09(5) of the Madison General Ordinances to increase late fees related to filing a retail alcohol license application and paying the annual retail license fees.
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DRAFTER'S ANALYSIS: This proposal changes the late fee charge for filing a late retail alcohol license application from 15% of the license fee or $3, whichever is greater, to $250. It also raises the late fee for failure to pay the annual retail license fee in a timely manner from 15% of the license fee or a minimum of $3, to 25% of the license fee if the fee is paid less than 30 days late, and to 50% of the license fee if the fee is paid more than 30 days after the due date. This ordinance amendment shall become effective on April 15, 2010.
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The Common Council of the City of Madison do hereby ordain as follows:
1. Subdivision (g) entitled “Time of Filing and Acting on Applications” of Subsection (3) entitled “Application for Licenses” of Section 38.05 entitled “General Licensing Requirements” of the Madison General Ordinances is amended to read as follows:
“(g) Time of Filing and Acting on Applications. All applications to be acted upon at the first meeting in June of each year must be filed on or before April 15 of each year. The Clerk may conditionally accept renewal applications offered for filing notwit...
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