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Canyon Lake council introduces ordinance to repeal water and sewer utility taxes after court rulings
Summary
City Attorney Stephen Graham told the council that appellate rulings required repeal of the city’s water- and sewer-utility-user-tax code sections; the council voted to introduce Ordinance 263 by title to comply with the court order.
Canyon Lake — The Canyon Lake City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to introduce by title Ordinance 263 to repeal the municipal code sections that established the city’s water and sewer utility user taxes, a step city staff said is required after state court rulings.
Why it matters: City Attorney Stephen Graham told the council the sections in question had been challenged under Proposition 218 and that the trial court and an appellate court found the code language did not comply because the tax was not…
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