3.24.030 Tax levied on designated activities – Amount.
There is hereby levied upon all persons, associations and organizations conducting or operating within the city any of the activities listed below a tax to be paid to the city of Gig Harbor, Washington, in the amount hereinafter specified:
A. Bingo and raffles: Operators shall pay a tax in the amount equal to five percent of the gross receipts from a bingo game or raffle, less the amount awarded as cash or merchandise prizes.
B. Punchboards and pulltabs:
1. Commercial stimulant operators shall pay a tax in an amount equal to five percent of the gross receipts from the operation of punchboards and pulltabs; and
2. Bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations shall pay a tax in an amount equal to 10 percent of the gross receipts from the operation of the games, less the amount awarded as prizes or merchandise.
C. Card playing: Operators shall pay a tax equal to 20 percent of the gross receipts from such games.
D. Amusement games which are authorized for operation pursuant to the provisions of the Washington Administrative Code shall be subject to the levy of a tax in the amount of two percent of the gross receipts from the amusement game, less the amount awarded as prizes. Such tax is for the purpose of providing for the city’s actual costs of enforcement of the laws of the state of Washington and the ordinances of the city of Gig Harbor. (Ord. 826 § 1, 1999; Ord. 765 § 2, 1997; Ord. 397 § 3, 1982).