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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2, Administration, Article V, Departments and Similar Agencies, Division III, Bureau of Finance, Subdivision III, Department of Revenue, Section 2-434 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
SUBDIVISION III. DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE
Sec. 2-434. Power and duties of Director of Revenue.
The Department of Revenue shall have the following powers and duties:
(1) To administer and enforce all of the responsibilities, powers and duties delegated to it in every County tax or fee ordinance. However, when those tax revenues are collected by the State for and in behalf of the County, and remitted to the County, the Department shall act solely in an advisory capacity with respect to those collections.
(2) To collect cable television franchise fees and tax revenue, other than property taxes, formerly collected by other officers, and to succeed to all responsibilities, powers and duties relating to cable television franchise fees and tax collections previously delegated to the County Collector, Bureau of Finance and Bureau of Administration.
(3) To establish, maintain and preserve statistical records of revenue, taxes and license and permit fees collected under each revenue, tax, license or permit measure and to report to the County Board President from time to time or as often as the President considers it necessary, upon those statistics.
(4) To provide appropriate duties and responsibilities for officers and employees of the Department.
(5) To investigate, analyze and propose new revenue programs for the County toward the end that the financial burdens of revenue, tax, license and permit fees may be equitably distributed among the citizens of the County.
(6) To take such steps, actions, and to request prosecutions by the State's Attorney's office for the purpose of enforcing ordinances relati...
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