Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 16-5931

• File #: 16-5931
• Version: 2
• Name: SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 10/12/2016
• In control: Finance Committee
• On agenda: 10/13/2016
• Final action: 11/10/2016
• Title: PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ITEM 16-5931 (Finance Public Hearing and Committee 11/10/2016) INCLUDES AMENDMENT PROPOSED ON FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER GAINER Sponsored by: TONI PRECKWINKLE, President, and JOHN P. DALEY, STANLEY MOORE and LARRY SUFFREDIN, Cook County Board of Commissioners PROPOSED ORDINANCE SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX WHEREAS, the County of Cook is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Illinois Constitution; and WHEREAS, the Illinois Constitution provides that home rule units may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs including, but not limited to, the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare; to license; to tax; and to incur debt; and WHEREAS, Illinois law (55 ILCS 5/5-1009) permits home rule units to impose "taxes not based on the selling or purchase price or gross receipts from the use, sale or purchase of tangible personal property"; a...
• Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JOHN P. DALEY, STANLEY MOORE, LARRY SUFFREDIN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
11/10/2016	1	Board of Commissioners	approve as amended	Pass
11/10/2016	1	Board of Commissioners	reconsider	Fail
11/10/2016	1	Finance Committee	accept as amended	Pass
11/10/2016	1	Finance Committee	accept as amended	Pass
11/10/2016	1	Finance Committee	suspend the rules	Pass
11/10/2016	1	Finance Committee	recommend for approval as amended	Fail
10/13/2016	1	Board of Commissioners

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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ITEM 16-5931
(Finance Public Hearing and Committee 11/10/2016)
INCLUDES AMENDMENT PROPOSED ON FLOOR BY COMMISSIONER GAINER

Sponsored by: TONI PRECKWINKLE, President, and JOHN P. DALEY, STANLEY MOORE and LARRY SUFFREDIN, Cook County Board of Commissioners

PROPOSED ORDINANCE

SWEETENED BEVERAGE TAX

WHEREAS, the County of Cook is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Illinois Constitution; and

WHEREAS, the Illinois Constitution provides that home rule units may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs including, but not limited to, the power to regulate for the protection of the public health, safety, morals and welfare; to license; to tax; and to incur debt; and

WHEREAS, Illinois law (55 ILCS 5/5-1009) permits home rule units to impose "taxes not based on the selling or purchase price or gross receipts from the use, sale or purchase of tangible personal property"; and

WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the World Health Organization, based on a summary of the available evidence linking intake of added sugar and sugar sweetened beverages to adverse health outcomes including obesity and diabetes, have recommended that Americans consume no more than 10% of their daily calories in the form of added sugar; and

WHEREAS, numerous organizations and agencies, including the American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, American Medical Association, and the Centers for Disease Control, recommend limiting intake of added sugar and sugar sweetened beverages to improve health; and

WHEREAS, studies show that sugary beverages flood the liver with high amounts of sugar in a short amount of time and that this "sugar rush" over time leads to fat deposits and metabolic disturbances that cause diabet...