The tax is fixed and imposed in an amount equal to the value of the article used by the consumer multiplied by the rate of five percent on that amount of gas used monthly.
The "value of the article used" shall have the meaning set forth in RCW
82.12.010(1) and does not include any amounts that are paid for the hire or use of a natural gas business in transporting the gas subject to tax under this chapter if those amounts are subject to tax under MMC §
3.64.030 or RCW
35.21.870.
(Ord. 2864 § 1, 2011)