(1) Every person who transfers ownership of real estate situate within the City or who makes, executes, delivers, accepts or presents for recording any document or in whose behalf any document is made, executed, delivered, accepted or presented for recording, or who accepts ownership of real estate situate within the City, shall be subject to pay for and in respect to the transaction or any part thereof, or for or in respect of the vellum parchment or paper upon which such document is written or printed, a tax based on the value of the real estate represented by such document, which tax shall be payable at the earlier of the time the document is presented for recording or within thirty (30) days of acceptance of such document or within thirty (30) days of becoming an acquired real estate company or family farm corporation. For documents made, executed, delivered or accepted or presented for recording during each of the following fiscal years, the amount of tax shall be computed by multiplying the value of the real estate represented by such document by the following rates of tax:

(a) four and seven one-hundredths percent (4.07%) for the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1, 1988 and ending June 30, 1989; Provided that, in the event that a court of competent jurisdiction enters a final order from which all appeals have been exhausted, determining that City Council lacked the authority to impose this rate effective July 1, 1988, the rate shall revert to two and one-half percent (2.5%) for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 1988 and ending June 30, 1989;

(b) four and seven one-hundredths percent (4.07%) for the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1, 1989 and ending June 30, 1990;

(c) three and ninety-two one-hundredths percent (3.92%) for the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1, 1990 and ending June 30, 1991;

(d) three and sixty-nine one-hundredths percent (3.69%) for the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1, 1991 and ending June 30, 1992;

(e) three and forty-six one-hundredths percent (3.46%) for the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1, 1992 and ending June 30, 1993;

(f) three and twenty-three one-hundredths percent (3.23%) for the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1, 1993 and ending June 30, 1994; and,

(g) three percent (3.0%) for the fiscal years of the City commencing July 1, 1994 and thereafter.

(2) The payment of the tax imposed herein shall be evidenced by the affixing of an official stamp or writing by the recorder whereon the date of the payment of the tax, amount of the tax and the signature of the collecting agent shall be set forth.