§45-29-90.10. Levy of taxes; general fund.

All revenues arising from this section shall be deposited to the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area Authority general fund. This section shall apply only to the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area.

(1) There is hereby levied in the incorporated area of the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area an additional two cent ($.02) sales and use tax paralleling the state sales and use tax, as defined in Sections 40-23-1 to 40-23-5, inclusive, and 40-23-60 to 40-23-63, inclusive. The proceeds of the taxes provided herein shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue. The department shall charge the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area Authority for collecting the taxes in such amount or percentage of total collections as may be agreed upon by the Commissioner of Revenue and the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area Authority, but such charge shall not exceed five percent of the total amount collected hereunder. All provisions of the state sales and use tax statutes with respect to exemptions, payment, assessment, and collection of the state sales and use taxes, making of reports, and keeping and preserving records with respect thereto, interest after due date of tax, penalties for failure to comply with the statutes, the promulgation of rules and regulations with respect to the state sales and use tax statutes which are not inconsistent with this article shall apply. The Commissioner of Revenue and the State Department of Revenue shall have and exercise the same powers, duties, and obligations with respect to the management area taxes as are imposed on the commissioner and the department, respectively, by the sales and use tax statutes.

(2) Within the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area, in addition to all other taxes heretofore levied, there is hereby levied and imposed an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of 10 mills on each dollar of taxable real and personal property. The additional ad valorem tax imposed by this article shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as existing ad valorem taxes are collected by the Revenue Commissioner of Fayette County.

(3) On retail sales within the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area, there is hereby imposed an excise tax on the retail sale of gasoline and motor fuels in the amount of two cents ($.02) per gallon in addition to all other taxes imposed by law. Such excise tax is to be collected on the retail sale of gasoline and motor fuels sold to end users. The tax shall be collected by the distributor or retail dealer and paid to the Tom Bevill Reservoir Management Area Authority general fund, the intention being that the tax be paid but once. The additional excise tax imposed by this article shall be collected and paid at the same time and in the same manner as existing gasoline and motor fuel excise taxes are collected.

(Act 91-277, p. 517, §11.)