§45-4-244. Levy of tax; exemptions; disposition of funds.

(a) The Bibb County Commission is hereby authorized to levy and provide for the collection of an additional sales and use tax, paralleling the state sales and use taxes, on any sales and use in Bibb County in an amount of one cent ($.01) per dollar of gross sales or usage.

(b) There are exempted and excluded from the provisions of this section the same exemptions and exclusions applicable to the state sales and use taxes.

(c) The proceeds from the taxes provided for herein shall be collected by the State Department of Revenue. The proceeds, less any costs of collection, shall be deposited without delay into the Bibb County Treasury. The amount deducted from the proceeds by the Department of Revenue for the cost of collection shall be an amount equivalent to five percent of the revenue collected hereunder.

(d) The State Department of Revenue shall have the same authority to enforce the provisions of this section that it has to enforce the provisions of the state sales and use tax laws.

(Act 89-325, p. 514, §§1-4.)