Section 45-38-240.30 – Transfer of Duties.
Section 45-38-240.30 Transfer of duties. (a) This section shall apply only in Lamar County. (b) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding motor vehicle assessment and ad valorem tax collection heretofore performed by the revenue commissioner shall be transferred to and shall be performed by the judge of probate. (c) All duties, responsibilities, and liabilities regarding […]
Section 45-38-241 – Levy of Tax on Sale of Certain Automotive Vehicles, Trailers, Etc.
Section 45-38-241 Levy of tax on sale of certain automotive vehicles, trailers, etc. (a) There is hereby levied and imposed in the county, in addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, a privilege or license tax on the sale of any automotive vehicle, truck trailer, semitrailer, and house trailer required […]
Section 45-38-242 – Disposition of Funds From Oil and Gas Severance Task.
Section 45-38-242 Disposition of funds from oil and gas severance task. (a) Of the proceeds of the oil and gas severance tax provided by Sections 40-20-1 through 40-20-13, which are distributed to the county General Fund of Lamar County, or to the general fund of any municipality therein, 10 percent of such proceeds shall be […]
Section 45-38-243 – Levy of Tax.
Section 45-38-243 Levy of tax. (a) There is hereby imposed upon every person, firm, or corporation who sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or certain tobacco products in Lamar County a county privilege, license, or excise tax up to the following amounts: (1) Five cents ($.05) for each package of cigarettes, made of […]
Section 45-38-243.01 – Tax to Be Added to Sales Price of Tobacco Products.
Section 45-38-243.01 Tax to be added to sales price of tobacco products. Upon September 1, 1989, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution in Lamar County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or […]
Section 45-38-243.02 – Enforcement; Tobacco Stamps; Reporting.
Section 45-38-243.02 Enforcement; tobacco stamps; reporting. It shall be the duty of the County Commission of Lamar County to enforce this part, and it shall have the right itself, or its members or its agents, to examine the books, reports, and accounts of every dealer, storer, or distributor engaged in the business for which the […]
Section 45-38-243.03 – Collection of Taxes; Rules and Regulations.
Section 45-38-243.03 Collection of taxes; rules and regulations. The State Department of Revenue, if requested by resolution of the Lamar County Commission, to collect all county privilege licenses or taxes specified in Section 45-38-243, for as long as the department is requested to collect the levies, is hereby authorized to promulgate and enforce rules and […]
Section 45-38-243.04 – Application of Laws, Rules, and Regulations.
Section 45-38-243.04 Application of laws, rules, and regulations. All laws, and rules and regulations of the Department of Revenue, relating the manner and time of payment of the tax levied by Section 40-25-1 to Section 40-25-28, inclusive, requiring reports from dealers and prescribing penalties for violations shall apply with equal force to the tax levied […]
Section 45-38-240.02 – Consolidation of Offices.
Section 45-38-240.02 Consolidation of offices. At the expiration of the current term of office of the tax assessor and the office of the tax collector of the county, or if a vacancy occurs in either office, then immediately upon the occurrence of the vacancy, the office of county revenue commissioner shall be established. If the […]
Section 45-38-243.05 – Disposition of Funds.
Section 45-38-243.05 Disposition of funds. (a) The proceeds from the tax hereby levied, less the actual costs of collection not to exceed 10 per centum, shall be paid by the State Department of Revenue to the Lamar County Commission to be deposited in two separate accounts to the credit of either the Lamar County Water […]