5-1135. Tax on restaurants and bars
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(Conditionally Rpld.)
A. The qualified electors, by majority vote at an election held pursuant to section 5-1103, may levy and, if levied, the department of revenue shall collect a tax on the gross proceeds of sales or gross income from the business of every person engaging or continuing in a business taxed under title 42, chapter 5 and classified under section 42-5074 in the authority. A tax under this section is in addition to the tax imposed by title 42, chapter 5 and any tax imposed by any other political subdivision in the authority.
B. If levied, the tax shall be levied under this section beginning on the first day of the first month beginning ninety days after the election, and shall continue in this manner for three hundred sixty months except as provided by section 5-1139.
C. Except as provided by section 5-1139, the rate of the tax is .25 per cent of the tax base prescribed by section 42-5074.