(a) Upon adoption of a resolution by the Dale County Commission, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association that sells or stores or receives for the purpose in Dale County any cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products shall add the amount of the license or privilege tax levied and assessed herein to the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, and smoking tobacco products, it being the purpose and intent of this provision that the tax levied is, in fact, a levy on the consumer with the person, firm, corporation, club, or association, who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distributing the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, acting merely as agent for the collection of the tax. The dealer, storer, or distributor shall state the amount of the tax separately from the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products, on all price display signs, sales, or delivery slips, bills, and statements which advertise or indicate the price of the cigarettes, cigars, snuff, smoking tobacco, and like tobacco products.
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-23-242.01

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Prior to adopting such resolution provided for in (a), the commission shall first call for a nonbinding advisory referendum on the question of imposing the additional county tax on cigarettes and tobacco products as described by this part The election shall be held and conducted as nearly as possible in the same way as county wide elections and shall be held on the first Tuesday 90 days after the sine die adjournment of the legislative session in which this part is enacted. Notice of the election shall be given by the Judge of Probate of Dale County, which notice shall be published once a week for three successive weeks before the day of the election. On the ballots to be used at the election, the proposition to be voted on shall be stated substantially as follows: “Do you favor the local law levying an additional cigarette and tobacco products tax? Yes () No ().”
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