No county, city or town shall impose a license tax on wholesale merchants at an aggregate rate in excess of 5 cent(s) per $100 of purchases except in those counties, cities or towns where the local rate in effect on January 1, 1964 was in excess of such rate, in which case such localities are hereby prohibited from increasing such rate as in effect on January 1, 1964.

Terms Used In Virginia Code 58.1-3716

  • City: means an independent incorporated community which became a city as provided by law before noon on July 1, 1971, or which has within defined boundaries a population of 5,000 or more and which has become a city as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-208
  • Town: means any existing town or an incorporated community within one or more counties which became a town before noon, July 1, 1971, as provided by law or which has within defined boundaries a population of 1,000 or more and which has become a town as provided by law. See Virginia Code 1-254

Code 1950, § 58-441.49; 1966, c. 151; 1982, c. 555; 1984, cc. 675, 695.

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