§ 4-32. City fees levy.

(a)

The city does hereby levy a city alcoholic beverage fee equal to one-half (½) of the state fee, as provided by V.T.C.A. Alcoholic Beverage Code, Section 61.36 against every permittee who is domiciled within the corporate limits of the city and who holds a permit from the state alcoholic beverage commission for the purchase, transportation, importation, sale or manufacture of alcoholic beverages or other permits in regard thereto; except as to agent's industrial carrier's, private carrier's, local cartage and storage permits, and as to such wine and beer retailer's permits as shall be issued to operators of dining cars, buffet or club cars and class "B" winery permits and temporary licenses.

(b)

Any permittee or licensee who engages in the sale of any alcoholic beverage without having first paid the fee levied by the city shall be guilty of a class "C" misdemeanor, and punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

(Code 1950, § 30-2; Code 1959, § 5-6; Ord. No. 57530, § 1, 9-1-83; Ord. No. 68849, § 1, 2-16-89)