§ 4-78. Collection and verification of fees, receipts.

(a)

Fee receipts issued under the terms of this article by the city tax assessor and collector shall run gently with the license or permit issued by the state alcoholic beverage commission, and it shall be the duty of the tax assessor and collector to accept and process payment of the fees specified in this article.

(b)

The special tax investigators of the city tax office are authorized to and shall have the responsibility to inspect any location holding or required to hold an alcoholic beverage permit or license under the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code. The investigators are responsible for verifying the payment of city fees and the proper and conspicuous display of such fee receipts at the premises of the holder of such permit or license. Investigators shall issue warning violation notices in those cases where the proper fees have not been paid to the city and/or in those cases where the fee receipt is not properly displayed or cannot be located. Where compliance is not voluntary, the police department shall be notified to issue a class "C" misdemeanor citation. Continued or uncorrected violations shall be processed by the chief of police as stated in section 4-84, "Periodic police investigators," in this article.

(Code 1950, § 30-16.1; Ord. No. 23954, § 1, 11-15-56; Ord. No. 27998, §§ 1, 2, 10-8-59; Code 1959, § 5-16; Ord. No. 68849, § 1, 2-16-89; Ord. No. 76467, § 1, 9-10-92)