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KRS 137.115

Permissive county license taxes

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Russell County Fiscal Court v. Kelley (1991)

Most recently applied in Russell County Fiscal Court v. Kelley (November 1991)

Effective: June 29, 2023 History: Amended 2023 Ky

(1) The fiscal court of each county is hereby given the authority to impose with respect:

(a) To each restaurant serving meals, a license fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per annum;

(b) To each retail outlet of soft drinks or ice cream, a license fee not to exceed five dollars ($5) per annum. In cases where ice cream and soft drinks are sold by the same retail outlet, one (1) license tax not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per annum;

(c) To each billiard or pool table or bowling alley, irrespective of size, where a fee is charged and collected, directly or indirectly, a license fee not to exceed thirty dollars ($30) per annum for the first table or alley and not to exceed five dollars ($5) per annum for each additional table or alley;

(d) To each place where tobacco products are sold at retail, a license fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per annum.

(2) (a) All license fees shall be payable to:

1. The county clerk; or 2. In a county containing a consolidated local government, an agency of the consolidated local government as designated by its council.

(b) The revenues from the license fees shall be credited to the general fund of the county to be used for county purposes only.

(3) The fiscal court of any county, except a county containing a consolidated local government, may allow the county clerk a commission not to exceed five percent (5%) on the license fees collected and accounted for by him under this section in addition to the fee provided in KRS 64.012.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.