(a) Any amount of tax due and unpaid under this article shall be a debt due this Municipality. It shall be a personal obligation of the purchaser which shall be enforceable as provided in Section 15, Article 13, Chapter 8 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, or in any other manner now or hereafter provided by law for compelling the payment of taxes due municipalities.
(b) Any purchaser failing or refusing to pay the tax hereby imposed and levied and any seller or purchaser violating any of the provisions hereof or any lawful rule and regulation promulgated hereunder shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00). The failure or refusal to pay the tax for public utility service purchased, used or consumed during different periodic statement periods shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Ord. 72-1. Passed 7-1-72.)