(1) Mechanical Amusement Device. Any machine or device for amusement or entertainment which is operated by the insertion of a coin or token representing such coin, but excluding any machine or device which is operated by a sound production licensee pursuant to subsection 9-303(3).
(1) Every person who uses, or permits the use for profit, of any mechanical amusement device shall, before using or permitting the machine or device to be used, register the mechanical amusement device with the Department.
(2) The application for registration of any mechanical amusement device shall describe it and give its serial number.
(3) The Department shall, at the time the tax imposed by Section 19-903 is paid, issue a label, disc or tag for the year for which the tax has been paid, which shall be attached by the owner or operator of the mechanical amusement device for which it is issued.
(4) No person shall use or permit the use for profit of any mechanical amusement device for which the tax imposed by Section 19-903 has not been paid or to which a label, disc or tag issued for that device for the current year is not attached.
(1) Every person who uses or permits the use for profit of any mechanical amusement device shall pay an annual tax in the amount of one hundred dollars ($100) for each mechanical amusement device, on or before the first day of January of each year.
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134 | Amended, 1982 Ordinances, p. 865. |