Pursuant to Chapter 8, Article 13, Section 7 of the official Code of West Virginia, of 1931, as last amended, there is hereby imposed a tax of five percent (5%) of the retail purchase price of any and all intoxicating liquors purchased from the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission or from any person licensed to sell wine at retail to the public under the provisions of Chapter 60, Article 8 of the Code of West Virginia, within the corporate boundaries of the Municipality. Such tax shall be levied upon the purchaser of such intoxicating liquor or wine, and shall be added to any tax collected with the retail purchase price of such intoxicating liquor or wine. Such tax shall be received by the Municipality from the State Treasury pursuant to the rules and regulations adopted by the Alcohol Beverage Control Commissioner. Provided, however, that such tax shall not be collected on intoxicating liquors, other than wine sold by or purchased from holders of a license issued under the provisions of Chapter 60, Article 7 of the West Virginia Code. Provided further, such tax shall be collected upon all sales of wine to holders of a license issued under the provisions of Chapter 60, Article 7 of the West Virginia Code from a wine distributor licensed pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 60, Article 3 et seq. of the West Virginia Code.
(Passed 8-16-87.)