In addition to all other taxes imposed by law, there is imposed an excise tax of one cent ($0.01) per gallon on persons, corporations, copartnerships, companies, agencies, or associations engaged in the business of selling, distributing, storing or withdrawing from storage for any purpose whatever, gasoline or other liquid motor fuels or devices or substitutes, except diesel fuel used for any purpose whatsoever, therefor in DeKalb County, Alabama, and to require every distributor, retail dealer or storer of gasoline as herein defined to pay excise tax of one cent ($0.01) per gallon upon the selling, distributing, or withdrawing from storage for any use, gasoline as herein defined in DeKalb County, Alabama; provided that the excise tax levied by this subpart shall not be levied upon the sale of gasoline in interstate commerce, and provided further that if the excise tax imposed by this subpart upon the sale of such gasoline shall have been paid by a distributor or by retail dealer or storer, such payment shall be sufficient, the intention being that the tax shall not be paid but once. The excise tax imposed by this subpart shall apply to persons, firms, corporations, dealers, or distributors storing gasoline and distributing same or allowing the same to be withdrawn from storage, whether such withdrawal be for sale or other use, provided that sellers of gasoline and its substitutes paying the tax herein provided may pay the same computed and paid on the basis of their sales as hereinafter required, and storers and distributors shall compute and pay such tax on the basis of their withdrawals or distributions. The tax herein provided for shall be in addition to any and all excise or other taxes whatsoever imposed on gasoline, naptha and other liquid motor fuels or any device or substitute therefor, or on the business of selling, distributing, storing, or withdrawing from storage for any purpose, gasoline as herein defined; however, the governing body of the county shall have no authority to levy any tax upon any diesel fuel used for any purpose whatsoever, or gasoline as herein defined when used in essential governmental functions by the State of Alabama or any agency thereof, or county governing agencies, municipalities, and boards of education.
Last modified: May 3, 2021