(a)(l) Except as provided in subsection (b), the County Commission of Dallas County may levy, in addition to all other taxes, including, but not limited to, municipal gross receipts license taxes, a one percent privilege license tax against gross sales or gross receipts.
(b) The rate of tax applicable to machines (manufacturing rate) used in mining, quarrying, compounding, processing, and manufacturing of tangible personal property shall be three quarters of one percent. The rate of tax applicable to any automotive vehicle or truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer, or mobile home setup materials and supplies (automotive rate) shall be one quarter of one percent. The rate of tax applicable to any machinery or equipment which is used in planting, cultivating, and harvesting farm products, or used in connection with the production of agricultural produce or products, livestock, or poultry on farms, and the parts of such machines, machinery, or equipment (agricultural rate) shall be one quarter of one percent.
(c) The gross receipts of any business and the gross proceeds of all sales which are presently exempt under the state sales and use tax statutes are exempt from the tax authorized by this part.
(d) The provisions of this amendatory section shall be retroactive to July 1, 1996.
Last modified: May 3, 2021