(a) In Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, an excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, of tangible personal property, not including, however, materials and supplies bought for use in fulfilling a contract for the painting, repairing, or reconditioning of vessels, barges, ships, and other watercraft of more than 50 tons burden, purchased at retail after September 26, 1975, for storage, use, or other consumption in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, at the rate of one percent of the sales price of such property, except as provided in subsections (b), (c), and (d).
(b) In Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, an excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, of any machines used in mining, quarrying, compounding, processing, and manufacturing of tangible personal property, purchased at retail on or after September 26, 1975, at the rate of one-fourth of one percent of the sales price of any such machine; provided, that the term machine as herein used shall include machinery which is used for mining, quarrying, compounding, processing, or other manufacturing tangible personal property, and the parts of such machines, attachments, and replacements thereof, which are made or manufactured for use on or in the operation of such machines and which are necessary to the operation of such machines and are customarily so used.
(c) In Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, an excise tax is hereby imposed on the storage, use, or other consumption in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, of any automotive vehicle or truck trailer, semitrailer, or house trailer purchased at retail on or after September 26, 1975, for storage, use, or other consumption in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, at the rate of one-fourth of one percent of the sales price of such automotive vehicle, vehicle or truck trailer or semitrailer or house trailer is taken in trade, or in a series of trades, as a credit or part payment on the sale of a new or used vehicle, the tax levied herein shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the price of the new or used vehicle sold less the credit for the used vehicle taken in trade.
(d) In Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside of the city limits of Florence, there is hereby levied and imposed an excise tax on the storage, use, or other consumption in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, of any machine, machinery, or equipment, either that 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, attachments and replacements therefor which are made or manufactured for use on or in the operation of such machine, machinery, or equipment, which is purchased at retail after September 26, 1975, for storage, use, or other consumption in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, at the rate of one-fourth of one percent of the sales price of such property, regardless of whether the retailer is or is not engaged in business in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence. Provided, however, the one-fourth of one percent rate herein prescribed with respect to parts, attachments, and replacements shall not apply to any automotive vehicle or trailer designed primarily for public highway use except farm trailers used primarily in the production and harvesting of agricultural commodities. Where any used machine, machinery, or equipment, either that which is used in planting, cultivating, and harvesting farm products, or used connection with the production of agricultural produce or products, livestock, and poultry on farms is taken in trade or in a series of trades as a credit or part payment on a sale of a new or used machine, machinery, or equipment, the tax levied herein shall be paid on the net difference, that is, the price of the new or used machine, machinery, or equipment sold, less the credit for the used machine, machinery, or equipment taken in trade.
(e) Every person storing, using, or otherwise consuming in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, tangible personal property purchased at retail shall be liable for the tax imposed hereby, and the liability shall not be extinguished until the tax has been paid; provided, however, that a receipt from a retailer maintaining a place of business in Lauderdale County, Alabama, showing the payment of the tax shall be sufficient to relieve the purchaser from further liability for tax to which such receipt may refer.
(f) An excise tax is hereby imposed on the classes of tangible personal property, and at the rates imposed on such classes, specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), on the storage, use, or other consumption in the performance of a contract in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, of any such tangible personal property, new or used, the tax to be measured by the sales price of the fair and reasonable market value of such tangible personal property when put into use in Lauderdale County, Alabama, outside the city limits of Florence, whichever is less. Provided, however, the tax imposed by this subsection shall not apply where the taxes imposed by subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) are applicable.
(g) Each tax levied in this section shall be subject to all the exemptions, definitions, proceedings, rules, regulations, requirements, provisions, penalties, fines, punishments, and deductions set out in Article 11 of Chapter 20 of Title 51 of the Code of Alabama of 1940, as amended, except where inapplicable or where herein otherwise provided, all of which are adopted and made a part hereof by reference, including the provisions for the enforcement and collection thereof.
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