(a)(1) In Lee County, there is hereby levied a privilege license fee of ten cents ($.10) per visual entertainment device on the rental of each visual entertainment device in the county. This fee is in addition to all other taxes heretofore levied.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the term visual entertainment device includes, but is not limited to, video cassettes, compact discs (CDs), digital versatile disks (DVDs), or any similar device for replaying movies or other visual images, including cartoons, video games, or other visual entertainment.
(b) Each person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other business venture which rents visual entertainment devices shall report the rentals thereof each month on a form provided by the Lee County tax collecting official and pay the fees to the tax collecting official in the same method and manner as prescribed in Article 1 of Title 40, as last amended, or otherwise provided by local act. It is intended that this levy shall be on the consumer, and the individual or company renting the visual entertainment devices is acting as the agent for the county in collecting and reporting these fees.
(c) The receipts of the fees shall be deposited into the county general fund.
(d) Anyone who shall fail to report or remit the fees when due shall be subject to the penalties prescribed in Sections 40-23-11, et seq.
Last modified: May 3, 2021