§ 19-36. Sealing untaxed machines.

Any coin-operated machine upon which the required tax has not been paid shall be sealed by the city code enforcement officers or police department in a manner to prevent its full operation. It shall be unlawful for any person to break the seal affixed to any such machine or exhibit, display or remove from location any machine on which the seal has been broken, and such offense is punishable as a misdemeanor with a fine of up to two hundred dollars ($200.00). The release of any machine sealed as provided herein for nonpayment of tax may be obtained after payment of the city tax for a fee of five dollars ($5.00) to be paid to the city secretary.

(Code 1960, § 13-62; Ord. No. 06-004, § 2, 1-12-06)

State law reference

Sealing unlicensed machines authorized, V.A.T.S. Tax.—Gen. art. 13.15.