§ 34-72. Annual increase.  


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  • (a)

    Effective January 1 of each year, the amounts of the taxes specified in this division shall increase uniformly by the same percentage increase as that of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor, for the 12-month period ending the preceding August.

    (b)

    The tax imposed upon the business of manufacturing, distributing, selling, or otherwise dealing in alcoholic liquor shall not be increased annually as provided by this section except as permitted by state law.

(Code 1988, § 34-62; Ord. No. 65072, § 14, 10-23-1986; Ord. No. 65761, § 1, 10-22-1992)