[Adopted 6-13-1966]
Pursuant to Title 58, Chapter 8.1, § 56-441.49, of the Code of Virginia, a local general retail sales tax at the rate of 1%, to provide revenue for the General Fund for the City of Galax, is hereby levied. Said tax shall be added to the rate of the state sales tax imposed by Chapter 8.1, Title 58, of the Code of Virginia. It shall be subject to all provisions of Chapter 8.1 of Title 58 of the Code of Virginia, all the amendments thereto, and the rules and regulations published with respect thereto.
Pursuant to Title 58, Chapter 8.1, § 55-441.49, of the Code of Virginia, the local general retail sales tax levied pursuant to this article shall be administered and collected by the State Tax Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the same manner, subject to the same penalties as provided for the state sales tax, with the adjustments required by Code of Virginia, §§ 58-441.50 and 58-441.51.
The effective date of this article shall be the first day of September 1966. The Clerk of the City Council of the City of Galax shall forthwith forward to the State Tax Commissioner of the Commonwealth of Virginia a certified copy of this article, so that it will be received within five days after its adoption.