Sec. 3. (a) The fiscal body of the county may adopt an ordinance no later than December 31, 1988, to impose an excise tax, known as the county food and beverage tax, on those transactions described in sections 6 and 7 of this chapter.
(b) The rate of the tax equals one percent (1%) of the gross retail income on the transaction. For the purposes of this chapter, the gross retail income received by the retail merchant from such a transaction does not include the amount of tax imposed on the transaction under IC 6-2.5.
As added by P.L.74-1988, SEC.2.