(a) When used in this section, unless the context plainly indicates otherwise, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) PERSON. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, or any combination thereof.
(2) SEVER. Cutting, mining, stripping, or otherwise taking or removing from the soil within the county.
(3) TON. A short ton of 2,000 pounds.
(b) Any laws to the contrary notwithstanding, the county governing body of Etowah County is authorized and empowered to levy and collect a county excise and privilege tax on every person severing coal within the county, in any amount not to exceed fifty cents ($0.50) per ton of the coal severed. The tax levied shall be in addition to all other taxes heretofore levied and imposed by law.
(c) The proceeds collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the county treasury in the county general fund.
(d) The books of every person engaged in the severing of coal in the county shall be open to inspection by the duly authorized agents of the county selected or appointed for the purpose of aiding in the collection and enforcement of the tax imposed by this section. The county governing body is authorized and empowered to make such reasonable rules, regulations, or promulgations as may be necessary to enforce and collect the tax hereby imposed, including the imposition of a delinquent penalty not to exceed 15 percent of the amount of such tax; provided, however, such penalty may be waived by the county governing body if a good and sufficient reason therefor is shown.
(e) Any person who shall fail to comply with this section shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(f) The provisions of this section are supplemental. It shall be construed in pari materia with other laws regulating excise and privilege taxes on the severance of coal; however, those laws or parts of laws which are in direct conflict or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
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