(a) The Houston County Commission or its designee shall charge the municipality for collecting municipal license, privilege, sales, and use taxes a certain percentage of the amount collected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the charge shall not exceed five percent of the amount collected where the population of the city or town is over 5,000 and shall not exceed 10 percent of the amount collected where the population of the city or town is 5,000 or less. The Houston County Commission or its designee shall cause, once each month, the amount of the charges, as determined by the Houston County Commission in agreement with the respective municipality, to be retained or paid to the General Fund of Houston County, for general fund purposes and uses. The percentage shall be in lieu of any payment to Houston County for collecting the special municipal tax and may be deducted each month from the gross revenues from the special municipal tax before distribution of the balance of the tax to the municipality.
(b) No later than the 20th day of each month, the Houston County Commission, or its designee, after deducting the agreed upon percentage of the gross tax collected hereunder and depositing the same to the General Fund of Houston County, shall distribute the net tax collected hereunder to the respective municipality.
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