137.4 10 Municipal tax on coin machines -- Definition of coin machines -- Maximum tax limit. Every municipal corporation of the Commonwealth may levy a tax on coin machines. Coin machines shall include any lawful coin or token -operated machine or device which contains no element of chance and which as a result of depositing a coin, token, or other object automatically or by some mechanical operation affords music or amusement of some character with or without vending any merchandise, but in addition to any merc handise. Coin machines shall not include any bona fide merchandise vending machine in which there are no amusement features. Any license tax so imposed by a municipal corporation shall not exceed ten dollars ($10) per machine, except that cities of the fir st class may levy taxes equal to twenty dollars ($20) per machine. Effective: June 30, 1994 History: Amended 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 13, sec. 1, effective June 30, 1994. -- Created 1950 Ky. Acts ch. 68, sec. 8.
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