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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 2-15 Fees and taxes.">
  <section prefix="§" num="2-15" heading="Fees and taxes.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="License fees.">
      <para num="(1)">The annual license fee for an amusement device is $180 per device.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The annual fee for a simulated slot machine master’s license is $5,000.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The fee for a transfer of a licensed device is $10.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Registration tax.">
      <para num="(1)">For simulated slot machines, the annual registration tax is as follows:<para num="(i)">for each of the first 5 devices – $2,250 per device;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">for each additional device up to the 20&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; – $1,750 per device; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">for each device in addition to 20 – $1,250 per device.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">For all other types of amusement devices, the annual registration tax is as follows:<para num="(i)">$200; plus</para>
        <para num="(ii)">$50 per device.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="For less than full year.">The annual fee or tax for less than a full initial year is prorated quarterly.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Payments not refundable.">No refunds, in whole or in part, may be made of any of the fees or taxes paid under this Part 3.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Quarterly payments for simulated slot machines.">
      <para num="(1)">Fees and taxes required to be paid under this Part 3 for simulated slot machines may be made in equal quarterly installments if:<para num="(i)">an additional service charge is paid with each quarterly payment;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">all payments required by this Part for the previous year have been made; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">by January 1 of each year in which quarterly payments are to be made, the person responsible for the payments:<para num="(A)">makes a written election, in the form required by the Director, to make quarterly payments; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">submits to the Director of Finance the full amount of that year’s 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; quarterly installment plus the applicable service charge.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)">
        <para num="(i)">Quarterly installments of the license fee and registration tax for a simulated slot machine need not be paid for:<para num="(A)">as to the license fee, any quarter that follows surrender to the Director of the device’s license, together with evidence satisfactory to the Director that the device has been taken out of service for the rest of the license year; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">as to the registration tax, any quarter that follows surrender to the Director of the device’s registration, together with evidence satisfactory to the Director that the device has been removed from the City for the rest of the license year.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">If a master licensee surrenders the license and registration for 1 or more devices under this paragraph, together with evidence satisfactory to the Director that the devices have been taken out of service or removed from the City, as the case may be, for the rest of the license year, and is left with 5 or fewer devises being owned, controlled, or possessed by the licensee, the licensee may surrender the master license to the Director and need not pay any quarterly installment for any quarter that follows the surrender.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)">The rules and regulations adopted under &lt;cite data-path="|15|§2-17"&gt;§ 2-17 of this subtitle&lt;/cite&gt; must establish:<para num="(i)">the amount of the service charge to be paid with each quarterly installment; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a schedule indicating when quarterly payments are due each year.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-706</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-337</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 10-356</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 11-579</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-124</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
