There is hereby levied, and there shall be collected from every person pursuing any occupation taxed by the general laws of the state, or which may hereafter be so taxed, an annual occupation tax equal in each instance to one-half the state occupation tax, which tax shall be paid annually in advance except where otherwise provided by state law, in which event the tax may be paid as provided by state law.
(1967 Code, sec. 25-2; 2008 Code, sec. 66-31)