Sec. 772.335. - Vending machines.

(a) As used in this Section: (1) Laundry equipment means equipment necessary for the operation of a coin-operated laundry, including washers, dryers, pressing or ironing machines, and soap, bleach and laundry bag dispensing machines. (2) Merchandise vending machine means a machine, contrivance or device which is set in motion or made or permitted to function by the insertion of a coin, slug, token or paper currency and dispenses merchandise without the necessity of replenishing the device between each operation. A merchandise vending machine which provides a variety of selections from one or more coin, slug, token or paper currency slots or selection buttons, handles, or knobs, but is not devisable into units that can be set up separately, shall be considered as a single merchandise vending machine for the purpose of the license tax calculation set forth in this Section. (3) Service vending machine means a machine, contrivance or device which is set in motion or made or permitted to function by the insertion of a coin, slug, token or paper currency and which dispenses some service or amusement. (b) A person who operates for a profit, or allows to be operated for a profit in his place of business or on his property, any of the vending machines described in subsection (a) of this Section shall pay a license tax according to the following schedule, except the exemptions allowed in subsection (c) of this Section: (1) Merchandise vending machines—$6.25 for each machine. (2) Service vending machines—$6.25 for each machine. (3) Laundry equipment—$1.56 for each piece of equipment. (4) Coin-operated radio, television and similar devices installed in businesses providing housing accommodations for the traveling public—$50, plus $0.63 for each coin-operated radio, television set, vibrating mattress or similar device installed in guest rooms in hotels, tourist homes, tourist courts, rooming houses, motels and other businesses providing housing accommodations for the traveling public. (5) Penny vending machines—$1.25 for each machine. (c) The following vending machines and lockers are exempt from the tax levied by this Section: (1) Vending machines which dispense only United States postage stamps, unadulterated Florida-produced citrus juices or newspapers. (2) Penny-operated vending machines located in licensed places of business and dispensing only nuts, citrus juices and other food products. (3) Coin-operated parcel-checking lockers and toilet locks used in railroad, bus, airport stations and depots, and in hotels, boardinghouses, restaurants and rest rooms for the convenience of the public. (4) Coin-operated telephones which are otherwise subject to a tax under Section 772.332 . (d) All machines listed under subsections (b)(1), (2) and (5) of this Section shall display in a prominent place on each machine a proper sticker or decal to be furnished by the Tax Collector showing that the tax has been paid. (e) Whenever the Tax Collector shall find a vending machine required to be licensed under this Section being operated without a current valid occupational license, he shall attach to the vending machine a notice of delinquent taxes, not larger than three inches in width by four inches in length, in a form approved by the Tax Collector. A person who removes a notice of delinquent taxes or who removes moneys from a vending machine before license taxes are paid shall be guilty of a class D offense. If, at the end of ten days after the affixing of the notice of delinquent taxes, the license tax remains unpaid, the Tax Collector shall proceed as provided in Section 772.124 . (Ord. 80-765-409, § 2; Ord. 82-662-295, § 33; Ord. 83-591-400, § 1; Ord. 91-1169-455, § 2; Ord. 95-854-514, § 4) Note— Former § 804.336.