- (a) Effective on the first day of the month after the ratification of this amendment, based on the favorable vote to ratify this amendment, Washington County shall be a wet county as otherwise provided by the laws of this state in Title 28, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to alcoholic beverages. Thereafter, Washington County may change its classification from wet to dry or from dry to wet as provided in Section 28–2–1, Code of Alabama 1975, provided that any first election would be required to be not less than two years after the date Washington County becomes wet as provided by this amendment.
- (b) In addition to any taxes authorized by law, the Washington County Commission may levy additional taxes, including license taxes, on the sale of alcoholic beverages in the county. Any proceeds from the taxes shall be deposited in the county general fund.