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Senate Bill No. 500
(By Senator Sypolt)
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[Introduced March 12, 2013; referred to the Committee on
Government Organization; and then to the Committee on Finance .]
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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §7-1-3pp, relating to
authorizing certain counties to levy on ski lift tickets for
funding local emergency medical services.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §7-1-3pp, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. COUNTY COMMISSIONS GENERALLY.
§7-1-3pp. Levy on lift tickets for funding local emergency
medical services.
The county commission in any county in which is located a ski
facility is authorized without limiting any other levying authority
the county may have, to levy a $1 charge on each ski lift ticket. The revenue from the levy shall be directed to funding local
emergency medical services.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize any county in
which a ski resort is located to levy a $1 charge on each ski lift
ticket to benefit local emergency medical services.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.