Senate Bill No. 233

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Boley,

Buckalew, Grubb and Macnaughtan)


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[Introduced January 29, 1996; referred to the

Committee on Finance;

and then to the Committee on the Judiciary.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section three, article seven, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to authorizing the tax division to promulgate legislative rules relating to bingo.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section three, article seven, chapter sixty-four of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 7. AUTHORIZATION FOR DEPARTMENT OF TAX AND REVENUE

TO PROMULGATE LEGISLATIVE RULES.

ยง64-7-3. Department of tax and revenue; division of tax division; and state
tax commissioner.
(a) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section five, article ten, chapter eleven, of this code, modified by the division of tax division to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the division of tax division (business investment and jobs expansion tax credit, corporation headquarters relocation tax credit, small business tax credit, 110 CSR 13C), are authorized.
(b) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twelfth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-four, authorized under the authority of section five-s, article ten, chapter eleven, of this code, modified by the division of tax division to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, relating to the division of tax division (exchange of information agreement between tax division and division of environmental protection, 110 CSR 6B), are authorized.
(c) The legislative rules filed in the state register on the twenty-eighth day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-five, authorized under the authority of section twenty-three, article twenty, chapter forty- seven, of this code, modified by the tax division to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the tax division (bingo, 110 CSR 16), are authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Division to promulgate legislative rules relating to bingo.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.