Senate Bill No. 347

(By Senators Ross, Anderson, Bowman, Macnaughtan ,

Boley and Buckalew)

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[Introduced January 30, 1998; 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 two, 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 a legislative rule relating to the tax credit for new value-added wood manufacturing operations.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section two, 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.

§64-7-2. Department of tax and revenue; tax division; and
state tax commissioner.

(a) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the twenty-third day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section five, article thirteen-j, chapter eleven 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 thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the tax division (tax credit for qualified agricultural equipment, 110 CSR 13J), is authorized.
(b) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section fifty-one, article twenty-one, chapter eleven 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 thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, relating to the tax division (personal income tax low income exclusions, 110 CSR 21.1), is authorized.
(c) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the sixteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred ninety-six, authorized under the authority of section twenty-one, article twenty-one, 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-seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, relating to the tax division (charitable raffles, 110 CSR 37), is authorized.
(d) The legislative rule filed in the state register on the thirty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven, authorized under the authority of section ten, article thirteen-m, chapter eleven, 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 eighth day of January, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the tax division (tax credit for new value-added wood manufacturing operations, 110 CSR 13M), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Division to promulgate a legislative rule relating to the Tax Credit for New Value-Added Wood Manufacturing Operations.

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