H. B. 2571

(By Delegates Hunt, Linch, Compton, Faircloth,

Jenkins and Riggs)


[Introduced February 1, 1999; referred to the Committee

on Finance then the Judiciary.]




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 state tax commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to tax credits for new value-added wood manufacturing facilities.

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 twenty-first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, authorized under the authority of sections seven, eight and ten, article thirteen-m, chapter eleven, of this code, modified by the state tax commissioner to meet the objections of the legislative rule-making review committee and refiled in the state register on the seventeenth day of November, one thousand nine hundred ninety-eight, relating to the state tax commissioner (tax credits for new value-added wood manufacturing facilities, 110 CSR 13M), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the State Tax Commissioner to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Tax Credits for New Value-added Wood Manufacturing Facilities.

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