HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 202
(By Mr. Speaker, Mr. Kiss, and Delegate Trump)
[By Request of the Executive]
[Introduced June 9, 2002.]
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, amending article ten thereof by adding thereto a new
section, designated section eleven, relating to county and
municipal excess levies; changing from three years to a period
not to exceed five years the maximum number of years of an
excess levy; numbering and designating the proposed amendment;
and providing a summarized statement of the purpose of the
amendment.
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:
That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to
the voters of the State at the next general election to be held in
the year two thousand two, which proposed amendment is that article
ten thereof be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated
section eleven to read as follows:
ARTICLE X. TAXATION AND FINANCE.
§11. County and municipal excess levy amendment.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Constitution to
the contrary, the maximum rates authorized and allocated by law for
tax levies on the several classes of property by county commissions
and municipalities may be increased in any county or municipality,
as provided in section one of this article, for a period not to
exceed five years.
Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, such proposed
amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment No. 2" and designated as
the "Maximum Number of Years of Excess Levies Amendment" and the
purpose of the proposed amendment is summarized as follows: "The
purpose of this amendment is to increase from three years to a
period not to exceed five years the maximum number of years of
excess levies of county commissions and municipalities."
NOTE: The purpose of this joint resolution is to amend the
constitution to increase from three to five years the maximum
number of years for which excess levies of county commissions and
municipalities may be authorized by the voters.
This joint resolution would add a new section to the constitution. Therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring are
omitted