H. B. 2073


(By Delegate Manchin)

[Introduced February 14, 2001; referred to the

Committee on Finance.]





A BILL to amend article twenty-one, chapter eleven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve-d, relating to exempting from state income tax all income of West Virginia residents over the age of seventy-four years.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That article twenty-one, chapter eleven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section twelve-d, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 21. PERSONAL TAX.

§11-21-12d. Income of residents over the age of seventy-four years exempt.
All income of resident individuals over the age of seventy-four years, commencing with the tax year two thousand two, shall be exempt from the tax imposed by this article.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to relieve all resident individuals of the state of West Virginia who are seventy-five years of age or older from the burden of paying state income tax.

This is a new section; therefore, underling and strike- throughs have been omitted