Senate Bill No. 505
(By Senators Prezioso and Oliverio)
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[Introduced February 6, 2006; referred to the Committee
on Government Organization.]
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A BILL to extend the time for the city council of Fairmont, Marion
County, to meet as a levying body for the purpose of
presenting to the voters of the city an election for a
municipal excess levy for purposes of providing funding for
the operation, maintenance and repair of the streets and
roadways of the city of Fairmont from between the seventh and
twenty-eighth days of March and the third Tuesday in April
until the nineteenth day of May, two thousand six.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRMONT MEETING AS LEVYING BODY
EXTENDED
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§1. Extending time for the council for the city of Fairmont to
meet as a levying body for an election authorizing a
municipal excess levy to provide funding for the operation,
maintenance and repair of the streets and roadways.
Notwithstanding the provision of article eight, chapter eleven
of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, the city council
for the city of Fairmont, Marion County, is hereby authorized to
extend the time for its meeting as a levying body, setting the levy
rate and certifying its actions to the State Auditor from between
the seventh and twenty-eighth days of March and the third Tuesday
in April until the nineteenth day of May, two thousand six, for the
purpose of submitting to the voters of the city of Fairmont the
question of authorizing a municipal excess levy for providing
funding for the operation, maintenance and repair of the streets
and roadways of the city of Fairmont.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to extend the time for the
city of Fairmont the deadline established by §11-8-9 which requires
the city of Fairmont to meet and adopt a budget between the seventh
and twenty-eighth days of March and the deadline established by
§11-8-14a which requires the city of Fairmont to reconvene on the
third Tuesday in April for purposes of establishing its levy rates.
This extension is provided to permit the city to submit the
question of an excess levy to the voters in conjunction with the
primary election to be held May 9, 2006. The dates established by
this bill, being May 19, 2006, and May 31, 2006, accommodate the
certification of the election results and the publication
provisions of §11-8-14 and §11-8-32, among others.)
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GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
On page two, section one, line six, after the word "Auditor"
by inserting the words "and the State Tax Commissioner".