Senate Bill No. 510
(By Senators Fanning and Unger)
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[Introduced February 8, 2010; referred to the Committee on
Natural Resources; and then to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend and reenact
§20-2-42
of the Code of West Virginia,
1931, as amended, relating to
indexing Division of Natural
Resources license and stamp fees; and making technical
corrections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That
§20-2-42
of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended,
be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-42. Effective date and indexing of license and stamp fees.
The license and stamp fees in article two and two-b of this
chapter as amended during the regular session of the 2005 regular
session of the Legislature shall become effective on January 1,
2006. The director may from time to time propose rules for
legislative approval in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code, changing any license or stamp fee set
forth in this article or in article two-b. All increases in
license and stamp fees in this article which are set forth in rule
shall be computed in a manner that results in the increase being
indexed to an increase in indexes the increases to the Consumer
Price Index (All Items) published by the United States Department
of Labor rounded down to the nearest dollar: Provided, That no fee
increase in fee resulting from increases in the Consumer Price
Index (All Items) may be made after January 1, 2011 2021.
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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to extend the sunset
provision relating to indexing Division of Natural Resources
license and stamp fees, and to make technical corrections.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.)