SB487 HFIN AMT 3-7                                         AC 

    Com. Sub. for S. B. 487 -- ”A BILL to amend and reenact §11-13A-20a of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to the distribution of coalbed methane gas severance tax; establishing the Coalbed Methane Gas Distribution Fund in the State Treasurer’s Office; defining county economic development entity; authorizing the Tax Commissioner to deposit coalbed methane severance tax moneys into the Coalbed Methane Gas Distribution Fund; directing the State Treasurer to distribute coalbed methane severance tax moneys to county commissions or county economic development entities; authorizing distribution by the State Treasurer of accumulated moneys from fiscal years 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 to county economic development entities; specifying the permissible uses of Coalbed Methane Gas Distribution Fund moneys received by county economic development entities; eliminating the requirement of Development Office approval for use of funds; requiring certain reporting to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance; and authorizing certain audits.”.