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ENGROSSED
H. B. 3037
(By Delegates Ashley, Fleischauer, Leach, Compton, Warner, Pettit
and Hall)
(Originating in the Committee on Finance)
[March 3, 1999]
A BILL to amend and reenact section ninety-three, article twenty-
one, chapter eleven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand
nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to the personal
income tax refund account; continuing a special account for
the payment of income tax refunds; naming the account;
providing that the account is administered by the tax
commissioner; setting restrictions; and prescribing a minimum
and a maximum balance for the fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section ninety-three, article twenty-one, chapter eleven
of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one
,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 21. PERSONAL INCOME TAX.
§11-21-93. Disposition of revenue.
Of the revenues collected under this article and subject to
the provisions of this section, the tax commissioner shall
determine the amount necessary for refunds to which taxpayers shall
be entitled under this article.
The amount so determined shall be
deposited in the special account created in this section.
There is hereby continued in the state treasury an account,
which is hereby named the "Special Income Tax Refund Reserve Fund."
The special income tax refund reserve fund
shall be administered by
the secretary of administration. The purpose of this fund is to
provide adequate cash resources for the timely payment of personal
income tax refunds: Provided, That any other disbursements or
transfers from this fund may be made only upon appropriation of the
Legislature. The special income tax refund reserve fund
may not be
considered as a part of the general revenue of the state.
Transfers from this fund may be made solely for the purpose of
paying personal income tax refunds, which shall be timely paid by
the state tax commissioner at the direction of the secretary of the
department of tax and revenue. For the purposes of this section,
"timely" means not more than ninety days after the personal income
tax return is filed.
The state treasurer shall, after reserving such refund fund,
on or before the tenth day of each month, pay all interest,
penalties and taxes collected under this article and remaining to
his credit in banks, banking houses or trust companies at the close of business on the last day of the preceding month, into the
general fund of the state.
The tax commissioner shall at all times maintain a balance in
this account of not less than one third of one percent of the
general fund appropriation for the immediately preceding fiscal
year and not more than one percent of the general fund
appropriation
for the
immediately preceding fiscal year
.