WEST virginia Legislature

2017 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2493

By Delegates Hollen, Criss, Cooper and Harshbarger

[Introduced February 16, 2017; Referred
to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and Homeland Security then Finance.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-5-15, relating to granting a veteran with a hundred percent service-connected disability a $10,000 exemption from the assessed value for one vehicle that is not used for commercial purposes.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-5-15, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 5. ASSESSMENT OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

§11-5-15.  Assessment of motor vehicles owned by disabled veterans.

Beginning July 1, 2017, a veteran with a hundred percent total and permanent service-connected disability, as certified by the Director of the Department of Veterans' Affairs of West Virginia, the assessor shall exempt the first $10,000 of the assessed value of not more than one vehicle owned by that veteran and not used for commercial purposes.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to grant a veteran with a hundred percent service-connected disability a $10,000 exemption from the assessed value for one vehicle that is not used for commercial purposes.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.