ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 129
(By Senators Tomblin, Mr. President, and Sprouse,
By Request of the Executive)
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[Introduced February 15, 2001; referred to the Committee on Finance.]
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A Bill to repeal section sixteen, article fourteen, chapter eleven of the
code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as
amended; and to amend and reenact section three of said article,
relating to extending the termination date of the extra five cents
a gallon gas tax.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section sixteen, article fourteen, chapter eleven of the code
of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
repealed; and that section three of said article be amended and reenacted
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 14. GASOLINE AND SPECIAL FUEL EXCISE TAX.
§11-14-3. Imposition of tax.
There is hereby levied an excise tax of fifteen and one-half cents
per gallon on all gasoline or special fuel, which tax shall be computed
in accordance with the appropriate measure of tax as hereinafter
prescribed in this article:
Provided, That beginning the first day of
May, one thousand nine hundred ninety-three, the tax levied by this
article shall be twenty and one-half cents per gallon.
Provided,
however, That on and after the first day of August, two thousand
one
seven, the tax levied by this article shall be fifteen and one-half cents per gallon.
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