ENGROSSED
Senate Bill No. 403
(By Senator Minard)
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[Introduced January 30, 2004;
referred to the Committee on Finance.]
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A BILL to amend the code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §11-15-9h, relating
to providing an exemption from consumers sales tax for certain
charges by mortgage brokers, lenders and loan originators
licensed by the commissioner of banking; and specifying an
effective date.
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 section §11-15-9h, to
read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. CONSUMERS SALES AND SERVICE TAX.
§11-15-9h. Exemption for sales and services by licensed mortgage
lenders, brokers and loan originators.
Brokerage fees, additional charges and finance charges, as those terms are defined in section one, article seventeen, chapter
thirty-one of this code, charged by a broker, lender or loan
originator, as those terms are defined in section one of that
article, who is licensed by the division of banking under article
seventeen, chapter thirty-one of this code are exempt from the tax
imposed by this article beginning the first day of January, two
thousand four.