COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
Senate Bill No. 269
(By Senator Schoonover)
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[Originating in the Committee on Labor;
reported February 16, 1995.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section fourteen, article one-a,
chapter forty-seven of the code of West Virginia, one
thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to
regulation and control of the bedding and upholstery
business; annual registration fees; creation of special
revenue account; and expenditures from the fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section fourteen, article one-a, chapter forty-seven of
the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one,
as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE
1A. BEDDING AND UPHOLSTERY BUSINESS.
§47-1A-14. Annual registration fees.
The annual registration fee for all manufacturers shipping
or selling articles of bedding, as defined in this article, in
the state of West Virginia is fifty dollars, payable on the first
day of the fiscal year.
The annual registration fee for an upholsterer or renovator
of articles of bedding, as defined in this article, in the state of West Virginia is ten dollars, payable on the first day of the
fiscal year.
All fees and expenses authorized to be collected pursuant to
the provisions of this article shall be deposited in a special
revenue account in the state treasury to be known as the "Bedding
and Upholstery Business Regulation Fund." The commissioner may
make expenditures from the fund for the purpose of enforcement of
the provisions of this article.