H. B. 3152
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(By Delegate Webb (By Request
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[Introduced March 30, 2001; referred to the
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Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend article fifteen, chapter eleven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section twenty-nine,
relating to the consumers sales tax; and imposing a moratorium
on personal computer sales for in-home and small business use
for the period from the sixteenth day of August through the
twenty-third day of August each year.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
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That article fifteen, chapter eleven of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section
twenty-nine, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. CONSUMERS SALES TAX.
§11-15-29. Moratorium of sales of personal computers.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the
contrary, sales of personal computers for in-home and small
business use for the period from the
sixteenth day of August
through the twenty-third day of August each year are exempt from
the tax imposed by this article.
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For the purposes of this section, "small business" has the
same meaning as set out in section seven-a, article thirteen-c of
this chapter.
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NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt the sales of
personal computers for in-home and small business use from the
consumers sales tax for the period from August 16 through August 23
each year.
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This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.