FISCAL NOTE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
House Bill 2601
By Delegates Crouse, Brooks, Kirby, Heckert, Maynor, Mallow, Hornby, Longanacre, Worrell, Steele, and Vance
[Introduced January 17, 2023; Referred to the Committee on Finance]
A BILL to amend and reenact the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section designated §11-15-9v, relating to creating a tax exemption for funeral, cremation, and burial services.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the sale of funeral, cremation, and burial services, as those terms are defined in §30-6-1, et seq. of this code, are exempted from the taxes imposed by this article and by §11-15A-1 et seq. of this code.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create a tax exemption for funeral, cremation, and burial services.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.