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Senate Bill No. 273

(By Senators Ross, Helmick, Anderson, Bailey, Ball, Boley, Bowman, Buckalew, Chafin, Craigo, Deem, Dittmar, Dugan, Fanning, Hunter, Jackson, Kimble, Love, McKenzie, Minear, Oliverio, Prezioso, Schoonover, Scott, Sharpe, Snyder, Sprouse, Tomblin, Mr. President, Walker, White, Wiedebusch, Wooton and Macnaughtan)

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[Introduced March 10, 1997; referred to the

Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend and reenact section twenty-a, article thirteen-a, chapter eleven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to dedicating a portion of timber severance tax revenues for purposes of chestnut blight research.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That section twenty-a, article thirteen-a, chapter eleven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
ARTICLE 13A. SEVERANCE TAXES.

§11-13A-20a. Dedication of tax.
(a) The amount of taxes collected under this article from providers of health care items or services, including any interest, additions to tax and penalties collected under article ten of this chapter, less the amount of allowable refunds and any interest payable with respect to such refunds, shall be deposited into the special revenue fund created in the state treasurer's office and known as the medicaid state share fund. Said The fund shall have separate accounting for those health care providers as set forth in articles four-b and four-c, chapter nine of this code.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, for the remainder of fiscal year one thousand nine hundred ninety-three and for each succeeding fiscal year, no expenditures from taxes collected from providers of health care items or services are authorized except in accordance with appropriations by the Legislature.
(c) The amount of taxes on the privilege of severing timber collected under section three-b of this article, including any interest, additions to tax and penalties collected under article ten of this chapter, less the amount of allowable refunds and any interest payable with respect to such refunds, shall be paid into a special revenue account in the state treasury to be appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the division of forestry, except that not less than fifty thousand dollars of such funds shall be appropriated to West Virginia university and dedicated by line item appropriation for purposes of chestnut blight research.
(d) The amount of taxes collected under this article from all other persons, including any interest, additions to tax and penalties collected under article ten of this chapter, less the amount of allowable refunds and any interest payable with respect to such refunds, shall be deposited into the general revenue fund.

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(NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to reallocate $50,000 of timber severance tax proceeds now dedicated to the division of forestry to West Virginia University for purposes of chestnut blight research.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

This bill is recommended for passage during the 1997 Regular Legislative session by the Forest Management Review Commission.)

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FINANCE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS


On page _____, section twenty-a, line _____, by striking out the word "such" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "the";
On page _____, section twenty-a, line _____, by striking out the word "such" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "the";
On page _____, section twenty-a, line _____, after the word "forestry" by changing the comma to a colon, striking out the remainder of the sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: Provided, That the Legislature shall appropriate not less than fifty thousand dollars of the net revenues deposited in the special revenue account to West Virginia university, by line item appropriation, for the purposes of chestnut blight research: Provided, however, That the Legislature shall only make this appropriation for five years. The Legislature shall make the first appropriation in the fiscal year that begins on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred ninety-seven.;
On page _____three, section twenty-a, line _____four, by striking out the word "such" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "the".
And,
On page _____one, by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:
Eng. Senate Bill No. 273--A Bill to amend and reenact section twenty-a, article thirteen-a, chapter eleven of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to dedicating a portion of timber severance tax revenues for five years for the purposes of chestnut blight research.
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