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.