H. B. 4582
(By Delegates Duke, Overington, Blair and Tabb)
[Introduced February 15, 2008; referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary then Finance.]
A BILL to amend and reenact section 1, chapter 83, Acts of the
Legislature, regular session, 1970, relating to placing a cap
on the sum of revenues and levies the Berkeley County Court
must pay into the Berkeley County Public Library Fund.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
§ 1. Levies by county court, county board of education and city of
Martinsburg to support Martinsburg Public Library.
In order to provide for the support, maintenance, and
operation of the Martinsburg Public Library, Berkeley County, West
Virginia, and any and all branches thereof, the Berkeley County
Board of Education, the Berkeley County court and the city of
Martinsburg, hereinafter described as the supporting agencies,
shall, upon written request by the board of directors of the
Martinsburg Public Library, levy annually on each one hundred
dollars of assessed valuation of the property taxable according to the last assessment for state and county purposes, amounts as
follows: By the board of Education of the county of Berkeley, Class
I, one-half cent; Class II, one cent; Class III, two cents; Class
IV, two cents; by the county court of Berkeley County, Class I,
one-half cent; Class II, one cent; Class III, two cents; Class IV,
two cents; and by the city of Martinsburg, Class I, one-half cent;
Class II, one cent; Class IV, two cents.
Each year the board of directors shall request each of the
three supporting agencies to levy within the above rates on each
one hundred dollars of assessed valuation of property of the same
class, and each of the three supporting agencies shall levy within
the rates aforesaid.
The sum of the revenues and levies from the
Berkeley County Court shall not be mandated on a year-to-year basis
to exceed six hundred sixty-eight thousand, two hundred eighty-five
dollars, which is the dollar amount established by this statute
during the fiscal year two thousand eight. Upon request of the
Martinsburg Public Library additional funds, above the two thousand
eight amount, may be provided by the Berkeley County Court at their
discretion. In addition, each supporting agency may contribute to
the public library any other general or specific revenues or excess
levies. All income realized by the operation of the public library
from any sources other than the above levies shall be used by the
board of directors for the support and maintenance of the public
library.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to cap the amount paid into
the Berkeley County Public Library Fund by the Berkeley County
Court.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from
the present law, and underscoring indicates new language that would
be added.