West Virginia House Joint Resolution 23 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)
Status: Introduced on February 13 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-13 - To House Constitutional Revision
Pending: House Constitutional Revision Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this resolution is to increase the homestead exemption from $20,000 to $35,000. The resolution also provides for seniors who earn less than three times the poverty level, that their exemption shall be the greater of the first $35,000 of assessed valuation of any real property or fifty percent of the average home sale price in the county where the residence is located. The resolution provides that the exemption may not exceed the average home sale price in the entire state for the five years immediately preceding the assessment.

The "Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment"

Del. William Anderson [R]	Del. John Ellem [R]	Del. Erikka Storch [R]	Del. Marty Gearheart [R]
Del. Joe Ellington [R]	Del. Gary Howell [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-13	House	To House Constitutional Revision
2013-02-13	House	Introduced in House
2013-02-13	House	To Constitutional Revision then Finance
2013-02-13	House	Filed for introduction

SJR2 (Similar To) 2013-02-13 - To Judiciary

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Resolution_History.cfm?year=2013&sessiontype=RS&input4=23&billtype=JR&houseorig=H&btype=res
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hjr23%20intr.htm&yr=2013&sesstype=RS&i=23&houseorig=H&billtype=JR