West Virginia House Joint Resolution 3 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-15 - To House Judiciary
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this resolution is to increase the homestead exemption from $20,000 to $30,000. However, if the homeowner’s federal adjusted gross income is equal to or less than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level the exemption shall be the greater of $30,000 or fifty percent of the average sale price of homes in that county during the five preceding years, provided that the exemption may not be greater than fifty percent of the average sale price of homes in the state during those five preceding years.

Homestead Exemption Increase Amendment

Del. Patrick Lane [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-15	House	To House Judiciary
2015-01-15	House	Introduced in House
2015-01-15	House	To Judiciary then Finance
2015-01-15	House	Filed for introduction

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Resolution_History.cfm?year=2015&sessiontype=RS&input4=3&billtype=JR&houseorig=H&btype=res
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hjr3%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=3&houseorig=H&billtype=JR