Bill Text: WV HB4164 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Taxation With Representation Act
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - To House Political Subdivisions [HB4164 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB4164-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4164
By Delegates Hanna, Hamrick, Jennings and Butler
[Introduced January 14, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Political Subdivisions then the Judiciary]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §8-5A-1, relating to creating the Taxation With Representation Act whereby nonresidents of a municipality who work in that municipality and who pay user fees pursuant to a municipal ordinance may vote in municipal elections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5A. Taxation With Representation Act.
§8-5A-1. Taxation With Representation Act.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this code to the contrary, and provided that a person is not otherwise disqualified, a person who lives outside a municipality’s corporate limits and who pays a user fee or other tax imposed by that municipality pursuant to §8-13-13 of this code may vote in all elections of that municipality.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to create Taxation With Representation Act whereby nonresidents of a municipality who work in that municipality and who pay user fees pursuant to a municipal ordinance may vote in municipal elections.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
