Bill Text: WV HB4255 | 2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-01-14 - To House Finance [HB4255 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2026-HB4255-Introduced.html

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West Virginia Legislature

2026 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 4255

BY Delegate D. Smith

[Introduced; referred

to the Committee on.]

A BILL to amend and reenact §64-7-1 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to authorizing the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 7. Authorization for Department of revenue to promulgate legislative rules.

§64-7-1. Tax Department.

The legislative rule filed in the State Register on March 31, 2025, authorized under the authority of §11-13GG-16 of this code, relating to the Tax Department (Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit, 110 CSR 13GG), is authorized.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Tax Department to promulgate a legislative rule relating to Downstream Natural Gas Manufacturing Investment Tax Credit.

This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.