Bill Text: WV SB128 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Exempting veterinary medications from consumers sales and service tax

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - To Agriculture [SB128 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2012-SB128-Introduced.html

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Senate Bill No. 128

(By Senators Sypolt and Nohe)

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[Introduced January 11, 2012; referred to the Committee on Agriculture; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-15-9o, relating to a sales tax exemption for veterinary medications.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

    That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §11-15-9o, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 15. CONSUMERS SALES AND SERVICE TAX.

§11-15-9o. Exemption for veterinary medications.

    Sales of medication prescribed by a veterinarian in the treatment and care of animals are exempt from the tax imposed by this article.

    NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt sales of veterinary medications from sales tax.

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