Bill Text: WV SB141 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Expanding county assessment and collection of head tax on breeding cows
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2018-03-10 - Vetoed by Governor 3/28/18 - Senate Journal [SB141 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2018-SB141-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2018 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 141
By Senator Sypolt
[Introduced January
10, 2018; Referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; and then to the
Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend and reenact §7-7-6e of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to expanding the county assessment and collection of a head tax on breeding cows, if the owner participates.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION OF ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIALS.
§7-7-6e. Collection of
head tax on breeding age sheep, and goats and cows. duties
of county assessors and Commissioner of Agriculture; deposit of tax
collections; creation of special revenue fund; purposes
After June 30, 2005, it
shall be the duty of (a) The
county assessor and his or her deputies of each county within the state, at the
time they are making assessments of the personal property within such the
county, to assess and collect an assessment of $1 on all breeding age sheep, $1
on all breeding age goats and $1 on all breeding age cows, if the owner
decides to participate in the program.
(b) The assessor collecting the assessment on breeding
age sheep, and goats and cows shall be allowed a commission of
ten percent upon all such the taxes collected and shall send the
Commissioner of Agriculture ninety percent of such taxes so taxes
collected, who shall deposit the same taxes in a special account
in the State Treasury to be known as the "Integrated Predation Management
Fund." Expenditures from the fund shall be for the purposes set forth in
this section and are not authorized from collections but are to be made only in
accordance with appropriation by the Legislature and in accordance with the
provisions of §12-3-1 et seq. of this code and upon the fulfillment of
the provisions set forth in §11B-2-1 et seq. of this code. Provided,
That for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006, expenditures are authorized from
collections rather than pursuant to an appropriation by the Legislature
(c) The money in the fund shall be used by the commissioner solely to enter into a cooperative service agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and Wildlife Services (WS) to expand the Coyote Control Program statewide.
(d) Any person who does not pay this assessment is not eligible for the services provided by this cooperative agreement.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to expand the county assessment and collection of a head tax on breeding cows, if owner participates.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
