Bill Text: WV SB152 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Creating Taxation with Representation Act
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-09 - To Judiciary [SB152 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-SB152-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 152
By Senator Sypolt
[Introduced January 9, 2020; referred
to the Committee on 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; and providing for 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.
