Bill Text: WV SB596 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - To Agriculture [SB596 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2011-SB596-Introduced.html

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Senate Bill No. 596
(By Senator Sypolt)
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[Introduced February 21, 2011; 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 §11-15-9n, 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 §11-15-9n, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 15. CONSUMERS SALES AND SERVICE TAX.
§11-15-9n. 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.