Bill Text: WV SB99 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Continuing authority to index license and stamp fees
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-01-17 - To House Agriculture and Natural Resources [SB99 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2022-SB99-Introduced.html
WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2022 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced
Senate Bill 99
By Senators Hamilton, Lindsay, and Jeffries
[Introduced January 12, 2022]
A BILL to amend and reenact §20-2-42 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to indexing of license and stamp fees; and continuing the authority to index license and stamp fees.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. WILDLIFE RESOURCES.
§20-2-42. Effective
date and indexing Indexing of license and stamp fees.
The director may propose
rules for legislative approval in accordance with §29A-3-1 et seq. of
this code, changing any license or stamp fee set forth in this article or in
§20-2B-1 et seq. of this code.
All increases in license and stamp fees in this article or in §20-2B-1 et seq.
of this code, set forth in rule shall be computed in a manner that
indexes the increases to the Consumer Price Index (All Items) published by the
United States Department of Labor rounded down to the nearest dollar. Provided,
That no fee increase resulting from increases in the Consumer Price Index (All
Items) may be made after January 1, 2021