Bill Text: WV SB99 | 2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

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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

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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