Bill Text: WV SB141 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
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-Comm_Sub.html
WEST virginia legislature
2018 regular session
Committee Substitute
for
Committee Substitute
for
Senate Bill 141
By Senator Sypolt
[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization; reported on February 2, 2018]
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 in the Coyote Control Program; and providing for notice requirements to the land owner.
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; notice
requirement. 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 shall assess and collect an assessment of $1 on all
breeding age sheep and, $1 on all breeding age goats, and $1
on all breeding age cows: Provided, That payment of the assessment on
breeding age cows is voluntary at the option of the cow owner: Provided,
however, That a cow owner who chooses not to pay the assessment is not
eligible to participate in the Coyote Control Program.
(b) The assessor collecting the assessment on breeding
age sheep, and goats, and cows shall be allowed a commission of
10 percent upon all such the taxes collected and shall send the
Commissioner of Agriculture ninety90 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 and Wildlife Services 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.
(e) Upon election by a cow owner to participate in the Coyote Control Program, the cow owner, if he or she is the lessee of land, shall provide notice, within 30 days, of the cow owner’s participation in the Coyote Control Program to the lessor of the land. Such notice to the lessor shall be in writing, and notice shall be sent by United States mail to the address of the lessor contained within the lease.
