Bill Text: WV SB229 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Providing addition of mini-distillery does not change agricultural property for building codes and property tax classification
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-09 - To Agriculture and Rural Development [SB229 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2017-SB229-Introduced.html
WEST virginia Legislature
2017 regular session
Introduced
Senate Bill 229
By Senators Trump and Blair
[Introduced February 9, 2017;
referred
to the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development; and then to the
Committee on Government Organization]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §60-4-3c, relating to declaring that the mere addition of a mini-distillery does not change the nature or use of agricultural property for building code and property tax classification purposes.
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 §60-4-3c, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4. LICENSES.
§60-4-3c. Mini-distillery effect on building code and property tax classification.
Notwithstanding any provision of this code, the mere addition of a mini-distillery licensed under this article does not change the nature or use of property that otherwise qualifies as agricultural for building code and property tax classification purposes.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that the mere addition of a mini-distillery does not change the nature or use of agricultural property for building code and property tax classification purposes.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
