West Virginia House Bill 2988 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Introduced on February 24 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-24 - To House Government Organization
Pending: House Government Organization Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to require the Auditor and other state, county, district or municipal officers to certify to the Tax Commissioner the identity of payees prior to issuance of payments, and authorize the Tax Commissioner to identify those payees who are not in good standing with the Tax Department and to require the Auditor or issuing officer to forward to the Tax Commissioner the lesser of the amount of tax interest and penalty owed or the remaining amount of payment. The bill requires the Auditor or issuing officer or agent to notify the vendor or contractor of the amount being withheld, and requires payment be withheld until the vendor or contractor is in good standing. State and local employees receiving only W-2 wages or salary are excluded from the definition of "vendor" or "contractor."

Authorizing the Tax Commissioner to collect tax, interest and penalties due and owing from payments to vendors and contractors from the Auditor and other state, county, district or municipal officers and agents

Del. Erikka Storch [R]	Del. William Anderson [R]	Sen. Bob Ashley [R]	Del. Walter Duke [R]
Del. Allen Evans [R]	Del. Amanda Pasdon [R]	Del. David Pethtel [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-24	House	To House Government Organization
2015-02-24	House	Introduced in House
2015-02-24	House	To Government Organization then Finance
2015-02-24	House	Filed for introduction

SB565 (Same As) 2015-02-23 - To Finance

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
11	10	11	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2988&year=2015&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2988%20intr.htm&yr=2015&sesstype=RS&i=2988