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2006 SESSION

065175380
HOUSE BILL NO. 1477
Offered January 19, 2006
A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 30-19.1:11, relating to filing of revenue bills that create or increase fees; consideration by the House Finance Committee or Senate Finance Committee.
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Patrons-- Lingamfelter, Byron, Cole, Fralin, Gear and Hugo
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Referred to Committee on Finance
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 30-19.1:11 as follows:

§ 30-19.1:11. Filing of revenue bills creating or increasing a fee.

A. When any revenue bill creating or increasing any fee of the Commonwealth is referred to the General Assembly House Finance Committee or Senate Finance Committee, the chairman of the committee shall require, prior to consideration of the bill by the committee, a written report from the Department of Taxation containing the following information: (i) when the fee was first established; (ii) the dates and amounts by which the fee has increased in the past 10 years; (iii) the purpose for the revenue from the fee, and whether any amounts of such revenue have been spent for other purposes in the past 10 years; (iv) the total annual amount of revenue raised from the fee  in each of the past 10 years; and (v) the estimated amount of revenues that will be generated by the proposed increase and the reason for the increase.